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October 11, 2020 8:37 PM Subscribe
Ok, so now Kate McKinnon is the voice of reason, and you think things are a LITTLE off the rails? ~^
posted by sexyrobot at 9:28 PM on October 11, 2020 [7 favorites]
posted by sexyrobot at 9:28 PM on October 11, 2020 [7 favorites]
I've read some people saying they think this was faked
Dr. Deynonodis, I presume
posted by snuffleupagus at 9:30 PM on October 11, 2020 [14 favorites]
Dr. Deynonodis, I presume
posted by snuffleupagus at 9:30 PM on October 11, 2020 [14 favorites]
Aaaah! Very funny but also why are they so close?! And you shouldn't share your crazy bent pipe. WEKNOWDIS.
I love Kate McKinnon so much!
posted by amanda at 9:31 PM on October 11, 2020 [9 favorites]
I love Kate McKinnon so much!
posted by amanda at 9:31 PM on October 11, 2020 [9 favorites]
I've read some people saying they think this was faked.
SNL is a scripted show, people do know that, right? Like you can see Kate and Colin reading off the cue cards. It's still powerful to see them break character like that.
posted by muddgirl at 9:56 PM on October 11, 2020 [22 favorites]
SNL is a scripted show, people do know that, right? Like you can see Kate and Colin reading off the cue cards. It's still powerful to see them break character like that.
posted by muddgirl at 9:56 PM on October 11, 2020 [22 favorites]
I think it was probably faked. But it also really expressed pretty much exactly how I feel at work right now so it was a very cathartic watch!
posted by potrzebie at 9:56 PM on October 11, 2020 [14 favorites]
posted by potrzebie at 9:56 PM on October 11, 2020 [14 favorites]
Imagine how funny McKinnon could have been if she'd had someone with a single improv/comedy clue to play off of.
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:01 PM on October 11, 2020 [19 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:01 PM on October 11, 2020 [19 favorites]
For Canadians, I was able to watch the clip on Global's site.
posted by jacquilynne at 10:39 PM on October 11, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by jacquilynne at 10:39 PM on October 11, 2020 [5 favorites]
I think she was very genuinely laughing, because the squeaky toy was funny. That doesn't mean the sketch wasn't scripted to go that way.
posted by taterpie at 10:41 PM on October 11, 2020 [14 favorites]
posted by taterpie at 10:41 PM on October 11, 2020 [14 favorites]
I think it was probably faked.
Next thing you're going to tell me is that Samuel Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale is fake too!
posted by fairmettle at 10:52 PM on October 11, 2020 [4 favorites]
Next thing you're going to tell me is that Samuel Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale is fake too!
posted by fairmettle at 10:52 PM on October 11, 2020 [4 favorites]
Well we used to call it breaking the fourth wall before we called it faked, especially when you're entering in as an audience member to some sort of performance. Faked is a bit of a loaded term. Lorne Michaels hates it when they break character and I think that's one thing that's kept the show cohesive. It is far too easy to break character like Jimmy Fallon used to do for a cheap laugh, I don't know why he allowed that.
posted by geoff. at 10:55 PM on October 11, 2020 [15 favorites]
posted by geoff. at 10:55 PM on October 11, 2020 [15 favorites]
Kate McKinnon is one of those players like Fallon who can't keep a straight face, I think that's part of the meta-joke.
posted by muddgirl at 11:01 PM on October 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by muddgirl at 11:01 PM on October 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
It was a better than good bit that was both funny and conveyed the world-weariness of the moment.
posted by From Bklyn at 12:16 AM on October 12, 2020
posted by From Bklyn at 12:16 AM on October 12, 2020
Looked like an authentic, heartwarming and hilarious 4th wall break to me, until I saw Jost reading off the cue cards.
posted by jim.christian at 1:44 AM on October 12, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by jim.christian at 1:44 AM on October 12, 2020 [1 favorite]
I like Kate Mckinnon. Do you have a 'viewable in Australia' link?
posted by Thella at 2:48 AM on October 12, 2020
posted by Thella at 2:48 AM on October 12, 2020
They're corpsing. It looks real enough to me. Peter Cook & Dudley Moore were the best at it.
posted by chavenet at 5:49 AM on October 12, 2020 [6 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 5:49 AM on October 12, 2020 [6 favorites]
Aaaah! Very funny but also why are they so close?! And you shouldn't share your crazy bent pipe. WEKNOWDIS.
