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As the season's 21st and final featured musical guest, Khaled joined a wildly mixed bag that included K-pop (BTS), blues-rock (Gary Clark Jr.), country (Thomas Rhett), R&B (Khalid, Ella Mai), hip-hop (Lil Wayne, Travis Scott, et al), neo-classic rock (Greta Van Fleet), old-school-classic folk-pop (Paul Simon) and, of course, a performance in which Kanye West rapped from inside an outfit shaped like a gigantic Perrier bottle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>'s Studio 8H stage is famously unforgiving: The sound can be iffy, the crowd came to see comedy and the energy can be hard to maintain. But, as with previous years, Season 44 unveiled a few gems, as well as a few true head-slappers. It's a fool's errand—a truly cruel and pointless exercise—to attempt a dispassionate rank of 21 vastly different musical performances, especially when they've been spread out over an eight-month-long season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/21/612911877/this-season-s-snl-musical-guests-cruelly-ranked\">for the second year in a row\u003c/a>, here goes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>21. Greta Van Vleet\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=DqjeLipYpsw\">\u003cstrong>Black Smoke Rising\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wyn-s4Wc4s\">\u003cstrong>You're the One\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqjeLipYpsw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whichever side of the Greta Van Fleet divide you occupy—whether you herald the Michigan band as a welcome return to classic-rock grandiosity or dismiss it as an unbearably derivative Led Zeppelin clone—it's hard to defend the band's \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> debut, which somehow sounded both over-the-top and thuddingly lifeless. Swallowed whole by the stage, singer Josh Kiszka shrieked with grating, maximalist pitchiness through \"Black Smoke Rising\" and \"You're the One,\" while clad in what appeared to be either a beaded curtain or a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mybluprint.com/article/yarn-bomb-a-tree-trunk-a-street-sign-a-park-bench-heres-how-to-try-the-knitfiti-trend\">yarn bomb\u003c/a>. The latter song was duller than the former, but each played out like the limpest gag of Adam Sandler's \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>20. DJ Khaled\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKfAR_owRjg\">\u003cstrong>Jealous\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"/\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKfAR_owRjg\">\u003cstrong>You Stay\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P01sQITCRYE\">\u003cstrong>Just Us\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"/\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P01sQITCRYE\">\u003cstrong>Weather the Storm\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"/\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P01sQITCRYE\">\u003cstrong>Higher\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKfAR_owRjg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imagine a stage full of hip-hop, R&B and pop heavy hitters—the sort of people you might expect to headline \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> on any given week. Some of them have done just that this season (Meek Mill, Lil Wayne) or last season (SZA) or the season before that (Big Sean), while others could sell out stadiums in their own right. John Legend! J Balvin! All paying tribute to the late lamented Nipsey Hussle! What more do you need?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you answered, \"A man shouting non sequiturs, drowning out every one of those talented artists as they tried to do their thing,\" then we've got some \u003cem>excellent\u003c/em> news for you. DJ Khaled is the most successful Guy Who Screams His Own Name While Other People Perform in the business, and he brought his screaming-his-own-name A game for \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>'s season finale. Imagine a medley of performers and songs you're interested in hearing, except that medley is punctuated every few seconds by an airhorn, and that airhorn is a man, and that man is shouting, \"SING IT, GIRL!\" at SZA \u003cem>while she's already attempting to sing\u003c/em>. You know who's really great at singing? SZA. You know who does not need to be heard yelling, \"SING IT, GIRL!\" at SZA as she sings? Three guesses, and if you somehow guess wrong the first time, I will appear in the clouds overhead like Mufasa in \u003cem>The Lion King\u003c/em> and bellow \"ANOTHER ONE!\" at you, because that's how the universe works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, neither of these facts is DJ Khaled's fault, but let's just put them out there anyway. Carly Rae Jepsen released a new album precisely one day prior to this performance. Four weeks earlier, Lizzo released \u003cem>Cuz I Love You\u003c/em>. We could have had Carly Rae Jepsen or Lizzo—or even both at the same time. It was the season finale! Anything seemed possible! (This is as good a time as any for a side note: In 21 episodes, \u003cem>five\u003c/em> women got headlining slots as musical guests this season, and one of them was Miley Cyrus, who shared her billing with Mark Ronson. Come \u003cem>on\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>19. Kanye West\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL_h9m_-HlE\">\u003cstrong>I Love It\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"We Got Love,\" \"Ghost Town\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL_h9m_-HlE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the country's rage-spasms grow ever more frequent, it's hard to believe the controversies surrounding \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/30/653106815/the-new-kanye-reaffirms-his-love-for-president-trump-on-snl\">Kanye West's \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> appearance\u003c/a> unfolded a mere eight months ago. But for the purposes of this ranking, let's set aside West's infamous \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/frankpallotta/status/1046384066403143680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1046384066403143680&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2018%2F09%2F30%2Fentertainment%2Fkanye-west-trump-saturday-night-live%2Findex.html\">rambling post-credits speech\u003c/a>—in which the enigmatic superstar, clad in a \"Make America Great Again\" cap, defended his support of the president—and focus on the three songs he performed during the season-opening broadcast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though they vary wildly in tone and set dressing, each performance was a listless disaster. The first played out like cross between a fourth-grade school play and, well, an \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> sketch: West and rapper Lil Pump performed \"I Love It\" while dressed as a Perrier bottle and a Fiji bottle, respectively, as they clomped around awkwardly and heavily redacted the original lyric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West yielded much of his second song (\"We Got Love\") to protégé Teyana Taylor, whose presence and level of effort dwarfed his—at least, that is, until both had to hold still and wait for a lengthy, song-closing sample to play out. Finally, in lieu of the usual stand-around-and-wave-over-the-credits bit at the end of the telecast, West returned to the stage to play \"Ghost Town\" with Kid Cudi, 070 Shake, Ty Dolla $ign and the Saturday Night Live Band. Together, they gave the energy level a decent boost—thanks in part to the sheer number of participants—but the vocals were, to put it generously, uneven. Fortunately (or \"fortunately\") for West, audiences found other outrages to cling to by the time the next week rolled around, not that that stopped \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> from skewering the rapper in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sO5-t3iEYY\">the sketch that opened the following episode\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>18. Tame Impala\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iToe7b_VfWI\">\u003cstrong>Patience\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNJOI2dtDZ4\">\u003cstrong>Borderline\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iToe7b_VfWI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, Tame Impala's fame has grown to festival-headliner proportions, even as its sound has shrunk from Technicolor psych-rock to smooth, yacht-rock-inspired soul. Bandleader Kevin Parker is a relentless sonic tinkerer and studio explorer—a genuinely talented and inventive guy—but on the \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> stage, the Australian's new songs felt washed-out and drained of their life force. Clad in what appeared to be Old Navy button-ups they'd found at the bottom of the hamper, the guys in Tame Impala leaned hard on a flashily dappled light show that couldn't compensate for a lack of verve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>17. Ella Mai\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Boo'd Up,\" \"Trip\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charming U.K. R&B singer Ella Mai had one of last year's big breakthroughs with the sleekly infectious \"Boo'd Up,\" but her \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> debut felt uneventful. These straightforward readings of \"Boo'd Up\" and \"Trip\" could have just as easily passed by as afterthoughts on any given late-night network talk show, though \"Trip\" at least gave Ella Mai a chance to perform alongside a stray park bench and a chainlink fence. In case you're keeping score on such matters: As visual palettes go, that's considerably less impressive than Travis Scott's holographic-smoke fantasia (see below) and only a little more impressive than Kanye West pantsing around on a barren stage while dressed as a bottle of sparkling water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>16. Shawn Mendes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD_sYBsMThs\">\u003cstrong>If I Can't Have You\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43YP4Ty_yHY\">\u003cstrong>In My Blood\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD_sYBsMThs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shawn Mendes has superfans just like any pop star, but for those who aren't in their ranks, he has a way of eliciting a \"Wait, \u003cem>who\u003c/em> is this again?\" every time one of his songs pops up on the radio. (Which, friends, is \u003cem>often\u003c/em>.) The young Canadian hitmaker has looks to burn and top-notch collaborators, but his personality rarely transcends sweet-faced amiability onstage, and his \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> appearance was no different. After chugging through his serviceable but standard-issue single \"If I Can't Have You,\" the former Vine star returned with his best and most noteworthy hit, \"In My Blood.