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‘SNL’: Plain Jane

Not that Jane Lynch was sub-par in her first (of hopefully many) outing as host of SNL,  quite the contrary, but it’s that, once again, the material failed to live up to the vast talents of the host.  It’s confusing, bewildering and frustrating that they keep wasting their resources.  Perhaps, as we felt with the Zach Galifianakis show last season, the writing staff is actually less motivated by a talented host; they rely on the host to elevate the material, so what they deliver is second-rate.  It’s just a theory, and probably misguided and misinformed, but you also can’t ignore the body of evidence, because, while this week’s show was better than last week, it wasn’t a great improvement.  We saw plenty of Jane Lynch (and plenty of wigs), but nothing truly memorable.

Read on: Gilly on Glee? Is that all you got? Also: who did SNL rip-off this week?

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Why Did Hulu Post the Dress Rehearsal Version of Jay Pharoah’s Will Smith???

Is it because he cursed in the middle of his first big spot on the show, much like Jenny Slate did last year???  Did opening night jitters get to him???

Well, no.  I thought he did, but I’ve gone back and listened to it over and over again and it turns out when I thought he said “I took a break and shit” he just said “I took a break this year.”  Whoops.

But still, they did swap out the live version for the dress:

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Curious, no?  Did they just think the purple shirt was funnier?  More Fresh Prince-esque?  I guess we’ll never know (and probably shouldn’t care).

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