So. The good news on that front is SNL has one of the absolute strictest quarantine requirements of any show. The players and crew are pretty much on an island un to themselves within Manhattan in order to keep the show possible. I'll agree - the optics on a bit of it can be a bit brash given what most people have to get through right now, but - if anyone were about to stick a sherlock pipe in your mouth - I assure you Kate McKinnon is probably one of the safest people to do so.
posted by Nanukthedog at 7:16 AM on October 12, 2020 [8 favorites]
So. The good news on that front is SNL has one of the absolute strictest quarantine requirements of any show. The players and crew are pretty much on an island un to themselves within Manhattan in order to keep the show possible. I'll agree - the optics on a bit of it can be a bit brash given what most people have to get through right now, but - if anyone were about to stick a sherlock pipe in your mouth - I assure you Kate McKinnon is probably one of the safest people to do so.
posted by Nanukthedog at 7:16 AM on October 12, 2020 [8 favorites]
From all the folklore I've read about SNL, Lorne doesn't like characters breaking because it stalls the sketch and he's a stickler for things running on time.
It seems like some of the cast is given some latitude depending on how good they are. John Mulaney would regularly rewrite Bill Hader's lines at the last second when performing as Stefon to get him to break and Hader would always recover really quickly.
posted by JoeZydeco at 7:41 AM on October 12, 2020 [10 favorites]
It seems like some of the cast is given some latitude depending on how good they are. John Mulaney would regularly rewrite Bill Hader's lines at the last second when performing as Stefon to get him to break and Hader would always recover really quickly.
posted by JoeZydeco at 7:41 AM on October 12, 2020 [10 favorites]
Her slightly dissociated mumbling that halfway matches a song as she laughs herself into a frenzy is exactly how I do chores now-a-days.
posted by FirstMateKate at 7:54 AM on October 12, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by FirstMateKate at 7:54 AM on October 12, 2020 [4 favorites]
THAT’S WHEN YOU BREAK
posted by Melismata at 8:07 AM on October 12, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Melismata at 8:07 AM on October 12, 2020 [1 favorite]
The squeaky toy on the blood pressure cuff sent our dog into total chaos. “Where is the baby!?! Where is the baby?!?!”
posted by double bubble at 8:15 AM on October 12, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by double bubble at 8:15 AM on October 12, 2020 [5 favorites]
I thought this was genuinely funny. Particularly it hinges on the unreality of the life we're all living now. He asks "Kate are you OK" and she says "I'm obviously not". And the surface of that is how we all feel now in this time of Covid, the half-joking half-crying conversations we have with friends. But they're both giggling uncontrollably at the sound of a squeaky toy, so it comes off as funny more than awful. And then on top of that the shocking physical intimacy of the two; they're touching, laughing in each other's faces, having simple human contact. It's a whole lot of emotions and stress all thrown together and on top of it all is the simple laughing at a squeaky toy. It works great!
Imagine how funny McKinnon could have been if she'd had someone with a single improv/comedy clue to play off of.
Oh no, that's not fair at all. Jost is playing the straight man here, as you have to do in the news anchor role. What's interesting is he mostly keeps the straight man shtick going right through the character-breaking part. I mean he's laughing hysterically, so he's creating the mood, but he's just there asking basic questions like "what is going on?" and "ok, sure" to get out of the way to let McKinnon deliver the jokes. I don't think that's just a lack of imagination on his part; McKinnon's got plenty of materials (and squeaky toy squeaks) to carry the scene. He's making room for her to do it.
He even gives this lame little speech at the end about "we can be resilient, we can figure this out..." all to set up her last Weknowdis joke, which is to have him repeat the inane joke ("wecandodis"). He walks the hilarity all the way back to boring normality just to make himself the butt of a joke she's set up. The joke doesn't quite land (IMHO) but it's not because he lacks chops.
posted by Nelson at 8:33 AM on October 12, 2020 [37 favorites]
Imagine how funny McKinnon could have been if she'd had someone with a single improv/comedy clue to play off of.