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Setting aside the observation that Mendes ought to be setting aside some of his royalties for Glen Hansard—Sam Smith \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2015/02/09/385000766/one-of-sam-smiths-grammys-a-win-for-tom-petty-too\">had to give\u003c/a> Tom Petty a cut of \"Stay With Me,\" after all, and it's hard not to hear the big hook from \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mtXwtapX4\">Falling Slowly\u003c/a>\" within \"In My Blood\"—this take on Mendes' smash does move nicely from brooding piano ballad to set-closing, string-swept blowout. But it was also almost immediately upstaged by host Adam Sandler, who took the stage after the commercials to sing a sweet and obviously deeply felt \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25IOsvWPQGQ\">tribute to Chris Farley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>15. Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH4oos43QUs\">\u003cstrong>Nothing Breaks Like a Heart\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPlA1Egabj0\">\u003cstrong>Happy Xmas (War Is Over)\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH4oos43QUs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus recently teamed up for \"Nothing Breaks Like a Heart,\" a hit from Ronson's most recent album. That one song wound up spawning its very own \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> appearance, giving Cyrus a chance to belt out the single with fully committed intensity as Ronson stood silently nearby, strumming an acoustic guitar and otherwise unleashing roughly 0.3 percent of her charisma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, in honor of the holidays and the fact that the two only really share the one song, they closed with a cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's \"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)\"—backed, appropriately enough, by Sean Ono Lennon. As a vehicle for dispensing holiday sentiment in difficult times, the song choice was a slam dunk, but as a performance it never quite cohered: Lennon was mixed too quietly to provide a counterweight for an unusually shouty Cyrus, who's usually got a better handle on when to modulate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>14. Maggie Rogers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBNF4OwtSWQ\">\u003cstrong>Light On\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrO5GTVdc-Q\">\u003cstrong>Fallingwater\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBNF4OwtSWQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maggie Rogers' folk/electro-pop hybrids have made her a favorite of Pharrell, a lovable YouTube sensation and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/08/07/541948452/maggie-rogers-tiny-desk-concert\">a Tiny Desk veteran\u003c/a>, but the \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> stage is still a big leap in terms of mainstream exposure. Her nerves pretty clearly got the better of her in the touch-and-go opening moments of \"Light On,\" but \"Fallingwater\" feels more assured in every way, as Rogers—joined by Rostam Batmanglij on piano—lets loose a bit, both vocally and in terms of her dance moves. By the end of the song, when she's strutting around the stage in a flowy red dress like the coolest bridesmaid in the history of weddings, the performance finally starts to feel like the coming-out party it was intended to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>13. Khalid\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Talk,\" \"Better\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young R&B star Khalid got his start in high school and has spent the first few years of his career chronicling youthful unease and the crisis of confidence it can engender. But as an \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> headliner, he exuded a kind of blushing charisma—complete with a high-wattage smile and easygoing style—as he showcased a pair of breezy mid-tempo jams from this spring's \u003cem>Free Spirit\u003c/em>. This \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> season's musical guests hit intoxicating highs and soul-deadening lows, but Khalid's genially appealing performance aimed squarely for (and landed on) firm, smooth, steady middle ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>12. Sara Bareilles\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BBuijwvqLk\">\u003cstrong>Fire\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aygNSX1FzTg\">\u003cstrong>Saint Honesty\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BBuijwvqLk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sara Bareilles is as game-ready as they come, giving her all in a wide range of works that have been nominated for Grammys, Tonys and even an Emmy. To even \u003cem>think\u003c/em> about the 2016 Democratic Convention is to send some of Bareilles' most vibrantly sung words—\"\u003cem>I wanna see you be braaaaaaaaave\u003c/em>\"—hurtling through your brain and across the universe, where they'll persist long after all life is extinguished. But these two immaculately appointed \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> performances, executed with proficiency bordering on perfection by Bareilles and a large but low-key band, are forgettable enough to make you wish, if only for a second, that she'd dressed up as a Perrier bottle or something.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11. Mumford & Sons\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlCVczXWPyI\">\u003cstrong>Guiding Light\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvS3Iq2iGis\">\u003cstrong>Delta\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvS3Iq2iGis\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mumford & Sons' songs don't dominate radio playlists the way they did in in the months and years leading up to the band's Album of the Year win at the 2013 Grammys. But the group still knows how to whip up anthemic, banjo-flecked rousers like \"Guiding Light,\" which opens Mumford & Sons' third-ever \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> appearance. Later, the Dave Matthews-esque \"Delta\" benefits from a bit of atmospheric buildup: Singer Marcus Mumford seethes stoically through the song's dimly lit first couple minutes, only to spring to life as the slow burn gives way to a bright, satisfying cataclysm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10. Meek Mill\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaCZlzgQ8Qo\">\u003cstrong>Going Bad\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"/\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaCZlzgQ8Qo\">\u003cstrong>Uptown Vibes\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG_nVJKpFW8\">\u003cstrong>Championships\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG_nVJKpFW8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meek Mill has experienced \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/11/15/564385830/meek-mill-sentencing-protest-probation-parole-reform\">trials and transformations\u003c/a> in recent years, emerging from a controversial prison stint with his mind fixed squarely on criminal-justice reform. Still, his \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> debut gave him space for both celebration and reflection. An opening performance of \"Going Bad\" and \"Uptown Vibes\" found the Philly rapper flanked by bodysuit-clad dancers—\"Uptown Vibes\" also featured a guest spot by Fabolous, though \"Going Bad\" had to relegate Drake's verse to a prerecording from the album track—for a fun but unspectacular medley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Championships\" took a more serious turn, as Meek Mill summed up his last few difficult years—incarceration and awakening, redemption and triumph—in a heartfelt, periodically gripping bit of storytelling that radiated a renewed sense of purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9. Thomas Rhett\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Look What God Gave Her,\" \"Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For all his dressed-down everyman authenticity, Thomas Rhett can come off as focus-grouped to the hilt, starting with the parade of modern-day bro-country tropes at the heart of \"Look What God Gave Her\" and \"Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time,\" both of which he brought to the \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it's tempting to lump him in with the mass of likeminded (and like-named) country dudes giving endlessly repetitious voice to the Male Gaze, but Rhett is also—to his great credit—more willing than most stars to test the margins of country radio's sound. By the time he and his great big overstuffed band got to the charmingly high-spirited end of \"Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time,\" filling the air with hooky declarations of joy, damned if all that weapons-grade ingratiation hadn't done its job. The guy knows what he's doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. Gary Clark Jr.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGA5u-8Oy8A\">\u003cstrong>Pearl Cadillac\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwWQFKKUejk\">\u003cstrong>This Land\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwWQFKKUejk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Clark Jr.'s new album, \u003cem>This Land\u003c/em>, is an incendiary slab of politically charged blues-rock that balances raw-boned treatises on American life with guitar work that's urgent and dazzling, but never pointlessly flashy. On \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>, Clark fit in several sides of his persona, showcasing the languid ballad \"Pearl Cadillac\"—in which he paid tribute to both his mom's sacrifices and Prince's falsetto—and \"This Land,\" a hard-charging polemic with a ripping guitar solo. The vocals were wobblier than expected here, given how great Clark has sounded in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/04/11/712350241/gary-clark-jr-tiny-desk-concert\">performances without amplification\u003c/a>, but he was still a commanding presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. Jonas Brothers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1IHeNtxnGQ\">\u003cstrong>Sucker\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDS8tXG21DU\">\u003cstrong>Cool\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDS8tXG21DU\">\u003cstrong>Burnin' Up\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1IHeNtxnGQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas have kept busy since their massively successful brotherly boy band released its last album all the way back in 2009. Joe launched DNCE to great success, scoring an inescapable smash with \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAzH-YAlFYc\">Cake by the Ocean\u003c/a>,\" while Nick enjoyed solo hits under his own name, beefed up his filmography and married Priyanka Chopra. For his part, Kevin went into private business, starred in an E! reality series and, \u003ca href=\"https://uproxx.com/tv/kevin-jonas-donald-trump-president-celebrity-apprentice/\">it's been fairly convincingly argued\u003c/a>, inadvertently compelled Donald Trump to run for president. It's been an eventful decade since the Jonases split due to reported differences in musical vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonas Brothers will release a long-awaited new album next month, and if the trio's game return to \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> is any indication, their solution to the aforementioned competing musical directions has been to pursue a bunch of them at once. The chart-topping \"Sucker\" meets at the instantly familiar middle ground between Portugal. The Man's 2017 smash \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBkHHoOIIn8\">Feel It Still\u003c/a>\" and the complete collected works of Maroon 5, while \"Cool\" could be a country sensation if only the Jonases were from, say, Tennessee instead of New Jersey. On \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>, both songs sounded as bright and lively as the mass of balloons piled up around the assorted Jonases, who tapped into the night's celebratory atmosphere by tossing in a lively bonus performance of 2008's \"Burnin' Up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Halsey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f98Ei9wjWlg\">\u003cstrong>Without Me\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySmBqIKZi3E\">\u003cstrong>Eastside\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySmBqIKZi3E\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you look back on your life, you'll want to know that someone loved you as much as \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> loves booking Halsey. The charismatic young singer was a musical guest in January 2018, a guest-of-a-musical-guest (that'd be Lil Wayne) in November 2018, and the host \u003cem>and\u003c/em> headlining musical guest a mere three months after that. If Paul Simon had appeared on \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> with that kind of frequency over the past 44 seasons, he might be into triple digits by now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Halsey is nothing if not multi-talented: She's both an endearing host and a solid singer, albeit one who's learned to simulate Auto-Tune the way a mockingbird comes to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zd6Iy4JuGk\">appropriate a car alarm\u003c/a>. In fact, Halsey is \u003cem>so\u003c/em> multi-talented, she actually performed the breathy ballad \"Eastside\" while crouching over a giant canvas, completing an impressive painting of a woman's face in the time it took her to finish the song. She is, in other words, gameness personified: 51 percent undeniable talent and possible icon-in-the-making, 49 percent lab-tested try-hard composite sketch of a present-day pop star. (Give or take 2 percent.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Lil Wayne\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvNVRBMmQv8\">\u003cstrong>Can't Be Broken\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzRELRUti6w\">\u003cstrong>Uproar\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvNVRBMmQv8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not many rappers could stand stock still on the \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> stage in a hoodie and pajama pants and hold focus for an entire song, but Lil Wayne has both the gravitas and the lyrical deftness to pull it off. \"Can't Be Broken\" doesn't get much in the way of set dressing: Lil Wayne and ubiquitous guest vocalist Halsey perform in front of a gigantic screen that resembles a wrinkled white bedsheet, flanked by a drummer and a DJ. But the song casts a spell, building to a nice moment in which the rapper thanks veterans and hugs his band.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Uproar\" gets a far busier presentation—the bedsheet and spare-but-forceful production remain, but Halsey is replaced by a large throng of dancers and the rowdy encouragement of Swizz Beatz—with similarly compelling results. Once again, Wayne finds himself clad in the most comfortable possible attire, this time wrapped in a robe straight out of the Cruella De Vil collection. But the performance isn't so laidback, as everyone on stage gets a chance to cut loose with playfully pumped-up aggression. (Incidentally, you have to give Lil Wayne a boost in the standings based on his appearance, with fellow rapper Future, in this \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> episode's fun and funny \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAL0wZu4JUg\">video about consent\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Paul Simon with yMusic\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Can't Run But,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGDdX-yV3dQ\">\u003cstrong>Bridge Over Troubled Water\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGDdX-yV3dQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's start with the legacy on display here: Just weeks removed from his farewell tour, Paul Simon played \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> on his 77th birthday. It was the singer's record \u003cem>ninth\u003c/em> appearance as an \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> musical guest, capping off a history with the show dating back to his gig hosting its second episode all the way back in 1975.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So that's the history, as well as the source of the gravitas we're dealing with here. But the performances themselves—a vibrant, shimmery reboot of 1990's \"Can't Run But\" (mirroring the one heard on last year's \u003cem>In the Blue Light\u003c/em>) and a justifiably emotional take on Simon & Garfunkel's eternal \"Bridge Over Troubled Water\"—are knockouts in their own right, buoyed and deepened by the lush arrangements of the chamber ensemble yMusic. Both songs add up to a grand victory lap for a singer who's more than earned one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. BTS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4NB73HTlxI\">\u003cstrong>Boy With Luv\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSFIwS2b-kg\">\u003cstrong>Mic Drop\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4NB73HTlxI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Studio 8H stage can be a cavernous and unforgiving place. It can make bands seem small and enervated, and it takes effort to fill the space. Some use light shows or props, while others employ an expanded array of backing musicians, but the smart ones know that it helps to bring a little something extra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the Korean boy-band sensation BTS—not only making its own \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> debut, but also marking the show's initiation into the world of K-pop—that something extra was motion, and lots of it. The group's seven members sing and rap in multiple languages, but they're also almost comically vibrant dancers, which gives their live TV appearances a welcome jolt of energy, color and joy. Here, the ubiquitous new \"Boy With Luv\" and the older track \"Mic Drop\" unfolded as a giddy swirl of bouncy, joyful stimuli.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Travis Scott\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5marNlhSeGw\">\u003cstrong>Skeletons/Astrothunder\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF8Ssdly6wo\">\u003cstrong>Sicko Mode\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF8Ssdly6wo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travis Scott could have just stood onstage and gone through the hit-regurgitating motions, treating \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> like any other late-night appearance. Instead, each performance piled extras atop extras, without quite tilting into overkill. For a medley of \"Skeletons\" and \"Astrothunder,\" you got a few grabby visual elements—like a woman brooding astride a rotating carousel horse, or an effect in which Scott appeared to stand on clouds—that momentarily distracted from the stunt casting on display. (Tame Impala's Kevin Parker on bass! John Mayer on guitar!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Scott returned for a full-on feast of eye-popping tricks, starting with an effect in which the late DJ Screw's image was projected onto a curtain of smoke; soon, Scott himself appeared, rapping while appearing to... rotate? On a giant arcade cabinet? There was a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> going on, all of it gorgeous to look at—and best of all, the visuals worked hand-in-glove with the actual songs, each of which managed an intoxicating mix of wooziness and intensity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Anderson .Paak\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Tints,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bS5sHO8SFg\">\u003cstrong>Who R U?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bS5sHO8SFg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You read it here first: Anderson .Paak is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2016/08/12/489769830/anderson-paak-the-free-nationals-tiny-desk-concert\">really, \u003cem>really\u003c/em> good\u003c/a> at this whole performing-on-stage thing. So it wasn't exactly a huge surprise when .Paak straight-up dominated in an \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> appearance that found him showcasing two tracks from last year's \u003cem>Oxnard\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naturally, given the scope of the singer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist's talents, each performance took on a radically different shape. In \"Tints,\" .Paak rapped from behind sunglasses, a drum kit and a radiant smile, keeping time while making it clear he was having the time of his life. Not that anyone could blame him, given that he got to share the stage with both Tayla Parx and, in a nonchalant 40-second pop-in that elicited a few gasps from the crowd, Kendrick Lamar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all that, \"Who R U?\" could have been anticlimactic, but it's a true showstopper: Performing in front of a curtain that silhouetted his band, .Paak commanded center stage with a riveting vocal, then gobbled up about a thousand extra-credit points via some fierce and unrelenting dance moves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=%27SNL%27+Musical+Guests%2C+Ranked+From+No.+1+To+Greta+Van+Fleet&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"BTS! DJ Khaled! Paul Simon! Kanye West dressed as a bottle of sparkling water! This season of 'Saturday Night Live' had it all, and now all 21 performances have been cruelly ranked for your enjoyment.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1558380941,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":84,"wordCount":4055},"headData":{"title":"'SNL' Musical Guests, Ranked From No. 1 To Greta Van Fleet | KQED","description":"BTS! DJ Khaled! Paul Simon! Kanye West dressed as a bottle of sparkling water! 