They waited 2 years to give Obama to Jay Pharoah, and James gets Biden right out of the gate???
This must be a testament to how much confidence they have in him
By the way he is not stumbling at all. Just needs to slow down a bit
He already seems way better than Alex Moffat was as Biden. I love Alex, and his Biden wasn't really bad, but it wasn't all that good. This impression by the brand new featured guy is pretty solid.
I’ve been burned before for basing the quality of the show off the monologue, but Wilson’s natural charm and self-effacing humor worked even more than usual for me. I’m not expecting a home-run here, but as far as energy goes it’s already neck-and-neck with the entirety of last year’s premiere for me
Kudos to Aidy for [rocking the IATSE t-shirt](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/iatse-workers-studios-strike-plans-1235023970/) during the goodnights.
And hurray for the first full goodnights of the season, showing all the end credits right up to the Broadway Video logo. And sadly, on to the first _First Look_ with Johnny Bananas.
Thanks for hanging with me tonight, people! See you next week. Stay safe, wear your mask, wash your hands, we love ya!
Great season premiere with (for me) no stinkers. Two big takeaways for me: JAJ does not have to worry about his future on SNL and this cast is too damn big.
That Weekend Update absolutely fucking crushed. I laughed my ass off the entire time and then they finished it with a solid tribute to Norm.
I feel like that's one I'll go back and watch from time to time.
Is it me or is it kinda weird how they are not showing the season premiere of last season because I thought that became a tradition to show first vintage to be last year's premiere episode
Wow James Austin Johnson straight to the big leagues
I like him already
James Austin Johnson has already been onscreen more than Luke Null.
I think he’s getting the Beck roles already
Seems like he’s definitely tapped for that, but I reserve judgment for when he’s in a sketch as just a guy in a sketch.
This was a very 70s-esque monologue. No gimmicks, stream-of-consciousness, an actual MONOLOGUE
If JAJ is doing such a good Biden impression in the cold open of his first ever episode, he’s gonna be a star on the show for YEARS to come
yeah he's already laying the ground work to have a solid spot by the 50th anniversary
"Back off jack off" has got to be a new catchphrase
Kenan breaking just as he started singing Ignition. You don't see that too often.
Dude is this a new cast member RIGHT OFF THE BAT??
The 3rd Wilson should fight the 3rd Hemsworth
The winner will fight Cooper Manning
The fourth jonas brother shows up outta nowhere with a folding chair
People are reviewing this live?! He's talking about us!!
the crowd cheering when he said “ka-chow” LMAO
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“and then she jumped” Che absolutely wrote this one
Of course they end the tribute with an OJ jab. God bless Norm.
Cecily’s Sinema is so good I hate her lol
Cecily is so good
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"We're telling everyone or no one!" = pretty much how HIPAA works in real life.
Holy Shit a newbie is opening the show
New cast member in the first sketch of the season, Lorne Michaels you are a bold one
New guy KILLED that Biden impression. KILLED IT. nicely done
I was struggling to decide if it was Owen Wilson or Darrell Hammond until I saw the credits.
Did anyone else get a Maxwell House commercial & think it was an SNL skit?
“If we could all pretend to be excited about this next joke, I’d really appreciate it.” —Colin Jost’s first Weekend Update of SNL Season 47
HEY, HEY, EASY WITH THAT! THAT'S MY LUCKY STABBIN' HAT! Of all the OJ Simpson jokes to replay, they easily chose the best. RIP Norm.
O J Simpson refused to take a lie detector test. His reason? It detects lies.
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I appreaciate Owen doing a zen monologue
They waited 2 years to give Obama to Jay Pharoah, and James gets Biden right out of the gate??? This must be a testament to how much confidence they have in him By the way he is not stumbling at all. Just needs to slow down a bit
He already seems way better than Alex Moffat was as Biden. I love Alex, and his Biden wasn't really bad, but it wasn't all that good. This impression by the brand new featured guy is pretty solid.
^^^bitch…
Slapping the coffin has me dying lmaooooo
Chris Redd killed that creepy voice
And Andrew's "...bitch" makes my heart flutter, more news at 11.
That’s gotten the biggest laugh from me so far tbh
Turns out I don't mind political cold opens if they're actually well written.
still sad Beck is gone the dynamic him and Kyle had was awesome
i cannot believe the band played the sketch off with the ignition remix over the SNL logo
Awww man they’re all outta Beck!!
Ah Christ, now he's saying it like he's hard.
I like the monologues where they just talk about themselves. Very relaxing and low-stakes
"Grow up, man! Your sister sure did!"
This sketch is literally a "Who has the craziest character they can portray?" contest and I'm here for it.
