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All rights reserved. In honor of the show, here is a list of the 35 best SNL skits that have ever aired. For example, while it made sense for Larry David to show up as Bernie Sanders after Sanders dropped out of the presidential race, boy did David phone that Sanders performance in. From fake commercials to digital shorts to impressions, game shows, musical parodies, political satires, and celeb appearances, something in this list is bound to crack you up.
Tom Hanks — looking well a month after being diagnosed with COVID-19 in Australia — filled in as the episode’s emcee. Using data and research from various sources, including sites such as IMDb and NBC, as well as fan pages and celebrity interviews, Stacker has compiled a list of some of the best skits to ever grace the SNL stage. The bit works as it is, but the reactions of Thompson’s Townsend — as his extravagant nerdiness got greater and greater — would have been a delight. And for that, Hanks was a terrific “SNL” host.Plus, he brought back the question and answer “SNL” monologue, which apparently only really works as well as it does when there are other people to play off of other than just Tom Hanks with a fake mustache.The prerecorded and virtual nature of this episode makes it hard to critique. “How Low Will You Go?” is probably the one sketch that really would have been great to see with the audience. The show is also punctuated by performances from that week’s musical guest.That stable structure is the only stable thing about the show, though. While Bryant gets to show off with McKinnon in “Zoom Call,” her “Visualizations” sketch is honestly Bryant at her best. A true power move. After decades of enjoying Kenan Thompson in front of a studio audience, it,“Visualizations with Aidy Bryant” might need to become a recurring sketch, even when we’re not sheltering in place. There’s no fancy production team, no impressive sets, no elaborate hair and makeup. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive.© 2020 Complex Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved.has been a hallmark of American sketch comedy for over 40 years.