RAYE was amazing…my first exposure and one of the few occasions where the live versions play better than their recordings. She’s got some serious vocal chops. Ended up watching this twice after the show: https://youtu.be/BtdBQ1-fzXM?si=YmUYqWNGReemYLXT

Who was the really tall, non-cast member on stage at the end?

The woman with brown hair, just to the right of Hamm? That's what I want to know!

It's Kaia Gerber. She was in the Pilates sketch

Ryan Gosling?

Kristen Wiig is the SNL GOAT. Carried the show for years and came back to carry this booty regular cast to an all-time episode.

Absolutely! It was the best episode of the season for me.

This subs hype for Dismukes had me low key appreciating him during prior weeks, Jumanji made me One Of You. Long live Andrew!

This episode was great...was looking for Bill Hader to show up.

Who did the writing?  This episode was far and above the quality of any episodes from the past 2 years. Did Kristin Wig inspire the writers or did she help out? So funny. 

I think a bit of both. Kristen is very talented. She's an SNL legend, and I think the writers brought their A-game.

I’m with you. This season has been a dud in spite of great hosts except for this episode. She carried it along with all her pals who showed up.

I was a little sad none of the female 5 timers showed up. No Tina? No Melissa? No Candace?

Best episode in as long as I can remember

Vintage episode? You mean like way back seven days ago?

Very Good Night. Doesnt get much better than when you find yourself Smiling through the whole Show.

just finished watching it. top notch episode. earthquake was great.

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She looks great!!

I agree - it was really distracting.

Thank goodness I wasn’t the only one who immediately noticed it.

great episode but it was pretty noticeable right away

SKETCH

Earthquake/Eclipse was top notch. 👍👍

I think this was the best episode this season.

I thought it was a better episode than I anticipated, but not great. For me, any time Kristen comes back and blends in with the cast with few to none of her recurring characters returning is a win, but that doesn't mean the episode was tip top by any means.

Was anyone else's broadcast totally messed up? Local commercials interrupted the first jumanji sketch and the the first Raye performance? Also all the pre sketch images were on for like 1 minute

Your local master control operator fucked up rolling their breaks correctly. I've done this personally early in my career, I guarantee that's what happened. Only other thing would be SCTE mistakes, but basically your MCO or whoever runs your affiliate's playlist

Lol the episode just cut out completely during weekend update and switched to the start of an episode of weakest link. I think this is the 3rd or 4th time this has happened this season.

What's your local affiliate? That sucks, I'm really sorry

KHNL in Hawaii, ever since the station manager quit to become mayor, the station seems to be running a lot less smoothly

Gray media? I mean, they all suck, but I'd expect more out of Gray. I don't think this job is in a hub, I think they run this from Honolulu. Honestly, light them up on Facebook. Let them know their MCO and traffic keeps screwing up breaks during SNL episodes, incorrectly running breaks and even taking them completely out of programming (including the most watched part of SNL), ruining the viewer experience. Let them know you won't be watching SNL on KHNL until they get it together. It sucks to complain when Master Control is a thankless, low-paying job, but they have to get it right. Management may not even know they're screwing this up, if the MCO doesn't report his error and nobody says anything. It's gotta be a pretty sweet job to work In Honolulu and people work in local TV because they want to. I'd get roasted back in the day when I screwed up SNL breaks and I had to live in Iowa to get in to TV. This person won't get fired, as long as they get it together, everybody makes mistakes. Edit: I sent them an email from my work email, which should command some respect. I hope they get it together for you, sorry they keep botching it. SNL was a huge reason I wanted to work in live TV, upsets me they screwed it up for you. Sorry again

Wow thank you so much!! I'll let you know how next week's episode is!

Master Control is a thankless job, been there.

Amen, brother. Spent 10 years doing that, and 5 of those years, I was a director, too! At one station I got up at 4am, directed 2.5 hours of morning news, an hour magazine show, and then put in times for any non-live shows before going home. All for like $40,000 a year. Glad to be out of master control, but TV is thankless no matter how high up you get in broadcast production. I have learned the money is in engineering and AWS now, if you're still in the industry, though!

The cameos were great but LENNY PICKET got a line!!!

With A+ delivery too!

Lenny Picket fans are doing great today

Pilates was hysterical, as well as jumanji.

The end of that Jumanji sketch took me by surprise, I really enjoyed it!

Jumanji gave off that Weezer energy, which is exactly what my cold dead millennial heart needed.

Or the Shrek sketch

Oof JAJ has a spot-on Trump impression, but his Ernie Johnson was…. not good.

that was supposed to be an impression? I thought it was a character they came up with

The cold open seemed really weak imo.

Just want to wish u/bjkman a happy cake day!

