“That Damn Michael Che” falls into several of the same comic traps as “SNL” has under the leadership of Che and “Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin Jost.
The episode opened with a sweet segment in which cast members appeared with their mother, for Mother’s Day, as if to say, besides that moms are cool, “not everyone on the show needs to be a pro.” Musk’s own mother made an appearance in his opening monologue, which began with a sort of disclaimer: “I don’t always have a lot of intonational variation in how I speak. Which I’m told makes for great comedy.
And though Aidy Bryant, who had reposted a Bernie Sanders tweet about billionaires and income inequality that was widely taken to refer to the booking, was not present, the cast members who were did not seem to begrudge Musk’s presence, and kept the energy up around him. All in all, as “SNL” goes, it was a decent showing.
The jokes hit a goodly number of Muskean topics and old tweets — Mars, cars, “The Matrix,” smoking dope on Joe Rogan’s show, COVID-19 and cryptocurrency — without digging deep on any of them. There is always the question in a show at least vestigially devoted to topical satire on how hard to poke the guest, and how much to flatter him.
I chose not to watch because I don't want to encourage a trend where people with extreme wealth push their way into such roles. Musk hasn't done anything in entertainment to earn the role of host of a comedy show. He should stay in his lane or start over with entry level roles.
AskRobinhood crashed while he was hosting SNL, seems quite convenient, Dogecoins was being bought at an exponential rate until the systems crash, when the app came online they continued buying DogeCoinTo1Dollar
Guess not. I mean billionaires are so admired and looked up to. The 99% of Americans are so happy he's rich. What was SNL thinking!?! BTW I did not, will not watch it.
Sure, if you’re willing to overlook the fact that Musk threw a double white power sign while sitting next to Michael Che. Nice reporting .
every episode of SNL is a disaster
It was awesome