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As the season's 21st and final featured musical guest, Khaled joined a wildly mixed bag that included K-pop (BTS), blues-rock (Gary Clark Jr.), country (Thomas Rhett), R&B (Khalid, Ella Mai), hip-hop (Lil Wayne, Travis Scott, et al), neo-classic rock (Greta Van Fleet), old-school-classic folk-pop (Paul Simon) and, of course, a performance in which Kanye West rapped from inside an outfit shaped like a gigantic Perrier bottle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>'s Studio 8H stage is famously unforgiving: The sound can be iffy, the crowd came to see comedy and the energy can be hard to maintain. But, as with previous years, Season 44 unveiled a few gems, as well as a few true head-slappers. It's a fool's errand—a truly cruel and pointless exercise—to attempt a dispassionate rank of 21 vastly different musical performances, especially when they've been spread out over an eight-month-long season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/21/612911877/this-season-s-snl-musical-guests-cruelly-ranked\">for the second year in a row\u003c/a>, here goes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>21. Greta Van Vleet\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=DqjeLipYpsw\">\u003cstrong>Black Smoke Rising\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wyn-s4Wc4s\">\u003cstrong>You're the One\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/DqjeLipYpsw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/DqjeLipYpsw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Whichever side of the Greta Van Fleet divide you occupy—whether you herald the Michigan band as a welcome return to classic-rock grandiosity or dismiss it as an unbearably derivative Led Zeppelin clone—it's hard to defend the band's \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> debut, which somehow sounded both over-the-top and thuddingly lifeless. Swallowed whole by the stage, singer Josh Kiszka shrieked with grating, maximalist pitchiness through \"Black Smoke Rising\" and \"You're the One,\" while clad in what appeared to be either a beaded curtain or a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mybluprint.com/article/yarn-bomb-a-tree-trunk-a-street-sign-a-park-bench-heres-how-to-try-the-knitfiti-trend\">yarn bomb\u003c/a>. The latter song was duller than the former, but each played out like the limpest gag of Adam Sandler's \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>20. DJ Khaled\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKfAR_owRjg\">\u003cstrong>Jealous\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"/\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKfAR_owRjg\">\u003cstrong>You Stay\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P01sQITCRYE\">\u003cstrong>Just Us\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"/\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P01sQITCRYE\">\u003cstrong>Weather the Storm\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"/\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P01sQITCRYE\">\u003cstrong>Higher\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/TKfAR_owRjg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/TKfAR_owRjg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Imagine a stage full of hip-hop, R&B and pop heavy hitters—the sort of people you might expect to headline \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> on any given week. Some of them have done just that this season (Meek Mill, Lil Wayne) or last season (SZA) or the season before that (Big Sean), while others could sell out stadiums in their own right. John Legend! J Balvin! All paying tribute to the late lamented Nipsey Hussle! What more do you need?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you answered, \"A man shouting non sequiturs, drowning out every one of those talented artists as they tried to do their thing,\" then we've got some \u003cem>excellent\u003c/em> news for you. DJ Khaled is the most successful Guy Who Screams His Own Name While Other People Perform in the business, and he brought his screaming-his-own-name A game for \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>'s season finale. Imagine a medley of performers and songs you're interested in hearing, except that medley is punctuated every few seconds by an airhorn, and that airhorn is a man, and that man is shouting, \"SING IT, GIRL!\" at SZA \u003cem>while she's already attempting to sing\u003c/em>. You know who's really great at singing? SZA. You know who does not need to be heard yelling, \"SING IT, GIRL!\" at SZA as she sings? Three guesses, and if you somehow guess wrong the first time, I will appear in the clouds overhead like Mufasa in \u003cem>The Lion King\u003c/em> and bellow \"ANOTHER ONE!\" at you, because that's how the universe works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, neither of these facts is DJ Khaled's fault, but let's just put them out there anyway. Carly Rae Jepsen released a new album precisely one day prior to this performance. Four weeks earlier, Lizzo released \u003cem>Cuz I Love You\u003c/em>. We could have had Carly Rae Jepsen or Lizzo—or even both at the same time. It was the season finale! Anything seemed possible! (This is as good a time as any for a side note: In 21 episodes, \u003cem>five\u003c/em> women got headlining slots as musical guests this season, and one of them was Miley Cyrus, who shared her billing with Mark Ronson. Come \u003cem>on\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>19. Kanye West\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL_h9m_-HlE\">\u003cstrong>I Love It\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"We Got Love,\" \"Ghost Town\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/IL_h9m_-HlE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/IL_h9m_-HlE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>As the country's rage-spasms grow ever more frequent, it's hard to believe the controversies surrounding \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/30/653106815/the-new-kanye-reaffirms-his-love-for-president-trump-on-snl\">Kanye West's \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> appearance\u003c/a> unfolded a mere eight months ago. But for the purposes of this ranking, let's set aside West's infamous \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/frankpallotta/status/1046384066403143680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1046384066403143680&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2018%2F09%2F30%2Fentertainment%2Fkanye-west-trump-saturday-night-live%2Findex.html\">rambling post-credits speech\u003c/a>—in which the enigmatic superstar, clad in a \"Make America Great Again\" cap, defended his support of the president—and focus on the three songs he performed during the season-opening broadcast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though they vary wildly in tone and set dressing, each performance was a listless disaster. The first played out like cross between a fourth-grade school play and, well, an \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> sketch: West and rapper Lil Pump performed \"I Love It\" while dressed as a Perrier bottle and a Fiji bottle, respectively, as they clomped around awkwardly and heavily redacted the original lyric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West yielded much of his second song (\"We Got Love\") to protégé Teyana Taylor, whose presence and level of effort dwarfed his—at least, that is, until both had to hold still and wait for a lengthy, song-closing sample to play out. Finally, in lieu of the usual stand-around-and-wave-over-the-credits bit at the end of the telecast, West returned to the stage to play \"Ghost Town\" with Kid Cudi, 070 Shake, Ty Dolla $ign and the Saturday Night Live Band. Together, they gave the energy level a decent boost—thanks in part to the sheer number of participants—but the vocals were, to put it generously, uneven. Fortunately (or \"fortunately\") for West, audiences found other outrages to cling to by the time the next week rolled around, not that that stopped \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> from skewering the rapper in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sO5-t3iEYY\">the sketch that opened the following episode\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>18. Tame Impala\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iToe7b_VfWI\">\u003cstrong>Patience\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNJOI2dtDZ4\">\u003cstrong>Borderline\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/iToe7b_VfWI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/iToe7b_VfWI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In recent years, Tame Impala's fame has grown to festival-headliner proportions, even as its sound has shrunk from Technicolor psych-rock to smooth, yacht-rock-inspired soul. Bandleader Kevin Parker is a relentless sonic tinkerer and studio explorer—a genuinely talented and inventive guy—but on the \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> stage, the Australian's new songs felt washed-out and drained of their life force. Clad in what appeared to be Old Navy button-ups they'd found at the bottom of the hamper, the guys in Tame Impala leaned hard on a flashily dappled light show that couldn't compensate for a lack of verve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>17. Ella Mai\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Boo'd Up,\" \"Trip\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charming U.K. R&B singer Ella Mai had one of last year's big breakthroughs with the sleekly infectious \"Boo'd Up,\" but her \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> debut felt uneventful. These straightforward readings of \"Boo'd Up\" and \"Trip\" could have just as easily passed by as afterthoughts on any given late-night network talk show, though \"Trip\" at least gave Ella Mai a chance to perform alongside a stray park bench and a chainlink fence. In case you're keeping score on such matters: As visual palettes go, that's considerably less impressive than Travis Scott's holographic-smoke fantasia (see below) and only a little more impressive than Kanye West pantsing around on a barren stage while dressed as a bottle of sparkling water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>16. Shawn Mendes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD_sYBsMThs\">\u003cstrong>If I Can't Have You\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43YP4Ty_yHY\">\u003cstrong>In My Blood\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/kD_sYBsMThs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/kD_sYBsMThs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Shawn Mendes has superfans just like any pop star, but for those who aren't in their ranks, he has a way of eliciting a \"Wait, \u003cem>who\u003c/em> is this again?\" every time one of his songs pops up on the radio. (Which, friends, is \u003cem>often\u003c/em>.) The young Canadian hitmaker has looks to burn and top-notch collaborators, but his personality rarely transcends sweet-faced amiability onstage, and his \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> appearance was no different. After chugging through his serviceable but standard-issue single \"If I Can't Have You,\" the former Vine star returned with his best and most noteworthy hit, \"In My Blood.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Setting aside the observation that Mendes ought to be setting aside some of his royalties for Glen Hansard—Sam Smith \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2015/02/09/385000766/one-of-sam-smiths-grammys-a-win-for-tom-petty-too\">had to give\u003c/a> Tom Petty a cut of \"Stay With Me,\" after all, and it's hard not to hear the big hook from \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mtXwtapX4\">Falling Slowly\u003c/a>\" within \"In My Blood\"—this take on Mendes' smash does move nicely from brooding piano ballad to set-closing, string-swept blowout. But it was also almost immediately upstaged by host Adam Sandler, who took the stage after the commercials to sing a sweet and obviously deeply felt \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25IOsvWPQGQ\">tribute to Chris Farley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>15. Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH4oos43QUs\">\u003cstrong>Nothing Breaks Like a Heart\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPlA1Egabj0\">\u003cstrong>Happy Xmas (War Is Over)\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/lH4oos43QUs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/lH4oos43QUs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus recently teamed up for \"Nothing Breaks Like a Heart,\" a hit from Ronson's most recent album. That one song wound up spawning its very own \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> appearance, giving Cyrus a chance to belt out the single with fully committed intensity as Ronson stood silently nearby, strumming an acoustic guitar and otherwise unleashing roughly 0.3 percent of her charisma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, in honor of the holidays and the fact that the two only really share the one song, they closed with a cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's \"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)\"—backed, appropriately enough, by Sean Ono Lennon. As a vehicle for dispensing holiday sentiment in difficult times, the song choice was a slam dunk, but as a performance it never quite cohered: Lennon was mixed too quietly to provide a counterweight for an unusually shouty Cyrus, who's usually got a better handle on when to modulate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>14. Maggie Rogers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBNF4OwtSWQ\">\u003cstrong>Light On\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrO5GTVdc-Q\">\u003cstrong>Fallingwater\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/NBNF4OwtSWQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/NBNF4OwtSWQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Maggie Rogers' folk/electro-pop hybrids have made her a favorite of Pharrell, a lovable YouTube sensation and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/08/07/541948452/maggie-rogers-tiny-desk-concert\">a Tiny Desk veteran\u003c/a>, but the \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> stage is still a big leap in terms of mainstream exposure. Her nerves pretty clearly got the better of her in the touch-and-go opening moments of \"Light On,\" but \"Fallingwater\" feels more assured in every way, as Rogers—joined by Rostam Batmanglij on piano—lets loose a bit, both vocally and in terms of her dance moves. By the end of the song, when she's strutting around the stage in a flowy red dress like the coolest bridesmaid in the history of weddings, the performance finally starts to feel like the coming-out party it was intended to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>13. Khalid\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Talk,\" \"Better\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young R&B star Khalid got his start in high school and has spent the first few years of his career chronicling youthful unease and the crisis of confidence it can engender. But as an \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> headliner, he exuded a kind of blushing charisma—complete with a high-wattage smile and easygoing style—as he showcased a pair of breezy mid-tempo jams from this spring's \u003cem>Free Spirit\u003c/em>. This \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> season's musical guests hit intoxicating highs and soul-deadening lows, but Khalid's genially appealing performance aimed squarely for (and landed on) firm, smooth, steady middle ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>12. Sara Bareilles\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BBuijwvqLk\">\u003cstrong>Fire\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aygNSX1FzTg\">\u003cstrong>Saint Honesty\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3BBuijwvqLk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3BBuijwvqLk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Sara Bareilles is as game-ready as they come, giving her all in a wide range of works that have been nominated for Grammys, Tonys and even an Emmy. To even \u003cem>think\u003c/em> about the 2016 Democratic Convention is to send some of Bareilles' most vibrantly sung words—\"\u003cem>I wanna see you be braaaaaaaaave\u003c/em>\"—hurtling through your brain and across the universe, where they'll persist long after all life is extinguished. But these two immaculately appointed \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> performances, executed with proficiency bordering on perfection by Bareilles and a large but low-key band, are forgettable enough to make you wish, if only for a second, that she'd dressed up as a Perrier bottle or something.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11. Mumford & Sons\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlCVczXWPyI\">\u003cstrong>Guiding Light\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvS3Iq2iGis\">\u003cstrong>Delta\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/WvS3Iq2iGis'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/WvS3Iq2iGis'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Mumford & Sons' songs don't dominate radio playlists the way they did in in the months and years leading up to the band's Album of the Year win at the 2013 Grammys. But the group still knows how to whip up anthemic, banjo-flecked rousers like \"Guiding Light,\" which opens Mumford & Sons' third-ever \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> appearance. Later, the Dave Matthews-esque \"Delta\" benefits from a bit of atmospheric buildup: Singer Marcus Mumford seethes stoically through the song's dimly lit first couple minutes, only to spring to life as the slow burn gives way to a bright, satisfying cataclysm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10. Meek Mill\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaCZlzgQ8Qo\">\u003cstrong>Going Bad\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"/\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaCZlzgQ8Qo\">\u003cstrong>Uptown Vibes\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG_nVJKpFW8\">\u003cstrong>Championships\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/nG_nVJKpFW8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/nG_nVJKpFW8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Meek Mill has experienced \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/11/15/564385830/meek-mill-sentencing-protest-probation-parole-reform\">trials and transformations\u003c/a> in recent years, emerging from a controversial prison stint with his mind fixed squarely on criminal-justice reform. Still, his \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> debut gave him space for both celebration and reflection. An opening performance of \"Going Bad\" and \"Uptown Vibes\" found the Philly rapper flanked by bodysuit-clad dancers—\"Uptown Vibes\" also featured a guest spot by Fabolous, though \"Going Bad\" had to relegate Drake's verse to a prerecording from the album track—for a fun but unspectacular medley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Championships\" took a more serious turn, as Meek Mill summed up his last few difficult years—incarceration and awakening, redemption and triumph—in a heartfelt, periodically gripping bit of storytelling that radiated a renewed sense of purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9. Thomas Rhett\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Look What God Gave Her,\" \"Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For all his dressed-down everyman authenticity, Thomas Rhett can come off as focus-grouped to the hilt, starting with the parade of modern-day bro-country tropes at the heart of \"Look What God Gave Her\" and \"Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time,\" both of which he brought to the \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it's tempting to lump him in with the mass of likeminded (and like-named) country dudes giving endlessly repetitious voice to the Male Gaze, but Rhett is also—to his great credit—more willing than most stars to test the margins of country radio's sound. By the time he and his great big overstuffed band got to the charmingly high-spirited end of \"Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time,\" filling the air with hooky declarations of joy, damned if all that weapons-grade ingratiation hadn't done its job. The guy knows what he's doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. Gary Clark Jr.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGA5u-8Oy8A\">\u003cstrong>Pearl Cadillac\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwWQFKKUejk\">\u003cstrong>This Land\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/XwWQFKKUejk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/XwWQFKKUejk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Gary Clark Jr.'s new album, \u003cem>This Land\u003c/em>, is an incendiary slab of politically charged blues-rock that balances raw-boned treatises on American life with guitar work that's urgent and dazzling, but never pointlessly flashy. On \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>, Clark fit in several sides of his persona, showcasing the languid ballad \"Pearl Cadillac\"—in which he paid tribute to both his mom's sacrifices and Prince's falsetto—and \"This Land,\" a hard-charging polemic with a ripping guitar solo. The vocals were wobblier than expected here, given how great Clark has sounded in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/04/11/712350241/gary-clark-jr-tiny-desk-concert\">performances without amplification\u003c/a>, but he was still a commanding presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. Jonas Brothers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1IHeNtxnGQ\">\u003cstrong>Sucker\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDS8tXG21DU\">\u003cstrong>Cool\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDS8tXG21DU\">\u003cstrong>Burnin' Up\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/F1IHeNtxnGQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/F1IHeNtxnGQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas have kept busy since their massively successful brotherly boy band released its last album all the way back in 2009. Joe launched DNCE to great success, scoring an inescapable smash with \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAzH-YAlFYc\">Cake by the Ocean\u003c/a>,\" while Nick enjoyed solo hits under his own name, beefed up his filmography and married Priyanka Chopra. For his part, Kevin went into private business, starred in an E! reality series and, \u003ca href=\"https://uproxx.com/tv/kevin-jonas-donald-trump-president-celebrity-apprentice/\">it's been fairly convincingly argued\u003c/a>, inadvertently compelled Donald Trump to run for president. It's been an eventful decade since the Jonases split due to reported differences in musical vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonas Brothers will release a long-awaited new album next month, and if the trio's game return to \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> is any indication, their solution to the aforementioned competing musical directions has been to pursue a bunch of them at once. The chart-topping \"Sucker\" meets at the instantly familiar middle ground between Portugal. The Man's 2017 smash \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBkHHoOIIn8\">Feel It Still\u003c/a>\" and the complete collected works of Maroon 5, while \"Cool\" could be a country sensation if only the Jonases were from, say, Tennessee