The 2012 Republican Primary has been a beautiful thing for comedy writers.
For months on end, its been providing consistent heaps of diversely fertile material.
Heck, horny pizza baron Herman Cain alone could supply a years worth ofTonight Showmonologues.
So it was hardly a surprise whenSNLs cold open went big to commemorate Rick Santorums effectively primary-ending concession speech.
Fortunately, Bachmann had just the thing to cheer everyone up:NewsweekFace!
Yet there was still more face humor to be had.
We didnt knowEthan Hawkeresigned?
Speaking of the 90s: the upcomingMen in Blacksequel was the hosts next order of business.
Back in February,SNLgifted us witha commercial for a Spike TVdDownton Abbey.
This time, we got an illuminating behind-the-scenes look at our latest television obsession,Game of Thrones.
As withAbbey, this was one of the episodes strongest points.
(Between this andthat recent30 Rockepisode, Yankovic is having quite the comeback!)
The whole thing was messy, though Jay-Ps Jay-Z was as good as ever.
As for Brolins joke-dancing?
Sorry, but Im pretty sure joke-dancing is never funny on any level.
Laser Cats returned for the first(!)
Digital Short of the night.
Gotye was the weeks fresh-faced musical guest, and the Belgian-born Australian didnt waste any time.
So, in typicalSNLfashion, it lasted three.
And while Kimbra didnt come out this round, the spirit of Sting certainly did.
Brolin was underused too.
Instead, he was a secondary or tertiary character in almost every scene.
At certain points of the show, it was easy to forget he was even the host.
I guess the Brotee can only do so much.