Oh no, that's not fair at all. Jost is playing the straight man here, as you have to do in the news anchor role. What's interesting is he mostly keeps the straight man shtick going right through the character-breaking part. I mean he's laughing hysterically, so he's creating the mood, but he's just there asking basic questions like "what is going on?" and "ok, sure" to get out of the way to let McKinnon deliver the jokes. I don't think that's just a lack of imagination on his part; McKinnon's got plenty of materials (and squeaky toy squeaks) to carry the scene. He's making room for her to do it.
He even gives this lame little speech at the end about "we can be resilient, we can figure this out..." all to set up her last Weknowdis joke, which is to have him repeat the inane joke ("wecandodis"). He walks the hilarity all the way back to boring normality just to make himself the butt of a joke she's set up. The joke doesn't quite land (IMHO) but it's not because he lacks chops.
posted by Nelson at 8:33 AM on October 12, 2020 [37 favorites]
This part was delivered so effortlessly and was the climax of the non breaking part of the skit:
"And now he’s holding Rallies"
"Ya, Who does this
He do this
We know this
We hate this
He do this
We know this"
So good.
posted by macrael at 8:39 AM on October 12, 2020 [10 favorites]
"And now he’s holding Rallies"
"Ya, Who does this
He do this
We know this
We hate this
He do this
We know this"
So good.
posted by macrael at 8:39 AM on October 12, 2020 [10 favorites]
SNL is a scripted show, people do know that, right? Like you can see Kate and Colin reading off the cue cards. It's still powerful to see them break character like that.
Yeah, the "Kate, are you okay?" and everything after was clearly part of the sketch! It's a joke/reflection about how we are all NOT okay right now.
posted by aka burlap at 8:59 AM on October 12, 2020 [12 favorites]
Yeah, the "Kate, are you okay?" and everything after was clearly part of the sketch! It's a joke/reflection about how we are all NOT okay right now.
posted by aka burlap at 8:59 AM on October 12, 2020 [12 favorites]
It's been a long time since I watched--basically since the Fey/Poehler days. I found the whole Weekend Update to be funnier than I remembered ("it's like watching someone smoke through the hole in their neck").
I love Kate McKinnon in character, and I hated her in person in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. She was just bizarrely unrelatable. Maybe that's what you're like if you're hanging out with Jerry Seinfeld, even for short periods; but it mystified me that her interview persona was so much not a comedian.
Seeing her break the fourth wall in this way was a bit of a relief to me because I could finally connect the person to all the comedy of hers I love.
posted by fatbird at 9:33 AM on October 12, 2020 [1 favorite]
I love Kate McKinnon in character, and I hated her in person in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. She was just bizarrely unrelatable. Maybe that's what you're like if you're hanging out with Jerry Seinfeld, even for short periods; but it mystified me that her interview persona was so much not a comedian.
Seeing her break the fourth wall in this way was a bit of a relief to me because I could finally connect the person to all the comedy of hers I love.
posted by fatbird at 9:33 AM on October 12, 2020 [1 favorite]
Funny stuff. I think this was entirely planned, but that doesn't make it less funny. The concept here (IMO) is that everything has gone to crazy-hell, so this bit is about even a comedy sketch lampooning the crazy-hell descends into crazy-hell.
I like McKinnon, but a little of her goes a long way for me. Nothing against her personally. Different people spark to different types of comedy!... that's natural and has always been the case. This bit starts out in a way reminding me of when Chris Elliott would appear on Letterman—way in the past—as "Marlon Brando." He's do an earnest, deeply committed "impersonation" of Brando that was so deeply weird and off the mark that the comedy came from the sheer ludicrousness of the situation. It was a bit "about impressions" as Elliott was just acting bizarre and infusing some minor Brando traits into a surreal version of what a celebrity impersonation really is. Not gonna say the Elliott/Brando bits were truly "deep"— but the comedy came from a TV audience knowing certain things about celeb impersonations (and what those impersonation bits are "supposed to be and expected to be") and then having those expectations subverted in completely absurd ways.
There exists an old VHS transfer on YouTube (Google it) of a Chris Elliott special from 1985 called "FDR: A One Man Show" which lampoons the concept of "one man/woman stage shows" in a similar way. It is bizarre almost beyond description, and I find it hard to believe it ever made it on television. I highly recommend it. It's not laugh-out-loud all the way through, as some parts are just so weird that it's uncomfortable to watch. Brilliant stuff.
