Watched the first post-strike episode of "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend, and while it got off to a slow start, the show got better as it went along. The opening presidential debate bit was horrible- more than eight minutes, with a single joke, and nothing funny- and brilliant as Fred Armisen is, I wasn't buying his Obama.
Despite a pointless cameo by Steve Martin and a not-much-better one by Mike Huckabee, the show ended with brilliance. I refer specifically to an "Apprentice" parody which was really just a showcase for a whole bunch of celebrity impressions in a row. Best of all was a dead-on Rachael Ray done by debuting featured player Casey Wilson. Then, the show closed with this bit of awesomeness, Daniel Plainview on the Food Network:
I'm finished.
Posted by Stephen Silver at February 25, 2008 04:45 PM