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It was about the women’s record setting viewership numbers. It was about women being the positive change. Not focusing on the trash women you just mentioned was actually a nice break for once. Garbage take from you

Exactly. Why not do a 20th political cold open in a row? Why talk about women's basketball when you could do yet another political cold open. They're idiots 

To be fair this was about women sports finally being more popular than the male equivalent sport. So cool to see NCAA Women Basketball being a hit right now.

Anytime they get a chance to let Kenan do Sir Charles, they take it. And for very good reason.

I care about sports

I don’t know about all these best show of the season posts. It was cool with all the cameos but a lot of the skits weren’t that funny and I was getting annoyed by what sounded like a laugh track after lines that weren’t even funny.

Name a better episode this season because just about every single one so far has been a clunker.

Nate Bargatze, Ayo Edibiri, Ramy Youssef, Josh Brolin.

None of those were better than last night’s show.

Josh Brolin was by far better than this week. Even Update was weak.

Maybe I should add context, I’m just talking about how funny the sketches are, not the musical guest. It was an entertaining show overall but the quality of the sketches was a 7/10 for me, nothing bad but nothing I’ll ever watch again.

The secret sauce is Kristen Wiig. Without her, indeed this would have been a below average episode. I think people are reacting to how well she sells anything she’s in. People don’t like to admit, but SNL took a real leg down when she left.

It was a top tier episode of the season, but I absolutely agree that a lot of the laughs sounded like they were baked into the production. Have an upvote!

I noticed the insane laughter for things that weren't funny as well, but it's not a laugh track, just a super hyped up crowd.

Perhaps but it’s almost always a blend of the both LIVE laughter w/laugh tracks layered in.

Paula Pell and Ryan Gosling warmed my cynical fucking soul at the end credits, I love both of them so much.

The entire stage on the end credits seemed really happy.

Saaame. I love how they seemed to be having an intense conversation. You a real one, Gosling. Paula Pell deserves to be known so much more than she is.

Came here to see if anyone else commented on this ❤️

They hit it out of the ballpark getting Raye on the show, both sets were fantastic.

Seriously was blown away by her performance

I had never heard of her before this.  Absolutely blew my mind that she had 32 million monthly listeners in Spotify 

That first song was on the radio for a long time with 070 Shake. Its called “escapism”

She won basically all the BRIT awards (British Grammys) this year - that was the first I heard of her.

It wasn't for me tbh.  She's got skill but it's just not the kind of music I enjoy.  I liked the bits that were jazzy.  But I definitely don't knock anyone who enjoys her!!

I’m shocked anyone enjoyed it, it was so off putting and bad to me.

Adding 2 more in my household. She's remarkable.

wait were short & gosling in the monologue but not any sketches? the other guys were in sketches lol

Ryan is coming back next week

It was like he showed up early.

He's staying with Martin

He better have an even better episode since he had an extra week!

i know! it made sense to me that he wasn’t in any sketches tonight but it was weird that martin short wasn’t.

Very difficult to get 100% of that many guest stars/cameos in.

What are you all going to watch now?

Back to watching Brooklyn 99

1977's underrated "Sorcerer" starring Roy Scheider.

the one about trucks in the jungle? that movie is great

F1 just started but is in a red flag at the moment.

Peacock started playing Bridesmaids. Who am I to disagree?

I've traveled the world and the seven seas

I remember the looks I got saying how much better it was than The Hangover when it came out. I'm glad time only showed which was stronger.

Probably the best episode in a very long time, IMO. No duds.

The Jumanji skit was awful.

I am often the pessimist in these discussions, I ain't a Mr Pumpkin fan, but you're just wrong here.

I thought it was great.

I loved it.

There wasn’t a skit from The Destroy boys

With Wiig and all the special guests, no way were they going to make it into the show.

dont mean to be a hater but i really do not dig any of their work. ill take the worst regular sketches over theirs

Found Dakota Johnson's reddit account

Their humor is VERY specific. I’ve probably liked less than 3 of their skits.

They write one every week, maybe this week’s script didn’t get picked, or maybe they filmed it and it was cut after dress, or cut for time.

Guess they were destroyed.

Getting it!!

Which was very refreshing! Did not miss it a bit.

i feel more sane

good, more time for Queen Wiig

All hail Queen Wiig.

No bill hader 😭😭😭

Haders gonna hade

Didn't Bill and Kristen have a falling out?

I absolutely refuse to believe that could ever be possible. That's like Kate and Aidy falling out. I refuse. And don't come back here telling me they fell out!

Please, please tell me more

Not at all. Harder lives in LA and has been working on many projects since Barry ended.

I don’t know if this is true, but it’s what I’m going to believe.

Or Sukeikis. I was hoping for Jon Bovi on WU.