instead of New Jersey. On \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>, both songs sounded as bright and lively as the mass of balloons piled up around the assorted Jonases, who tapped into the night's celebratory atmosphere by tossing in a lively bonus performance of 2008's \"Burnin' Up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Halsey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f98Ei9wjWlg\">\u003cstrong>Without Me\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySmBqIKZi3E\">\u003cstrong>Eastside\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ySmBqIKZi3E'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ySmBqIKZi3E'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>When you look back on your life, you'll want to know that someone loved you as much as \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> loves booking Halsey. The charismatic young singer was a musical guest in January 2018, a guest-of-a-musical-guest (that'd be Lil Wayne) in November 2018, and the host \u003cem>and\u003c/em> headlining musical guest a mere three months after that. If Paul Simon had appeared on \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> with that kind of frequency over the past 44 seasons, he might be into triple digits by now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Halsey is nothing if not multi-talented: She's both an endearing host and a solid singer, albeit one who's learned to simulate Auto-Tune the way a mockingbird comes to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zd6Iy4JuGk\">appropriate a car alarm\u003c/a>. In fact, Halsey is \u003cem>so\u003c/em> multi-talented, she actually performed the breathy ballad \"Eastside\" while crouching over a giant canvas, completing an impressive painting of a woman's face in the time it took her to finish the song. She is, in other words, gameness personified: 51 percent undeniable talent and possible icon-in-the-making, 49 percent lab-tested try-hard composite sketch of a present-day pop star. (Give or take 2 percent.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Lil Wayne\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvNVRBMmQv8\">\u003cstrong>Can't Be Broken\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzRELRUti6w\">\u003cstrong>Uproar\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/cvNVRBMmQv8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/cvNVRBMmQv8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Not many rappers could stand stock still on the \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> stage in a hoodie and pajama pants and hold focus for an entire song, but Lil Wayne has both the gravitas and the lyrical deftness to pull it off. \"Can't Be Broken\" doesn't get much in the way of set dressing: Lil Wayne and ubiquitous guest vocalist Halsey perform in front of a gigantic screen that resembles a wrinkled white bedsheet, flanked by a drummer and a DJ. But the song casts a spell, building to a nice moment in which the rapper thanks veterans and hugs his band.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Uproar\" gets a far busier presentation—the bedsheet and spare-but-forceful production remain, but Halsey is replaced by a large throng of dancers and the rowdy encouragement of Swizz Beatz—with similarly compelling results. Once again, Wayne finds himself clad in the most comfortable possible attire, this time wrapped in a robe straight out of the Cruella De Vil collection. But the performance isn't so laidback, as everyone on stage gets a chance to cut loose with playfully pumped-up aggression. (Incidentally, you have to give Lil Wayne a boost in the standings based on his appearance, with fellow rapper Future, in this \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> episode's fun and funny \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAL0wZu4JUg\">video about consent\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Paul Simon with yMusic\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Can't Run But,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGDdX-yV3dQ\">\u003cstrong>Bridge Over Troubled Water\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/hGDdX-yV3dQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/hGDdX-yV3dQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Let's start with the legacy on display here: Just weeks removed from his farewell tour, Paul Simon played \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> on his 77th birthday. It was the singer's record \u003cem>ninth\u003c/em> appearance as an \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> musical guest, capping off a history with the show dating back to his gig hosting its second episode all the way back in 1975.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So that's the history, as well as the source of the gravitas we're dealing with here. But the performances themselves—a vibrant, shimmery reboot of 1990's \"Can't Run But\" (mirroring the one heard on last year's \u003cem>In the Blue Light\u003c/em>) and a justifiably emotional take on Simon & Garfunkel's eternal \"Bridge Over Troubled Water\"—are knockouts in their own right, buoyed and deepened by the lush arrangements of the chamber ensemble yMusic. Both songs add up to a grand victory lap for a singer who's more than earned one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. BTS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4NB73HTlxI\">\u003cstrong>Boy With Luv\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSFIwS2b-kg\">\u003cstrong>Mic Drop\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/O4NB73HTlxI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/O4NB73HTlxI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The Studio 8H stage can be a cavernous and unforgiving place. It can make bands seem small and enervated, and it takes effort to fill the space. Some use light shows or props, while others employ an expanded array of backing musicians, but the smart ones know that it helps to bring a little something extra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the Korean boy-band sensation BTS—not only making its own \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> debut, but also marking the show's initiation into the world of K-pop—that something extra was motion, and lots of it. The group's seven members sing and rap in multiple languages, but they're also almost comically vibrant dancers, which gives their live TV appearances a welcome jolt of energy, color and joy. Here, the ubiquitous new \"Boy With Luv\" and the older track \"Mic Drop\" unfolded as a giddy swirl of bouncy, joyful stimuli.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Travis Scott\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5marNlhSeGw\">\u003cstrong>Skeletons/Astrothunder\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF8Ssdly6wo\">\u003cstrong>Sicko Mode\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/pF8Ssdly6wo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/pF8Ssdly6wo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Travis Scott could have just stood onstage and gone through the hit-regurgitating motions, treating \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> like any other late-night appearance. Instead, each performance piled extras atop extras, without quite tilting into overkill. For a medley of \"Skeletons\" and \"Astrothunder,\" you got a few grabby visual elements—like a woman brooding astride a rotating carousel horse, or an effect in which Scott appeared to stand on clouds—that momentarily distracted from the stunt casting on display. (Tame Impala's Kevin Parker on bass! John Mayer on guitar!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Scott returned for a full-on feast of eye-popping tricks, starting with an effect in which the late DJ Screw's image was projected onto a curtain of smoke; soon, Scott himself appeared, rapping while appearing to... rotate? On a giant arcade cabinet? There was a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> going on, all of it gorgeous to look at—and best of all, the visuals worked hand-in-glove with the actual songs, each of which managed an intoxicating mix of wooziness and intensity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Anderson .Paak\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Tints,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bS5sHO8SFg\">\u003cstrong>Who R U?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/1bS5sHO8SFg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/1bS5sHO8SFg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>You read it here first: Anderson .Paak is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2016/08/12/489769830/anderson-paak-the-free-nationals-tiny-desk-concert\">really, \u003cem>really\u003c/em> good\u003c/a> at this whole performing-on-stage thing. So it wasn't exactly a huge surprise when .Paak straight-up dominated in an \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> appearance that found him showcasing two tracks from last year's \u003cem>Oxnard\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naturally, given the scope of the singer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist's talents, each performance took on a radically different shape. In \"Tints,\" .Paak rapped from behind sunglasses, a drum kit and a radiant smile, keeping time while making it clear he was having the time of his life. Not that anyone could blame him, given that he got to share the stage with both Tayla Parx and, in a nonchalant 40-second pop-in that elicited a few gasps from the crowd, Kendrick Lamar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all that, \"Who R U?\" could have been anticlimactic, but it's a true showstopper: Performing in front of a curtain that silhouetted his band, .Paak commanded center stage with a riveting vocal, then gobbled up about a thousand extra-credit points via some fierce and unrelenting dance moves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=%27SNL%27+Musical+Guests%2C+Ranked+From+No.