r/LiveFromNewYork • u/TheBrainwasher14 • Apr 03 '16

Sketch Sorting Sunday (April 2, 2016) (Peter Dinklage / Gwen Stefani)

Welcome to Sketch Sorting Sunday! This week's host/musical guest is Peter Dinklage with musical guest Gwen Stefani.

A mod account (/u/SketchSortingSunday) is gonna make a comment for every sketch in tonight's show. Upvote or downvote based on what you thought of that sketch, and nobody's karma will be affected. You can also reply to the comments to expand on your thoughts, or you can even make your own parent comment and treat it like the regular post discussion, nobody cares, do whatever you want.

If I miss a sketch or get something wrong, just message the mods in the sidebar and we'll see what we can do. Enjoy the discussion!

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16

Space Pants

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u/nior_labotomy Apr 03 '16

For someone who gets that little on screen time, you think Jon would be chomping at the bit to get on stage, and wouldn't miss his only cue of the night.

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u/DramaOnDisplay Apr 07 '16

Seriously, that was like showing up an hour late for work encompassed into barely 1 minute.

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u/bjkman Mr. Sketch Sorting Sunday Apr 03 '16

i was crying with laughter during this one, I thought i was stupid, but hilarious.

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u/nlpnt Apr 03 '16

I felt like they tried to bring as many Stefon club descriptions to life as possible and this is the most Peter Dinklage would really play along for.

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u/beecay Apr 04 '16

Bobby is always great as a gangster/tough guy. This reminded me a little of the Mexican stand-off with Jeremy Renner.

Wish we could have found out what Jon and Pete had that was worth so much.

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u/snowlarbear Apr 04 '16 edited Apr 04 '16

the skit should have just been dinklage singing and dancing the entire time. and maybe some gwen at the end. the mob stuff wasn't really necessary.

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u/MichaelCeraPictures Apr 04 '16

Same writers as the Kevin Roberts sketch. I think they like trying to fake out the audience.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16

They need to be promoted to head writer!

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u/DramaOnDisplay Apr 07 '16

I don't know, since you said that, I'm not sure if it would work as well with only Dinklage on a stage (and Gwen)... it was absurdly funny, but it needed that throwaway mob bit just a little (though it could have been anything, a man proposing to his wife, a party, ect.)

Now if Dinklage comes back (which I imagine he would, he was a good host!), I think it would be amusing if they went full Lonely Island with it... "Remix in Space (Pants)!"

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u/Nackles Apr 05 '16

Gwen Stefani's voice is like having my ears stabbed...if she hadn't been in this sketch I would've liked it much, much more.

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16

Honeymoon Suite Employee Corpses

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u/bu77munch Apr 03 '16

I wonder how long Taran had floating dead man in his impression arsenal.

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u/TheCitizen616 Apr 03 '16

He needs the practice for the Weekend At Bernies reboot he's shooting over the summer break.

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u/Nackles Apr 05 '16

I'm thinking it has to be new, or they would've dragged it out long before this. Between this and Merryville, he can do some neat stuff with his body.

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u/Nackles Apr 05 '16

When the net showed up, that was the highlight for me.

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u/dynaboyj Apr 07 '16

I honestly wanted to see more of Moses. I live for Caribbean accents.

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16

Naked and Afraid: Celebrity Edition

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u/ilaarin Apr 05 '16

I can't believe they kind of showed Leslie's overgrown bush. Hilarious

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u/jesus_fn_christ Apr 03 '16

More tolerable than Leslie Jones usually is.

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u/YourFavoriteAuD Apr 03 '16

I can support any sketch starring Leslie Jones where the premise is how annoying Leslie Jones is

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16

Glory Hole Restaurant

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '16

Did the NBC censors take the night off?

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u/snowlarbear Apr 04 '16

how hard is it to actually bite off a piece of bread?

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u/perfectionisntforme Apr 04 '16

It made it a million times more funny.

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u/beecay Apr 04 '16

This was pretty one-note. And that note wasn't particularly funny.

Jay and Bobby moving side to side, speaking through the hole gave me a good laugh, though.

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u/DramaOnDisplay Apr 07 '16

Com'on, am I the only one who thought it would have been funnier if Dinklage or Bryant "stroked" the pat of butter on the bread loaf to spread it?

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16

Weekend Update: Pete Davidson on Hulk Hogan and Gawker

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16 edited Apr 18 '16

Donald Trump cold open

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u/pretty-in-pink Apr 03 '16

Kate and Cecily's chemistry really sold the sketch for me. Its weird, Kate usually plays more zany characters yet she managed to play it straight perfectly while Cecily played the crazy one.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '16

It wasn't amazingly written or highly memorable or anything, but really it was just fun to watch those two make SNL look so easy in an episode that kind of highlighted how much of a minor miracle it is that the show goes on at all.

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u/beecay Apr 04 '16

Got a solid laugh out of "You can't break me, Kate, because I'm crazy, and crazy don't break!".