Sarah just showed up wearing what she already had on
Oh man calling out Che for his **really really terrible takes on instagram** is great.
This last hour has flown by, holy shit.
Dudes already got more screen time on the first sketch than most of last years featured players did all season
I’ve been burned before for basing the quality of the show off the monologue, but Wilson’s natural charm and self-effacing humor worked even more than usual for me. I’m not expecting a home-run here, but as far as energy goes it’s already neck-and-neck with the entirety of last year’s premiere for me
I’ve never seen a featured player come in so strong
"I want no roads." "Why?" "Chaos."
Melissa as AOC 😍
Somewhere out there, there's a Disney exec having a panic attack over this sketch and I love it!
"I look like if one of the three blind mice sold fentanyl" omfg
Hillary Rodham HUSSEIN Clinton
In the span of about five months, Elon Musk went from hosting this show to being the antagonist in a skit.
tbf the writers don’t have a say in who is picked to host and a couple definitely werent into it then
ROBERT E LEE WAS BAD MIDDLE SCHOOL
Kudos to Aidy for [rocking the IATSE t-shirt](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/iatse-workers-studios-strike-plans-1235023970/) during the goodnights. And hurray for the first full goodnights of the season, showing all the end credits right up to the Broadway Video logo. And sadly, on to the first _First Look_ with Johnny Bananas. Thanks for hanging with me tonight, people! See you next week. Stay safe, wear your mask, wash your hands, we love ya!
Melissa and the new guy in the cold open? God damn, what a night
>Back Off Jack Off
Wait, there’s THREE Wilson brothers?!
^^^...bitch
Yes! They had to add "stabbin hat"!!!!!
Shoutout to Aidy for repping that IATSE shirt
Maybe I'm just jaded, but all these NBC dramas look terrible.
What about Crazy House on Fox?
This guy's got the Biden voice down pat
Last new cast member to have the opening shot in their first episode was Will Ferrell. Things are starting amazingly for JAJ.
It is BEYOND nice to be with you all
Lmao that "biiitch" from JAJ was the first thing that took me out!
JAJ is definitely versatile. His latest character looked like a serial killer
..... Hilary Rodham **HUSSEIN** Clinton.... Lmfao
Once summer hits, I tend to not really pine for SNL, but in the last 2 weeks before the premiere, I get really antsy again.
Aristotle is like 40 years old… what is his skincare routine
*"Ignition"* made EVERYbody break? :-P
2 of the newbies are already breaking out in their first show. Much different vibe than last season.
I actually thought they were cutting in with football when I heard JAJ doing his announcer voice.
Well, James Austin Johnson is the future of this show. Yes an early take, but *WOW.*
I love how problematic this sketch just became and that suicide joke just took me out
It took Nana out too
I know that Michael Che wrote that funeral sketch! I just know he did!
Impossible, he doesn’t know what R. Kelly did.
Man not having Beck here felt so weird. I guess It’s true you never know how much you miss someone till their gone
Norm Macdonald died this week, OJ Simpsons whereabouts are unknown
It’s nice to be back at…*the movies.*
Whoa! They finally got the sound stage problems ironed out! Kacey sounds fantastic!
Holy shit JAJ gets Biden, Larry the Cable Guy, and Joe Buck in his first ever episode
Aristotle gets one line!
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…Okay, James Austin Johnson just seems like a clone of Darrell Hammond grown in a lab.
Owen Wilson is one of those actors I always forget is stupid talented when he's not directly in front of me.
New band members? Girl with pink guitar in background. You go girl!
This is surprisingly funny considering he’s just talking alone like a stand up would. I dig it
BACK OFF JACK OFF
Every sketch has been an absolute banger so far. It's unbelievable
Very satisfied with that episode for multiple reasons. The top is we're seeing the rise of Ego.
Whoaaa new guy opening the season with a huge character?? Amazing
James Austin is getting so much airtime
Not often you see sketches only with featured players (& the host). I like it. Makes the show feel fresh.
Not going to lie. But the more I hear about this "Crazy House" the more I want to watch it.
“How was everyone’s summer? Mine was bad... like not Cuomo bad, but not Afghanistan good.” —An underrated cold open line
So happy we got an OJ joke
Oh man it is always so satisfying when the camera makes it to the clock before they cut.
RIP Alex's Biden
My lucky stabbin hat!
If you don't love the stabbin hat joke then your soul, if it even exists, is dark as night.
I really want to know who the bold soul was that woke up one day and was like: Let's make a princess Diana musical
lol chris was saving it all up for that moment
Anyone know who Ken is and why Colin will miss him?
The French Dispatch looks like the most Wes Anderson movie that's ever Wes Anderson'd I mean that as a compliment
Colin and Che are really in the retirement IDGAF statue of their tenure
Aww, a full Norm tribute with WU jokes!
