As host, Blake Lively was firmly in the plucky-not-awful tradition.
The nights onlyGossip Girlreference that I caught came in a sketch calledGossip Girl Staten Island.
The Digital Short, with Rihanna singing in a kiddie classroom with (teacher?)
The other performance, Hard, with Young Jeezy, felt as leaden as chainmail.
Abby Elliott also did a good Brittany Murphy imitation during this segment.
It wasnt too amusing then, either.
But now the evenings final sketch, often the graveyard for dozy dullness.
Will Forte played a NASA recruiter; Jason Sudeikis was a pompous astronaut-candidate being interviewed.
and You dont take peoples potato chips!
were among the epithets yelled.
I didnt laugh, but I had to hand it to them.
It was kind of likeSNLs version ofThere Will Be Blood.
I was glad I witnessed such a strenuous non sequitur.
What did you think?
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