Anyway, that's my take on this funny clip. She did a segment that is as off the rails, ludicrous and funny/unfunny and as hopelessly misguided and ultimately... funny. About our real world situation that is clearly and dangerously off the rails.
(nothing worse than people dissecting comedy, but hey, that's what Metafilter comments are made for!)
posted by SoberHighland at 9:47 AM on October 12, 2020 [3 favorites]
I like McKinnon, but a little of her goes a long way for me. Nothing against her personally. Different people spark to different types of comedy!... that's natural and has always been the case. This bit starts out in a way reminding me of when Chris Elliott would appear on Letterman—way in the past—as "Marlon Brando." He's do an earnest, deeply committed "impersonation" of Brando that was so deeply weird and off the mark that the comedy came from the sheer ludicrousness of the situation. It was a bit "about impressions" as Elliott was just acting bizarre and infusing some minor Brando traits into a surreal version of what a celebrity impersonation really is. Not gonna say the Elliott/Brando bits were truly "deep"— but the comedy came from a TV audience knowing certain things about celeb impersonations (and what those impersonation bits are "supposed to be and expected to be") and then having those expectations subverted in completely absurd ways.
There exists an old VHS transfer on YouTube (Google it) of a Chris Elliott special from 1985 called "FDR: A One Man Show" which lampoons the concept of "one man/woman stage shows" in a similar way. It is bizarre almost beyond description, and I find it hard to believe it ever made it on television. I highly recommend it. It's not laugh-out-loud all the way through, as some parts are just so weird that it's uncomfortable to watch. Brilliant stuff.
Anyway, that's my take on this funny clip. She did a segment that is as off the rails, ludicrous and funny/unfunny and as hopelessly misguided and ultimately... funny. About our real world situation that is clearly and dangerously off the rails.
(nothing worse than people dissecting comedy, but hey, that's what Metafilter comments are made for!)
posted by SoberHighland at 9:47 AM on October 12, 2020 [3 favorites]
This bit was really funny and cathartic, but the joke that absolutely wrecked our household was Michael Che's:
Trump survived COVID....I'm not gonna say I'm disappointed, but it kinda feels like when there's a car crash and the only survivor is the drunk driver.posted by LooseFilter at 10:04 AM on October 12, 2020 [28 favorites]
Also, McKinnon was totally keen on jumping Jost's bones and that dynamic feels like a very real stuck-in-isolation-blues-hey-I'm-out-for-the-day moment.
posted by chavenet at 11:23 AM on October 12, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 11:23 AM on October 12, 2020 [2 favorites]
> McKinnon was totally keen on jumping Jost's bones
whut
posted by The corpse in the library at 11:47 AM on October 12, 2020 [19 favorites]
whut
posted by The corpse in the library at 11:47 AM on October 12, 2020 [19 favorites]
I think McKinnon's made it clear she has no interest in jumping Jost's or indeed any other dude's bones.
posted by wabbittwax at 11:48 AM on October 12, 2020 [23 favorites]
posted by wabbittwax at 11:48 AM on October 12, 2020 [23 favorites]
....Yeah, she's not into boners.
posted by jenfullmoon at 12:01 PM on October 12, 2020 [9 favorites]
posted by jenfullmoon at 12:01 PM on October 12, 2020 [9 favorites]
fairmettle: Next thing you're going to tell me is that Samuel Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale is fake too!
It pairs beautifully with Colon Blow. I usually enjoy them while I’m playing with my Bag ‘o Glass.
posted by dr_dank at 12:19 PM on October 12, 2020 [4 favorites]
It pairs beautifully with Colon Blow. I usually enjoy them while I’m playing with my Bag ‘o Glass.
posted by dr_dank at 12:19 PM on October 12, 2020 [4 favorites]
I’m still recovering from my first bowl of Super Colon Blow.
posted by Don.Kinsayder at 12:32 PM on October 12, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Don.Kinsayder at 12:32 PM on October 12, 2020 [1 favorite]
Next thing you're going to tell me is that Samuel Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale is fake too!
