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‘Saturday Night Live’ perfectly spoofs the world without sports during special Zoom episode

SNL returned for an innovative episode via Zoom during the coronavirus outbreak.

Saturday Night Live tried to make the show work Saturday for the first time since shutting down last month because of the global COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. They did what so many others have done: They worked from home and gathered via Zoom.

The Saturday Night Live At Home show wasn’t live, and cast members certainly didn’t have the typical resources they normally would while filming segments in their homes. But with Tom Hanks “hosting,” they tried to put together some sketches, which obviously included jokes about and skits centered on people’s new quarantined lives.

Particularly relatable was SNL‘s skit Sport Report, providing sports updates in a world without sports. And like sports fans who are clinging to classic games, inventing sports with their cats, getting super into marble racing or trying to get Joe Buck to offer play-by-plays of everyday activities, reporter Bob Tisdale (Alex Moffat) is just trying to fill that void too.

He’s got a spatula for a microphone, recounted random things he saw out the window and did play-by-play recaps of computers racing to turn on and matches trying to stay lit as long as possible. Really riveting competition, and it’s a perfect summary for how sports fans are feeling these days.

The SNL show via Zoom was dominated by solo sketches and bits and included another sports-related one with the always brilliant Kate McKinnon bringing her impression of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg back.

While wearing a sweatshirt with “Super Diva!” printed on it, she led an exercise class poking fun at the justice’s famously challenging workout routine while rattling off some political zingers.

Here’s a look at what sort of replaced a traditional cold open with the SNL cast uniting on Zoom with McKinnon introducing the show: “And live from Zoom, it’s somewhere between March and August.”

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LeBron’s appearance on HBO’s Entourage alongside Matt Damon

Looking back at LeBron’s appearance on the HBO hit-show Entourage. In season six, episode 12 LeBron makes his cameo.

LeBron James had already hosted Saturday Night Live by the time he appeared on an episode of HBO’s hit-show, Entourage, in 2009. He had performed SNL skits on NBC with his close friend and future agent, Rich Paul. There were many classic Nike and Sprite commercials by this point as well, so LeBron and his team were no strangers to the stage. But this was a season finale episode of a mega-hit show and LeBron would make his cameo appearance alongside Matt Damon.

To this point in LeBron’s NBA career, he had played every season with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He won the Eastern Conference in 2007 and led his Cavs team to the NBA Finals. There, Cleveland lost to the San Antonio Spurs in four games. LeBron would win his first of four MVP awards in the same year he appeared on Entourage. He was also a perennial All-Star who would soon be winning rings with the Miami Heat.

During the episode of Entourage that LeBron appears in, Turtle is on an emotional roller-coaster. He is trying to get over his lost love, Jamie-Lynn Sigler. In one of the most dramatic twists in the series, Turtle started dating Meadow from The Sopranos. But now, Jamie is filming a movie for 12 months overseas and thinks it’s best to break it off. Turtle is heartbroken, but determined.

Eric Murphy is chasing his ex, Sloane. He gets her to go out to eat with him during the episode. Cinematography is at its finest as Eric drives a flashy convertible alongside the ocean while plotting to win back Sloane’s love. Ari is in the midst of an agency war that has him pitted against Lloyd. Drama spends most of the episode hanging with his little bro, Hollywood superstar Vinny Chase. The Chase brothers are making their way to Italy when they bump into LeBron and Matt.

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See the sweet tweet and pics as NFL star JJ Watt marries pro soccer star

See the sweet tweet and pics as NFL star JJ Watt marries pro soccer star.

It’s been a great start to 2020 for Houston Texans star JJ Watt.

Yeah, so he didn’t get to play in the Super Bowl, but he hosted “Saturday Night Live” on Super Bowl Eve and he got married to women’s pro soccer star Kealia Ohai on Saturday in the Bahamas.

Not bad.

In fact, Watt tweeted:

It has been a very busy few weeks for the Watt family as reported here.

Good on ya, JJ.

(Small side note: Ohai’s father was one of my high school teachers and football coaches and one of the genuine nice guys, so what the heck, huh? Hi, Ben. Congrats to you and your family!)

Watch: JJ Watt Remakes “Rudy” for Saturday Night Live

Can we get JJ Watt in a Notre Dame uniform next time they play Clemson though, please

If you missed Saturday Night Live this past weekend like most of the nation has done for sometime, JJ Watt, Houston Texans star and a University of Wisconsin product was the guest host.

Watt and much of the cast did a sketch remaking “Rudy” and did so in just four or so minutes.

Enjoy “Robbie” if you haven’t already seen it:

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I loved “Rudy” when it came out and still do, even if things we learn later on about his actual story may have meant for an even better film.

But if you can’t laugh at that then you’re taking things way too seriously.

Can we get JJ Watt in a Notre Dame uniform next time they play Clemson though, please? That would be nice.

J.J. Watt records fake ‘Madden 21’ dialogue in hilarious SNL skit

J.J. Watt aced this SNL skit.

Houston Texans superstar J.J. Watt hosted Saturday Night Live on the eve of Super Bowl 54, and he absolutely nailed this EA Sports “Madden NFL 21” segment. In the skit, Watt is in an audio booth to record player dialogue lines to be used in the upcoming Madden game – but the script is written as if Watt is the worst player in the league.