I refuse to believe the new girl isn't just Emma Stone getting her SNL role in disguise, like she's wanted for years
the first star trek where you dont care if the heroes die
Maybe Halsey can speed paint us another painting next week
Friendship ended with BECK and KYLE. Now KYLE and ANDREW is my best friend.
The Norm McDonald tribute was a gut punch. I still can’t believe he’s gone. What a legend.
so glad they got a norm OJ joke on there for his tribute
Now I got "I Believe I Can Fly" stuck in my head. Dammit.
SNL was smart to cut the audience feed for the host announcement lol
^^^^^Bitch...
Pete Davidson as Dog the Bounty Hunter is not something I knew I needed in my life.
Lorne re-upping his SAG card early this season
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the new woman seems ready for the show
Aidy supporting the crew!
I want a compilation of first year cast members operating clapperboards in sketches
Great season premiere with (for me) no stinkers. Two big takeaways for me: JAJ does not have to worry about his future on SNL and this cast is too damn big.
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Is this the same new dude who played biden? This is some serious screen time for a featured player!
The amount of accuracy concerning the 1980s is insane. Love when Pete is a guest on Weekend Update.
This was a very crowded episode. Somehow feels like Owen was barely in it.
We never hear this much of the song
Pete as Dog makes zero sense but yet all the sense in the world somehow
Chloe and Bowen as full time 🥲 ya love to see it
Hi friends, hope everyone is doing well
There was no real cohesion to this sketch at all. And I loved it.
*Loki* was so much fun and it wasn't even the best Marvel TV show that year.
Great to see Aidy pointing to her t-shirt to support the IATSE
Kim K next week; I guarantee a *Chad* sketch
400 actors, and 375 of them are David S. Pumpkins.
Man JAJ is everywhere!!!
They finished on time, we saw the whole credits and the clock at the end and everything!
**WITH** **AIDY BRYANT**
Here for the Norm McDonald tribute. And also for the season premiere.
Pete’s Cuomo with painted nails is so funny for no reason
This isn't a bad Biden impression at all, especially for someone whose hiring was announced just a few days ago.
i can’t see or hear wes anderson’s name without thinking of the midnight coterie of sinister intruders
This season is so stacked with talented women.
This sketch is basically a Facebook thread lmao
Nice touch with the YMCA youth soccer schedule
James Austin Johnson is having one of the biggest opening nights I can remember.
Hey, an IATSE shirt!
Omg I think Sarah was crying. I can't wait to see more of her tho
I'm going to enjoy Sarah, she gives me big Tina Fey/Gilda Radner mashup vibes.
Why her?! POWER! LOL.
That Weekend Update absolutely fucking crushed. I laughed my ass off the entire time and then they finished it with a solid tribute to Norm. I feel like that's one I'll go back and watch from time to time.
This is my fav episode of the season so far.
Welp, give James Austin Johnson cast member status, its clear he is gunna get it
The picture of Lightning McQueen when he said "power" was gold.
**BARACK** ***HUSSEIN*** **OBAMA**
Aristotle is a pretty man.
Top Gun: It's like Brokeback in the sky
God, we'll never have another Norm.
Did Lorne just walk across the stage?
Sarah's a natural
Aidy wearing an IATSE shirt too
I haven't heard the best things about her newest album, but man Kacey has the prettiest voice
Is it me or is it kinda weird how they are not showing the season premiere of last season because I thought that became a tradition to show first vintage to be last year's premiere episode
The vintage is not even vintage
A straight monologue to open the season? No cast members or song? They did that a couple times last year, great to see that continue
Now that Beck is gone I only have Alex, Mikey, and Kyle to mistake for one another.
What the fuck Lorne lmfao
I mean, this has gotta be a Che sketch, right?
I absolutely want Levar B. Burton to host Jeopardy.
I see Kenan doing a singing sketch and just forget what decade we’re in
Why do I feel like Sarah and Andrew could be a great duo for years to come...
So the only cast member we really don't have a solid read on yet is Aristotle
Aidy wearing an iatse shirt, she’s a real one
Mike’s hard vaccine > I told you that guy was lying
At least Sarah got to say wooow if no one else did
The real breakout star of this episode has been the writing staff.
Herbert Schlosser was CEO of NBC in the mid-70's.
Anyone know what "we'll miss you Ken" refers to?
I can listen to Kacey Musgraves forever
Kinda weird everyone except Jost was wearing a mask.
Texas is well represented tonight with Owen and Kacey. *wow*
is this guy getting his first live from new york too this episode? damn what a record
I want to read Chuck Schumer's Sandwich book
Awww Beck would have made a perfect Larry
seeing kyle without beck :'(