No, Samuel Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale is unfortunately very very real
posted by dchase at 12:33 PM on October 12, 2020 [4 favorites]
No, Samuel Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale is unfortunately very very real
posted by dchase at 12:33 PM on October 12, 2020 [4 favorites]
I usually enjoy them while I’m playing with my Bag ‘o Glass.
Which I was into for a while, too, but then I got a Happy Fun Ball.
posted by LooseFilter at 12:37 PM on October 12, 2020 [6 favorites]
Which I was into for a while, too, but then I got a Happy Fun Ball.
posted by LooseFilter at 12:37 PM on October 12, 2020 [6 favorites]
I had a Happy Fun Ball, but I made the mistake of taunting it. I'll never make that mistake again.
posted by wabbittwax at 12:47 PM on October 12, 2020 [11 favorites]
posted by wabbittwax at 12:47 PM on October 12, 2020 [11 favorites]
Guys, I don't think that was a real doctor.
posted by gwint at 1:31 PM on October 12, 2020 [8 favorites]
posted by gwint at 1:31 PM on October 12, 2020 [8 favorites]
Little known fact: Spishak Spishwax Car Wax protects against Happy Fun Ball.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 1:47 PM on October 12, 2020
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 1:47 PM on October 12, 2020
But it's no match for Schwetty Balls.
posted by emelenjr at 2:11 PM on October 12, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by emelenjr at 2:11 PM on October 12, 2020 [2 favorites]
No, Samuel Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale is unfortunately very very real
Eh. It's no Schmitts Gay
posted by The_Vegetables at 2:12 PM on October 12, 2020 [2 favorites]
Eh. It's no Schmitts Gay
posted by The_Vegetables at 2:12 PM on October 12, 2020 [2 favorites]
wabbittwax: "I think McKinnon's made it clear she has no interest in jumping Jost's or indeed any other dude's bones."
In the skit, people. In the skit.
posted by chavenet at 2:49 PM on October 12, 2020 [4 favorites]
In the skit, people. In the skit.
posted by chavenet at 2:49 PM on October 12, 2020 [4 favorites]
Her slightly dissociated mumbling that halfway matches a song as she laughs herself into a frenzy is exactly how I do chores now-a-days.
She's taking his blood pressure, starts singing Queen's "Under Pressure," and then starts doing the "ding ding ding digi ding ding" from Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" which uses the base line of "Under Pressure."
posted by straight at 3:04 PM on October 12, 2020
She's taking his blood pressure, starts singing Queen's "Under Pressure," and then starts doing the "ding ding ding digi ding ding" from Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" which uses the base line of "Under Pressure."
posted by straight at 3:04 PM on October 12, 2020
(actually maybe I'm completely making that up and she's not doing any of those things)
posted by straight at 3:11 PM on October 12, 2020
posted by straight at 3:11 PM on October 12, 2020
here's a free base line for ya, down the second base line, round where the bass line begins, and the bass boats rumble from the subwoofer bolted to the base.
posted by pee tape at 3:49 PM on October 12, 2020
posted by pee tape at 3:49 PM on October 12, 2020
I've read some people saying they think this was faked.
At the very least you can watch after the "Kate ... are you okay?" as she moves the blood pressure cuff back in front of her and checks its location once or twice before the interruption-squeak.
posted by komara at 9:44 PM on October 12, 2020
At the very least you can watch after the "Kate ... are you okay?" as she moves the blood pressure cuff back in front of her and checks its location once or twice before the interruption-squeak.
posted by komara at 9:44 PM on October 12, 2020
Yeah, I thought she accidentally hit the squeaker once, then tried to reposition for another "accidental" squeak.
posted by frecklefaerie at 10:56 AM on October 13, 2020
posted by frecklefaerie at 10:56 AM on October 13, 2020
Glad to know I don't have the only dog that went utterly bonkers when the squeaking began. She went from deep, passed out sleep to MUST KILL THIS DR in about 1/3 of a second.
posted by pixiecrinkle at 6:25 AM on October 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by pixiecrinkle at 6:25 AM on October 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
No, Samuel Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale is unfortunately very very real
Exactly.
posted by fairmettle at 10:26 PM on October 14, 2020
Exactly.
posted by fairmettle at 10:26 PM on October 14, 2020
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