(Warning: Video contains some profanity)

  • “Sorry guys!”
  • “Whoopsies!”
  • “INTERCEPT…. aww, never mind, I dropped it!”
  • “Go ahead and boo me. At least I’m not in a wheelchair like that little boy right there!”
  • “Wooo! I’m going to the Super Bowl, baby! My wife’s company got tickets!”

That last line is too real for Texans fans.

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J.J. Watt’s best moments during his hosting gig on ‘Saturday Night Live’

J.J. Watt hosted ‘Saturday Night Live’ the evening before Super Bowl LIV, and he crushed it like it was a quarterback.

Last night, J.J. Watt became the first NFL player since Eli Manning in 2012 to host “Saturday Night Live”.

No offense to Eli, but Watt crushed it much more.

Most of the skits were crisp and clever and he didn’t seem to miss a line — except for maybe his Texans’ defensive one and his offensive one as he pined about missing out on not being in this year’s Super Bowl.

“Would I really trade hosting SNL for the Super Bowl? … Yes, I definitely would.”

His opening monologue was a sweet shoutout to his family, especially his mother, as seen here:

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SNL spoofs Netflix’s ‘Cheer,’ and the director responded with jokes on Twitter

“You’re watching ‘Cheer,’ the new Netflix docu-series that has everyone asking: ‘DID YOU WATCH CHEER?'”

“Saturday Night Live” jumped into the conversation about Netflix’s hit documentary series, “Cheer.”

The show follows the Navarro College cheerleading squad in Texas on their pursuit of a junior college championship at NCA College Nationals in Daytona, Florida. The team’s season is filled with adversity, largely in the form of injuries (concussions, dislocations, sprains), which don’t seem to faze the coaching staff — or, in some cases, the injured athletes themselves.

Riffing off that oddity, the comedians on SNL — with a guest appearance from Adam Driver — decided to develop a spoof on the show and the too-dogged competitors. Here’s a look at that segment.

The show’s director, Greg Whiteley, probably didn’t know ahead of time that SNL developed a bit around his show. On Twitter, Whiteley wrote: “Retiring today as there’s really no point in going on.”

The best joke of the spoof might have been the line: “You’re watching ‘Cheer,’ the new Netflix docu-series that has everyone asking: ‘Did you watch Cheer?'” As someone who has watched “Cheer,” I’d be lying if I didn’t admit I’ve asked that exact question. And even though I feel roasted, the show is very good — and you should watch it.

So… Have you watched “Cheer”?

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Texans DE J.J. Watt to host Saturday Night Live on Feb. 1

Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt will be hosting NBC’s Saturday Night Live on Feb. 1.

A Houston Texans player will be on broadcast TV in February after all, even though the team was bounced out of the playoffs.

According to a tweet from the official Saturday Night Live account, Texans defensive end J.J. Watt will be the host of the Feb. 1 edition of the show on NBC. The musical guest that evening will be Luke Combs.

Watt is no stranger to the spotlight. In 2014, he appeared in “The League,” an FX show about fantasy football. In 2015, he also appeared in an episode of the FOX show “New Girl.”

The three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year also played the part of a youth sports coach in the 2016 feature film “Bad Moms.” Watt is also good friends with former California governor and action star Arnold Schwartzenegger.

SNL had Myles Garrett attack Rudy Giuliani in cold open

Myles Garrett, played by Keenan Thompson, tries to explain himself.

“Saturday Night Live” brought NFL drama and a soap-opera vibe to the impeachment hearings.

After NBC called the hearings “lacking pizazz” and Reuters called them “dull,”  the comedians on SNL decided to turn the court proceedings into a soap opera called “Days of our Impeachment” on the cold open this week. It was an effort to capture the attention of the American public, because, as SNL said, “the only thing at stake is democracy.”

During the course of SNL’s hearings, we saw plenty of dramatic moments, including an appearance from Keenan Thompson, playing Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett. Feeling “falsely accused,” Garrett explained why he swung a helmet at Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph on Thursday Night Football.

“You see what happened was, I saw another player who had lost a helmet somehow, and I thought, ‘Oh, he should be wearing a helmet.’ So I attempted to put it back on his head.”

When Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., played by Alex Moffat, told him Garrett was not on trial, he replied that he knew that.

“President Trump pardoned me from the war crimes,” Garrett said. “He said I could bring a helmet to Afghanistan and just go nuts.”

Moments later, Garrett uses his helmet to smack Rudy Giuliani in the head.

During the final moments of the Browns’ win over the Cleveland Steelers, Garrett and Rudolph got into a wrestling match on the ground after the defensive end hit the quarterback late. Garrett ripped off Rudolph’s helmet and swung it at his head, which started a brawl on the football field. Garrett, Rudolph and quarterback Baker Mayfield discussed the incident immediately after the game. The media response was significant, with NFL giving Garrett an indefinite suspension.

In a truly depressing piece of commentary, it seems SNL is willing to introduce whatever amount of drama necessary to make sure Americans are paying attention to the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

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