Goldberg74

I’m curious as to how good he’ll be. Michael B. Jordan is a dang good actor, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do comedy.



… and his promo:




Season 48 (2022-2023)
SNL 10/01/22 (S48E01) — H: Miles Teller - MG: Kendrick Lamar (Season Premiere)
SNL 10/08/22 (S48E02) — H: Brendan Gleeson - MG: Willow
SNL 10/15/22 (S48E03) — H: Megan Thee Stallion - MG: Megan Thee Stallion
SNL 10/29/22 (S48E04) — H: Jack Harlow - MG: Jack Harlow
SNL 11/05/22 (S48E05) — H: Amy Schumer - MG: Steve Lacy
SNL 11/12/22 (S48E06) — H: Dave Chappelle - MG: Black Star
SNL 12/03/22 (S48E07) — H: Keke Palmer - MG: Sza
SNL 12/10/22 (S48E08) — H: Steve Martin & Martin Short - MG: Brandi Carlile
SNL 12/17/22 (S48E09) — H: Austin Bulter - MG: Lizzo
SNL 01/21/23 (S48E10) — H: Aubrey Plaza - MG: Sam Smith
SNL 01/28/23 (S48E11) — H: Michael B. Jordan - MG: Lil Baby
SNL 02/04/23 (S48E12) — H: Pedro Pascal - MG: Cold Play

William Fuld

DaBaby > Lil Baby, as far as rappin' babies go.

Decker

Now rank the Lil rappers.

Josh-da-man

He was a great basketball player, too.

Goldberg74

Saw this at my local Sam’s Club today:




He must be promoting his new snack chips. 🤣

csant

The only Lil rapper that is ok is Wayne. I told my kids I hate all rappers that have Lil in their name.

Throwing Copper

Although he’s technically a mumble rapper or whatever, Lil Baby is pretty talented.

He had a really good socially conscious song in 2020 that was an absolute banger.

JeffTheAlpaca

Migos is better than all of them

JeffTheAlpaca

I bet a billion there will be a M&M's sketch in the show.

jeffkjoe

So far, this episode with Michael B. Jordan has been pretty meh, but then that State Farm prerecorded skit came on, and that’s become some of the best work this season.

Daytripper

Meh is being generous. It's been terrible so far. Save for the State Farm skit.

Paff

Other than the opening skit with the weather reporter, and the "musical" guest, I thought this was a really strong outing. Nothing exceptionally hilarious, but everything was at least mildly amusing.

And for those who are into that kinda thing, it looks like Sarah Sherman has quite a few tattoos.

JeffTheAlpaca

The state farm was hilarious but maybe if they showed him in bed or making out with his wife that could have made it even more funnier.

Coral

Not good.

Red Dog

Yep. Everything but the State Farm commercial (very funny) was meh.

Josh-da-man

Jake from State Farm was good, but I think it ran a little too long and should have shown Jake in bed with the wife. Seemed like it was building up to that, but didn't go there.

Also got a laugh at Heidi holding the fire hose between her legs like a dick, but apart from that, the stripper sketch was unremarkable.

Count Dooku

The piece was better because they did not show Jake fucking the wife. That was the obvious place for the story to go. I don't know why something obvious would have been funny.
As is, though implied, a sexual affair was plausibly all in the husband's mind, which adds the layer to the piece that the husband is overly paranoid about Jake's relentless kindness.
I thought the ending with LiMu Emu showing up was a perfect button.

This was far and away the best thing I watched. Everything else was either "that's kind of amusing/silly" to "this sucks."

Goldberg74

In the opening monologue, MBJ talks about being in All My Children in 2003. Looking it up, I learned that he replaced Chadwick Boseman, who had the role of that character for one year. MBJ had the role for a few years.

JeffTheAlpaca

The Jordan falling down sketch sucked and the crazy lips or mouths rollercoaster bit was not funny at all but really odd.

The Southwest Airlines short was good.

I know they are not the best airline but are they really that bad?

Double_Oh_7

Pay up

Count Dooku

The thing that I didn't like about the Southwest piece was that they turned it at the end to make fun of the customers. People fly SW because it is a cheaper option. So isn't this an example of the "punching down" that everyone says is so awful when Chappelle does it? SNL making fun of poor people who had their holidays ruined. Otherwise, it was a solid funny two minutes.

Count Dooku

They have to hold off until M&Ms pays NBC for a product placement sketch.

devilshalo

I liked the Toyota Sale-a-thon skit, but it went on just a bit too long. I feel it's more a west coast sketch since they included In-n-Out in it. Not sure if the rest of the country has drive thru lines for days at Chick-fil-a or Raising Canes.

Coral

I never even heard of Raising Canes until that skit. Had to look it up to see it's just another fried chicken chain.
The amount of fast food chains you have down there is mind boggling.

kefrank

I agree with this. It struck me as off, because Southwest is less expensive than the airlines that have a corner on the business market, but they're generally well-run (the recent debacle notwithstanding) and higher quality than the low-tier airlines. Tons and tons of middle-class consumers fly Southwest. It's basically the Kroger of airlines - cheaper than Whole Foods, but more expensive and better selection than Aldi.