Chris Pine was the host of last night’s Saturday Night Live. Since I’m a Chris Pine fan – often referred to as “Pine Nuts” – I was actually not happy that Pine’s first SNL hosting gig involved him making fun of himself and the fact that he’s constantly confused with Chris Pratt, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans. I’m not going to say Pine is the Superior Chris, but he’s definitely got more going on than the other Chrises, in my opinion. “Going on” meaning “he’s the sexiest.”
This weekend’s SNL didn’t have any appearances by Alec Baldwin or Melissa McCarthy, unfortunately. But that doesn’t mean Baldwin’s Trump didn’t find a way to “call in” to the Morning Joe cold-open. This was pretty funny and pretty g–damn accurate. Mika and Joe totally behave this way, only Joe is usually WAY more patronizing to Mika. Kate McKinnon also does an absolutely perfect Mika.
Here’s Chris Pine’s opening monologue. Do people honestly not realize that he’s a different person??
Here’s a good spoof of The Handmaid’s Tale, in that this would totally happen. There will always be clueless bros who have no idea that women’s rights are being taken away.
I’ve also been wondering why Kellyanne Conway has been MIA for a month or so. But shhh, don’t talk about it because I don’t want her to come back.
This was one of my favorite skits. Butch mechanics who secretly love RuPaul’s Drag Race.
And here are the Weekend Update videos.
All in all, I think Pine breezed through hosting SNL with his dignity intact. For the most part, it was a slightly boring episode because there wasn’t enough political humor. Come on, SNL! You need to do more political sh-t.
Photos courtesy of Saturday Night Live, NBC.
I totally agree with your analysis of the whole show, Kaiser. Next week Spicey hosts!!!
Some cute stuff but just OK overall. I agree he is the superior Chris as far as acting goes. Looks-wise everyone will have their preferences, but by as an actor he is by far the most versatile. Hell or High Water, Into the Woods, etc. None of the others have shown close to similar skill (yet?).
Right you are. HELL OR HIGH WATER knocked me out. I like your last word, as in Hollywood careers, you just never can tell.
I agree, definitely the superior Chris. I was really impressed with him in Star Trek: Beyond – seriously, he put a lot into his performance and it really helped the film.
He is my fave Chris and is the better actor too. He can do comedy so was a little surprised with the clips.
Can’t wait for Wonder Woman.
well the show is scraping the bottom of the Barrel for hosts/musical guests of late not shocking it’s near the end of it’s 42nd season and it’s 43rd will start in September/October it’s one of the longest running non news shows in television history
I love Captain Fine. Always have. He is definitely the best actor of the 4 Chrises. He’s also gorgeous and a bit of a nerd. Great combo.
1000 likes for your comment plus I still remember our fight over him Mia😁
Ladies, nothing to fight about. I am willing to share him on an occasional basis:-) he’s definitely the sexiest, the better actor, and frankly the nicer person. Of the other Chrises, one is an entitled white douche bro, one is a clueless over muscled cute frat boy and the third an insensitive playboy with the emotional intensity of a teaspoon (but OK, I like him as Cap America.) None can hold a candle to Pine.
Chris Pine is my favourite Chris and yes he is the superior Chris out of all the Chrises.
Pine was fine, but the material was a yawner..one of the least funny this season
The SNL skit was ackward, yet funny and spot on, Kate was great as usualy and got mika’s mannerisns perfect.
In some pics Chris Pine reminds me of a young Brad Pitt.
Yeap shot on. Mika used to have opinions of her own, was liberal and fair-minded. Now she’s just there as a parrot for Joe. His beliefs are now her beliefs. It’s the perfect example of why most married women vote the same way their husbands do and when single, usually vote opposite.
I think Willy finds her silly comments annoying when he is trying to focus on an important policy issues. And let’s not get started on her Ivanka Trump worship. Both she and Joe look at Trump’s daily ratings if he’s up, they have a pro Trump show, if he’s down then anti-Trump.
I’m a pretty frequent viewer. They haven’t been pro-Trump since the election. Also-Joe is clearly a friend of Jared Kushner’s and Mika was friends with Ivanka–so they’re been more reticent to criticize either of them. But they have bashed Trump himself nonstop.
@Original T.C. A Agree 100% –
This is why I stopped watching morning Joe.
Just want to say I love the rundown Celebitchy does on SNL every Sunday, thank you
I do mix up Chris Pine and Chris Evans, guilty
Sigh “the uploader has not made this content available to your country”. Whyyyyyyyy???!!!!!!!! I can never see any of the Celebitchy SNL videos 🙁
Me neither. We have to pretend we didn’t want to see them anyway 🙁
Chris Pine lives in my neighborhood and every time I have seen him in person, he is so hot that I felt like I was having a stroke. He is too hot to even look at directly, like a solar eclipse or something.
Silvie where you at I’ve been looking to move soon!!! No but all jokes aside, I am literally so envious of you right now :’)
I haven’t watched SNL in full lately because I just haven’t thought it was that funny? But Chris Pine was on so I set a reminder to watch it and I really enjoyed the skit with the HR meeting when they were singing The Boy Is Mine and crawling over the table for him. Totally don’t see a bit of myself in that skit. Not at all.
Love Chris Pine! And had a crush on Dad Pine back in the CHIPS day! ;
I think he did the best with the material given. He can do comedy (WHAS is a great example.)0 Overall, the best Chris out of all of them. I did like the mechanic sketch, uh, for the sketch. Yes.
Was dog sitting for this older couple I have known for years. Turned the TV on at the house Friday night and BAM! There she was in my face. Kellyanne Conway, Where in the World is She???? Fox News. The TV was on fox news and there she was. Ugh!
I thought the episode was absolutely hilarious. So goofy.
I feel like Chris Pine said to the writers “but seriously, guys, what I really want to do is sing; no one ever lets me sing” and I am so HERE FOR THAT. It wasn’t a classic SNL episode or anything, but I really enjoyed it!
None of the sketches “stood out” to me at the time but, in retrospect, I guess I actually really liked the weirdness of the “cotton candy slumber party” and the “couples playing board games” sketches. Like, I was definitely laughing hard by the end of both of those. Neither was uproarious or anything, but—as with the Handmaid’s Tale sketch—the joke eventually “clicked” for me. Y’know? I feel like the writing has been really good for a while now.
I also read that this was the second-ever totally-live episode (???), so I feel like they grabbed Pine because he’s dependable and reliable as a performer (ditto with inviting LCD Soundsystem—they would never go full Sinead during a live episode). Pine did really well! I was impressed! He was totally game for whatever they threw at him, and that’s a really likable quality in guest hosts. I guess I’m a fan now!
Also, the Where in the World is Conway sketch will FOREVER have my heart. I literally screamed at the Rockapella stuff—so well done!—and Sasheer Zamata’s Lynne Thigpen (RIP) was ON POINT. It sucks that the writers hardly give Zamata anything good or fun to do on the show, but her version of The Chief proved that she’s game and capable. More Zamata! More! More! (I also deeply appreciated that they built that elaborate, perfect set, just for a minute-long sketch. SNL is historically at its worst when it drags a gag too long, so I LOVED that they ended it when they did, since they certainly could’ve TRIED to milk it.)
Objectively it was a C+ episode, but in my heart it was A++. Damn! I really like Chris Pine a lot now! I really like the entire current cast, actually. When are they gonna make Mikey Day more than a “featured” player? He’s rapidly taking over Taran Killam’s former spot as MVP.
Oh … that scene in “Z for Zachariah” where he throws Margot Robbie up on the bathroom sink … I need my smelling salts!