‘SNL’ should be thankful for Charli XCX hosting
The triple-threat (she sings, drinks and smokes!) was a fantastic host, but the show’s Thanksgiving episode was still haunted by Dana Carvey and Alec Baldwin.
I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get this edition of Deep SNL Thoughts out today since we’re doing some early Thanksgiving-ing/celebrating a nephew’s first birthday this weekend, but I managed to catch up on Charli XCX’s episode of SNL on my phone during some downtime today.
While I normally take notes while watching SNL, I wasn’t able to do that for this episode, so this will be a skinnier edition of Deep SNL Thoughts than usual. A Not-as-Deep SNL Thoughts, if you will.
First off, fantastic hosting job by Charli XCX. I was worried about this episode, mainly because so much of the promotion for it was focused on the whole “Brat” angle — an angle that feels different now post the presidential election than it did over the summer. In terms of not just host energy but also sketch writing, this weekend’s episode blew last weekend’s Bill Burr episode of the water.
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