Scorecard: Kevin Hart Tried To Save A Boring Show
Kevin Hart's effort as host of "SNL" was fine. Actually, everything about last night's show was ... fine, I guess. It was kind of the definition of mediocre, actually. Put it this way: If the most memorable thing about the show was the fact that the host said "goddammit" twice, well, that's not a great sign. Don't get me wrong, Hart came with a ton of energy (perhaps too much at times), but the material was mostly second rate. It certainly wasn't a terrible show, but it wasn't a good or particularly memorable show, either. (And maybe there was a chance the writers were already looking ahead to next week's Justin Timberlake hosted show.) Off we go to a still slightly bored Scorecard ...
Sketch of the Night
"Z Shirt" (Tim Robinson, Kevin Hart) I was sold on this sketch even before the surprising reprise during the funeral. "Z Shirt" is pretty much the essence of every nightmare "hip" commercial that seemed to gain popularity during the early 1990s. The way Hart would frantically yell, "Is it a B shirt?," while looking up into a camera nails the horrors of my teenage years perfectly. And the reprise during the funeral was great, but I was kind of hoping we'd watch Hart scream his way through the entire alphabet. (I will have "Is it a H shirt?" in my head for the rest of the day.)
Score: 8.2
Sketch of the Night
"Z Shirt" (Tim Robinson, Kevin Hart) I was sold on this sketch even before the surprising reprise during the funeral. "Z Shirt" is pretty much the essence of every nightmare "hip" commercial that seemed to gain popularity during the early 1990s. The way Hart would frantically yell, "Is it a B shirt?," while looking up into a camera nails the horrors of my teenage years perfectly. And the reprise during the funeral was great, but I was kind of hoping we'd watch Hart scream his way through the entire alphabet. (I will have "Is it a H shirt?" in my head for the rest of the day.)
Score: 8.2
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The Good
"The Walking Dead" (Taran Killam, Bill Hader, Nasim Pedrad, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Moynihan) Seriously, how was this not the first sketch after the monologue? Not only is "The Walking Dead" more relevant than Steve Harvey's show, it also showed off the host's ability to do physical comedy. Yes, Nasim Pedrad played a child again, but, boy, she plays a good Carl. And I think my favorite line was almost tacked on at the end, "Can we discuss the fact that Maggie just died?"
"The Walking Dead" (Taran Killam, Bill Hader, Nasim Pedrad, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Moynihan) Seriously, how was this not the first sketch after the monologue? Not only is "The Walking Dead" more relevant than Steve Harvey's show, it also showed off the host's ability to do physical comedy. Yes, Nasim Pedrad played a child again, but, boy, she plays a good Carl. And I think my favorite line was almost tacked on at the end, "Can we discuss the fact that Maggie just died?"
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