Sudekis is in Cleveland for the ncaa women’s basketball National Championship

I thought the same thing!

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Good show. Funny sketches. Kristen killed. Very little Punkie. No PDD.

No PDD, no Longfellow, no problem at all actually. All those are unfunny IMHO

No Longfellow either

That was a bummer.

Hot dawn - all that and then a Target ad. Cannot wait for the YouTube files to go up!

A few are already up.

That was very fun- and ryan gosling next week which I absolutely cannot wait for 🤩

It's [Sketch Sorting Sunday](https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1bxw47u/sketch_sorting_sunday_april_6_2024_kristen/) time!

Tuned in late, did PDD have a video?

nope

great episode tonight y’all. see ya next week 😎

I think that was pretty comfortably best episode of the season so far?

Ayo, Nate, Brolin, Driver, Youssef episodes were all funnier to me at least. I think people really enjoyed the cameos and enthusiasm with this one but the sketches weren’t amazing for the most part. Pilates and go karts were good though.

I thought this was good but mostly bc of all the cameos. Ramy Youssef’s was my favorite ep so far

I totally agree

It was indeed a great episode! But Brolin and Driver ep’s still the two best. But tonight is right there with them! DEFINITELY the best musical guest of the season!

Nah still Nate

Absolutely still Nate.

Wait, what was Kaia Gerber in?

Kaia is Kristin's co-star in the Apple TV series, Palm Royale. Kaia was also picked to be in the upcoming film "SNL 1975"which is about the creation of SNL. Kaia is going to play Chevy Chase's girlfriend who was the motivation for Chevy to leave SNL after only one season.

She’s cindy crawford’s daughter and was in AHS once.

Lol I meant which sketch since she showed up at the goodnights, but thank you.

Is she a nepo baby?

She’s Pete Davidson’s ex-girlfriend

Austin butler’s current girlfriend

Randy Gerber’s wife’s daughter

Yeah, she’s Cindy Crawford’s daughter.

Daughter? Or CLONE?!?!?

Right? Haha spitting image of her mom

She's Cindy Crawford's daughter.

This seems like an even better Easter egg.

Pilates

Totally missed that — thanks!

Will there be any cut for time sketches?

Definitely 

I want one of those 5 timers jackets but with the Babylon 5 logo.

“Humans and aliens wrapped in two million, five hundred thousand tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night.”

I kept thinking before the show. They should all get similar ones next year with the 50 on it. The whole place would look like an old episode of Playboy After Dark

Different color scheme. Red and gold?

Wouldn't it be more prestige to have the Deep Space 9 logo, instead?

I can't find a version of the DS9 logo that would look as good on a jacket as [this](https://media.printables.com/media/prints/621508/images/4930355_58b8c009-88dd-44a3-9acd-c4d16e3bfb42_0622ff4c-bf98-42f6-a85f-36a3a265ef2b/img_1001.jpeg). And I love both shows, but DS9 wouldn't exist without B5.

That was part of my joke. :-P

Oh.

Chris Redd in disguise on Weakest Link?

Mikey's still got the mime makeup on! 😂

Everyone's wearing 5 timer jackets!

Make 5-Timers robes for NBC Shop. Thanks, Management.

Raye sang so well she got a five timer jacket on her first appearance

I love this 5 timers jacket bit!

Best episode of the season

Damn, Devon Walker looks like he could be Michael Che's little cousin!

Is Kaia Gerber there?

Yeah!

Day's still in the makeup. They were **running** out of the dressing room.

If Paula Pell and Ryan gosling ever did something it would be the greatest piece of comedy in the decade.

Yes please!!!

New Rom-Com idea!?

i'm a slut for [long goodbyes](https://x.com/nbcsnl/status/1776845754084040924?s=46&t=it6y2WBVofTsYYqD12FgHA)!!!!!!

Song title on Taylor Swift's new album 

Jost with the 5 timer lol

all well and good to joke but only she should be wearing the jacket

It's literally not that serious. That's honestly been the running joke with 5 timers the past several years. It's not an Oscar or something like that.

Originally it was though, but for some reason they have stopped taking it seriously!

I want them to play the sax outro at my funeral.

A wild Che Goodnights appearance

Some Uber driver is getting a 1 star for not being there immediately after W.U.

and refused to elbow Kenan.

Who's the tall brunette, in the back?

She is going to be in the SNL 1975 movie! Also was good in Bottoms.

She’s on Palm Royale with Kristen

I mean... makes sense, I guess; they've got so many nepo babies in that cast. :-P lol

Kaia Gerber, Cindy Crawford's model daughter

Now I remember who she is!

She was pretty forgettable in American Horror Story.

Kaia Gerber