Did he write the gags? Surely not, as they are toe-curling with bells on. “If you don’t recognise the accent, I’m Irish,” he says. “If you don’t recognise the face, I’m the fella you’ve seen in that thing you can’t remember.” Oh, God, make it stop.
He tiptoes through a trad piece made famous, he reveals, by Barney McKenna of The Dubliners. Rescuing him is his Banshees of Inisherin costar Colin Farrell, who arrives wearing a Super Mario moustache. They then pretend that Farrell is needy and that Gleeson is withholding his affection, which is essentially the plot of their new movie.Saturday Night Live is a comedy institution in the United States, which is remarkable considering it is rarely funny and, with its signposted nongags and mugging performances, is often unwatchable.
Farrell returns to mess about with his old mucker Gleeson in a pointless — even by SNL standards — scene in which a photographer takes their pictures.Worst of all is a piece that tries to lampoon theNetflix Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde yet is somehow even more excruciating than that movie. In it, Gleeson, with beard intact, plays an oldish woman reading fan mail to Monroe. It is thuddingly unfunny, and you sense that the guest star is desperate for it to end.
With 'friends' like Ross, who needs enemies?
With 'friends' like Ross, who needs enemies?
An article of Irish begrudery. Bono wasn't wrong.
Possibly the worst tv in existence
I loved it, it was not the usual stand up routine
God, I thought it was only me. But yes SNL is appallingly unfunny especially with the loss of Kate McKinnon’s impersonations. I was mortified for BG who was totally out of his environment.
SNL has always been 95% awful and 5% goodish. Even during the various golden eras people call its best days. Its a weird format.
I've watched nbcsnl for years and it's fair to say it's gone down hill rapidly over the past few years but honestly, I thought Brendans opening monologue was embarrassing but not as appalling as Saoirse Ronan performance & that dreadful Irish Airline sketch.