+1+To+Greta+Van+Fleet&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/111977/snl-musical-guests-ranked-from-no-1-to-greta-van-fleet","authors":["byline_pop_111977"],"categories":["pop_4","pop_3"],"tags":["pop_88","pop_1228"],"featImg":"pop_111978","label":"pop"},"pop_107397":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_107397","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"107397","score":null,"sort":[1542049992000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"on-snl-lil-wayne-and-future-address-consent","title":"On 'SNL,' Lil Wayne and Future Address Consent","publishDate":1542049992,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>It took an elaborate satire for two of hip-hop's biggest acts to address the elephant in the room of rap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday night on \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>, musical guest Lil Wayne performed two songs from his recently released LP \u003cem>The Carter V. \u003c/em>He \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjRX-PL7pC4\">brought out pop singer Halsey\u003c/a> for backing vocals on \"Can't Be Broken,\" and producer Swizz Beatz to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKxVoCoc60Y\">perform their song \"Uproar\"\u003c/a> for his second segment. But the real highlight was Wayne's collaborative appearance, along with the rapper Future, in a skit on sexual consent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \"Booty Kings,\" \u003cem>SNL \u003c/em>players Chris Redd and Kenan Thompson starred as The Booty Kings, two flamboyant rappers—\"the kings of that booty music\"—who rock oversize Time's Up lapel pendants next to their glaring, gold Booty Kings chains. The skit flips mainstream rap's penchant for misogynistic content that objectifies women by featuring the duo, along with Uncle Butt (Pete Davidson), as rappers who prioritize consent first. Far from \"conscious emcees,\" they're hilariously hellbent on navigating the learning curve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAL0wZu4JUg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the mock music video, The Booty Kings' oversexed appeals to women in the club come with awkward shows of respect for the objects of their desire: \"I'm on a mission for that a**, but first I need \u003cem>permission,\u003c/em>\" as the refrain goes. \"Lights, camera, action / Video vixen / Hendrix steal yo' girl / But only with her permission,\" Future raps in a surprise appearance that parodies the popular, but played-out, conceit of rappers endlessly bragging about stealing their adversaries' girls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The irony, of course, is that the comedic skit is likely the closest any major rap stars have come to engaging in a conversation about consent in the year of #MeToo. An \u003cem>SNL \u003c/em>spoof is about as progressive as it gets in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While major players across the spectrum of film, television, journalism and comedy have been put on time out for such alleged abuses, hip-hop and the music industry at large have gone mostly unchecked. Despite a campaign to #MuteRKelly, the R&B singer has yet to face any real consequences for the litany of sexual abuse and coercion allegations made against him, which he continues to deny. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons stepped away from the spotlight, and many of his businesses, after a long list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/11/666679281/580629581\">women alleged being victims of rape \u003c/a>and of having abusive encounters with him over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile the careers of contemporary artists, including XXXTentacion, who faced felony domestic assault charges for beating his pregnant former girlfriend before he was murdered earlier this year, and Tekashi 6ix9ine, recently sentenced to four years probation for a 2015 sexual misconduct charge with a minor, have continued to thrive on the \u003cem>Billboard \u003c/em>charts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the music itself, the creative challenge hip-hop has yet to face is how to respect the growing culture of consent when so much misogyny is baked into commercial rap's cake. For his sake, Lil Wayne, who's been known for his lascivious lyrics over the years, attempts to clean up his act in the Booty Kings skit when he raps: \"Respect is the game / And booty is the scrimmage / And I play good defense if that booty get offended.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not the most delicately-worded dance, but one long overdue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=ZjRX-PL7pC4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKxVoCoc60Y\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=On+%27SNL%2C%27+Lil+Wayne+And+Future+Address+Consent&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Two rappers find themselves in a comedy skit as foils for a serious message.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1542049992,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":11,"wordCount":586},"headData":{"title":"On 'SNL,' Lil Wayne and Future Address Consent | KQED","description":"Two rappers find themselves in a comedy skit as foils for a serious message.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"On 'SNL,' Lil Wayne and Future Address Consent","datePublished":"2018-11-12T19:13:12.000Z","dateModified":"2018-11-12T19:13:12.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"107397 https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=107397","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2018/11/12/on-snl-lil-wayne-and-future-address-consent/","disqusTitle":"On 'SNL,' Lil Wayne and Future Address Consent","nprImageCredit":"NBC","nprByline":"Rodney Carmichael","nprImageAgency":"Rosalind O'Connor/NBC","nprStoryId":"666679281","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=666679281&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/11/666679281/on-snl-lil-wayne-and-future-address-consent?ft=nprml&f=666679281","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Sun, 11 Nov 2018 11:13:00 -0500","nprStoryDate":"Sun, 11 Nov 2018 10:45:00 -0500","nprLastModifiedDate":"Sun, 11 Nov 2018 11:13:11 -0500","path":"/pop/107397/on-snl-lil-wayne-and-future-address-consent","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It took an elaborate satire for two of hip-hop's biggest acts to address the elephant in the room of rap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday night on \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>, musical guest Lil Wayne performed two songs from his recently released LP \u003cem>The Carter V. \u003c/em>He \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjRX-PL7pC4\">brought out pop singer Halsey\u003c/a> for backing vocals on \"Can't Be Broken,\" and producer Swizz Beatz to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKxVoCoc60Y\">perform their song \"Uproar\"\u003c/a> for his second segment. 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An \u003cem>SNL \u003c/em>spoof is about as progressive as it gets in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While major players across the spectrum of film, television, journalism and comedy have been put on time out for such alleged abuses, hip-hop and the music industry at large have gone mostly unchecked. Despite a campaign to #MuteRKelly, the R&B singer has yet to face any real consequences for the litany of sexual abuse and coercion allegations made against him, which he continues to deny. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons stepped away from the spotlight, and many of his businesses, after a long list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/11/666679281/580629581\">women alleged being victims of rape \u003c/a>and of having abusive encounters with him over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile the careers of contemporary artists, including XXXTentacion, who faced felony domestic assault charges for beating his pregnant former girlfriend before he was murdered earlier this year, and Tekashi 6ix9ine, recently sentenced to four years probation for a 2015 sexual misconduct charge with a minor, have continued to thrive on the \u003cem>Billboard \u003c/em>charts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the music itself, the creative challenge hip-hop has yet to face is how to respect the growing culture of consent when so much misogyny is baked into commercial rap's cake. For his sake, Lil Wayne, who's been known for his lascivious lyrics over the years, attempts to clean up his act in the Booty Kings skit when he raps: \"Respect is the game / And booty is the scrimmage / And I play good defense if that booty get offended.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not the most delicately-worded dance, but one long overdue.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ZjRX-PL7pC4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ZjRX-PL7pC4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/cKxVoCoc60Y'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/cKxVoCoc60Y'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=On+%27SNL%2C%27+Lil+Wayne+And+Future+Address+Consent&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/107397/on-snl-lil-wayne-and-future-address-consent","authors":["byline_pop_107397"],"categories":["pop_4","pop_3"],"tags":["pop_3344","pop_3345","pop_3343","pop_3316","pop_1228"],"featImg":"pop_107399","label":"pop"},"pop_106520":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_106520","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"106520","score":null,"sort":[1539631209000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"twitters-7-stages-of-grief-post-ariana-grande-pete-davidson-split","title":"Twitter's 7 Stages of Grief, Post-Ariana Grande/Pete Davidson Split","publishDate":1539631209,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>Over the weekend, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson called off their engagement after an intense, PDA-fueled, five-month relationship. When the news broke, Twitter lapsed into what can only be described as online bedlam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/DoYouEvenLIf/status/1051604080798384128\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chaos quickly gave way to Twitter rushing through the classic \u003ca href=\"https://www.recover-from-grief.com/7-stages-of-grief.html\">7 Stages of Grief.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Shock and denial:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/kateconnolly031/status/1051592123735310336\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. Pain and guilt:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RyanSchocket/status/1051586421369303040\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. Anger and bargaining:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/maddyackerburg/status/1051612184923525120\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4. Reflection:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/swifthargitay/status/1051588699471921152\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5. The Upward Turn:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/olivia__hye/status/1051597751031615488\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>6. Reconstruction and Working Through:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/n0m83r5/status/1051696538920148994\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>7. Acceptance and Hope (some people got to this stage a lot sooner than others):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/taylorsoftest/status/1051605232109703169\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farewell, Pete and Ariana. We loved you while you lasted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106524\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106524\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-800x1204.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande attend the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, August 20, 2018, New York City. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1204\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-800x1204.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-160x241.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-768x1155.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-1020x1535.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-798x1200.jpg 798w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-1920x2889.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-1180x1775.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-960x1444.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-240x361.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-375x564.