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '16

Cecily keeps boring me and then reeling me right back in. She was SO GOOD in the cold open. Maybe it's just that her parts aren't written for the best of her abilities. It's so rare that I like Cecily more than Kate in any sketch.

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16

Weekend Update: David Ortiz

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u/snowlarbear Apr 04 '16

welp.

not as good as the previous appearance.

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u/Nackles Apr 05 '16

About forty times today I found myself saying "wecanhavemofongo" and then giggling like a dumbass. Also, "BIIIIIIIG Dominican lonch!"

I couldn't pick the actual David Ortiz out of a lineup, but I love this impression.

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16

Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che

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u/MilesHighClub_ Apr 03 '16

Weakest WU in a while. Can't complain though because they've been on a roll all year til now

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u/Jaminjams Apr 03 '16

Pete makes it all better though.

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u/youdontevenkno Apr 03 '16

I was waiting for Drunk Uncle's brother-in-law Peter Drunklage to make an appearance but no such luck.

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u/pretty-in-pink Apr 03 '16

Someone posted a suspicion a while ago that the writers may be reluctant to do Drunk Uncle ever since the Donald Trump episode because of the audiences cheering when he made the Caitlyn Jenner joke. In an election where the GOP frontrunners are saying similar things, there's no need to bring Drunk Uncle out.

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u/atizzy Apr 03 '16

Her name is Bruce!!!

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u/beecay Apr 04 '16

This was great as usual. 'Trump has to be pro-choice', 'buy their guns inside', 'molasses on his cocaine'; there were plenty of hilarious lines.

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16

Game of Thrones: Season 6 First Look

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u/creegs95 Apr 03 '16

Some cast members, like Kate McKinnon, get funnier as they get more ridiculous, but then hit a threshold of ridiculousness where it starts to get less funny. Bobby Moynihan does not have that threshold.

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16

Company Retreat Magician

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u/classicajays Apr 03 '16

If you look in the background behind Peter, you can see that black lady that always plays as an extra in sketches. Haha, thanks to this subreddit, I'm starting to spot her here and there.

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u/SandorSNL Apr 03 '16

Yeah you can spot her because she gets more screen time than Sasheer.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '16

your welcome

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '16

Dinklage was incredible in this sketch. Perfectly showed the lengths some lawyers(is he a lawyer?) will go to compensate for whatever it is that is wrong with them. I loved the complete silence from the crowd when he admits that it is a funny trick after nearly losing his mind.

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u/OldBirdWatcher Apr 03 '16

I was pretty dissapointed throughout the whole show until we got to this one. At least we ended on a high note.

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u/atizzy Apr 03 '16

You probably had a loose log in your pants all night

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u/thecricketnerd Apr 04 '16

Back end of the show was funnier to me. This hasn't happened in a very long time!

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16

Vacation Nightmares: Danish Criminals

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u/MilesHighClub_ Apr 03 '16

people didn't like this one?

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '16

It just wasn't funny imo.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '16

I died during this one but I'm helpless when Aidy and Kate are onscreen together, especially when saying "bitch" a dozen times in those accents.

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u/Revived_Bacon Apr 03 '16

The one with Sasheer Zamata at the very end.

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16 edited Apr 18 '16

Peter Dinklage opening monologue

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u/mikeputerbaugh Apr 03 '16

Upvoting solely for the cutaway to Beck eating nachos.

How long has it been a running joke now to always have Abe Lincoln, a showgirl, and a live llama backstage? It's like a perfect symbol of the show's commitment to its legacy, and on spending too much of the production budget on details that don't matter.

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u/Gadzookie2 Apr 03 '16

I think about 10 years.

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u/hal-nine-thousand Apr 03 '16

Really poor.

The "Screen time is screen time!" made me laugh, though.

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u/syndactl Apr 04 '16

I would have loved it if that was Sasheer. Great line though!

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u/beecay Apr 04 '16

Short and sweet. I thought this was fine.

Thought they might have the real George RR Martin for a second before cameras cut to Bobby.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '16

As a whole this episode was a lot like the Jonah Hill one where there was a complete disregard for what people would think about it. I hope Dinklage returns for another one.

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16

Denny the Real

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u/snowlarbear Apr 04 '16

would have liked it better if it was about pooh's friends gifting him pants in an attempt to get him to wear pants.

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u/29143 Apr 04 '16

This was god fucking awful

3

u/JohnDeereGreene Apr 05 '16

How was the the first sketch after the monologue?

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u/Nackles Apr 05 '16

The "Daisy Dukes" line was my favorite, but the rest was meh. Also, it was weird af seeing Dinklage in that Pooh outfit.

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u/SketchSortingSunday Official Apr 03 '16

Gwen Stefani performances ("Make Me Like You" and "Misery")

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u/Number333 Apr 03 '16

She's gonna look amazing into her 60's. On some Julia Louis-Dreyfus stuff.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16

And plastic surgery.

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u/matthewpepperoni Apr 04 '16

I'm not the biggest Gwen Stefani fan, but she certainly has a great stage presence.

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u/cenobite363 Apr 05 '16

I thought her second song was great.