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-520x782.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494.jpg 1994w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande attend the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, August 20, 2018, New York City. \u003ccite>(Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Ariana and Pete are no more, and Twitter has a lot of feelings about that.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1539631209,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":11,"wordCount":176},"headData":{"title":"Twitter's 7 Stages of Grief, Post-Ariana Grande/Pete Davidson Split | KQED","description":"Ariana and Pete are no more, and Twitter has a lot of feelings about that.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Twitter's 7 Stages of Grief, Post-Ariana Grande/Pete Davidson Split","datePublished":"2018-10-15T19:20:09.000Z","dateModified":"2018-10-15T19:20:09.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"106520 https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=106520","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2018/10/15/twitters-7-stages-of-grief-post-ariana-grande-pete-davidson-split/","disqusTitle":"Twitter's 7 Stages of Grief, Post-Ariana Grande/Pete Davidson Split","path":"/pop/106520/twitters-7-stages-of-grief-post-ariana-grande-pete-davidson-split","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Over the weekend, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson called off their engagement after an intense, PDA-fueled, five-month relationship. When the news broke, Twitter lapsed into what can only be described as online bedlam.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1051604080798384128"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The chaos quickly gave way to Twitter rushing through the classic \u003ca href=\"https://www.recover-from-grief.com/7-stages-of-grief.html\">7 Stages of Grief.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Shock and denial:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1051592123735310336"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>2. 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We loved you while you lasted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106524\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106524\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-800x1204.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande attend the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, August 20, 2018, New York City. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1204\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-800x1204.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-160x241.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-768x1155.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-1020x1535.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/GettyImages-1020262494-798x1200.jpg 798w, 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It makes me happy. I like waking up in the morning and hearing it, and going, 'Oh yeah. It's gonna be a good day.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=yZ-Darot-is\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Villaseñor's voice is unrecognizable when she inhabits the sounds and mannerisms of famous figures, whether it's the charming eccentricity of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl3-M5gUZlg\">Bjork\u003c/a> or the hearty laugh of Hillary Clinton. From Gwen Stefani to Pokémon's Ash Ketchum, Wanda Sykes to Steve Buscemi, her output of celebrity imitations is vast and varied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her talent for impressions helped to earn her a spot as a featured player on \u003cem>Saturday Night Live. \u003c/em>And when \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>'s new season premiered Sept. 29, it was Villaseñor's first as a full cast member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villaseñor is Mexican-American. Her parents own a fencing company in Whittier, Calif., outside Los Angeles. It was her dad who turned her on to comedy: Rodney Dangerfield, Steve Martin, Jim Carrey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she was 12, Villaseñor remembers making her friends laugh by imitating singers such as Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Mandy Moore. (\"All the pop divas,\" she says.) She performed in her high school talent show and attended The Laugh Factory's summer comedy camp in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's now a seemingly endless catalog of Villaseñor's impressions online: homemade videos, stand-up clips, her \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuQoQMzfG48\">breakthrough performance\u003c/a> on \u003cem>America's Got Talent\u003c/em>, and a series from the Latino comedy studio Más Mejor called \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFTsBICWg3L-NxMive_VTEVmAxyRJVldV\">Daily Itineraries\u003c/a>, where she imagines the personal schedules of various celebrities including Jennifer Lopez and Sarah Silverman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She's just got really amazing range,\" says Ian Jones-Quartey, creator of the Cartoon Network series \u003cem>OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes\u003c/em>. Villaseñor voices a number of characters for the show, including a bunny rabbit, a teenage strawberry and a football. \"We can kind of just throw her at a situation and she can create something really hilarious.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones-Quartey first saw Villaseñor at a comedy club in LA a few years ago. Then he started watching her videos online. He calls her impression of Owen Wilson \"legendary.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=72&v=VdCsbcx_loI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villaseñor says she has affection for all of the celebrities she chooses to mimic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They really inspire me and I would say help me feel less alone and make me feel like they're my friend,\" she says in an interview. \"Like, Owen Wilson—he's so soothing and silly and peaceful, and that makes me feel comfort.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After it was announced Villaseñor would be joining \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>, the triumph was somewhat diminished. Online commentators noticed she had deleted some old tweets they considered racist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other comedians have had their Twitter pasts scrutinized. Old jokes by Trevor Noah and Sarah Silverman, for example, were deemed offensive when they resurfaced years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villaseñor says those old Tweets were her \"trying to be edgy.\" But she doesn't regret deleting them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm flawed like everyone else, and yeah, I just wanted to make sure I was perfect,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The online attacks left her \"numb,\" so she got some advice from more seasoned \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> cast members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And they're just like, 'You got to get tough and get used to it,'\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=149&v=XCPSoKpLXZQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's one lesson among many Villaseñor says she's learned since joining \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>. She says when writers like Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell have worked with her on sketches, they'll do impressions of \u003cem>her\u003c/em>, froggy voice and all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Comedians, we just love picking on each other, and it just makes me feel at home,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melissa Villaseñor is trying to develop original characters for \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>. She says that's much harder than doing impressions — but that we might see one this season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2018 NPR. 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She performed in her high school talent show and attended The Laugh Factory's summer comedy camp in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's now a seemingly endless catalog of Villaseñor's impressions online: homemade videos, stand-up clips, her \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuQoQMzfG48\">breakthrough performance\u003c/a> on \u003cem>America's Got Talent\u003c/em>, and a series from the Latino comedy studio Más Mejor called \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFTsBICWg3L-NxMive_VTEVmAxyRJVldV\">Daily Itineraries\u003c/a>, where she imagines the personal schedules of various celebrities including Jennifer Lopez and Sarah Silverman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She's just got really amazing range,\" says Ian Jones-Quartey, creator of the Cartoon Network series \u003cem>OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes\u003c/em>. Villaseñor voices a number of characters for the show, including a bunny rabbit, a teenage strawberry and a football. \"We can kind of just throw her at a situation and she can create something really hilarious.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones-Quartey first saw Villaseñor at a comedy club in LA a few years ago. Then he started watching her videos online. He calls her impression of Owen Wilson \"legendary.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/VdCsbcx_loI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/VdCsbcx_loI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Villaseñor says she has affection for all of the celebrities she chooses to mimic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They really inspire me and I would say help me feel less alone and make me feel like they're my friend,\" she says in an interview. \"Like, Owen Wilson—he's so soothing and silly and peaceful, and that makes me feel comfort.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After it was announced Villaseñor would be joining \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>, the triumph was somewhat diminished. Online commentators noticed she had deleted some old tweets they considered racist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other comedians have had their Twitter pasts scrutinized. Old jokes by Trevor Noah and Sarah Silverman, for example, were deemed offensive when they resurfaced years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villaseñor says those old Tweets were her \"trying to be edgy.\" But she doesn't regret deleting them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm flawed like everyone else, and yeah, I just wanted to make sure I was perfect,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The online attacks left her \"numb,\" so she got some advice from more seasoned \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> cast members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And they're just like, 'You got to get tough and get used to it,'\" she says.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/XCPSoKpLXZQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/XCPSoKpLXZQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>It's one lesson among many Villaseñor says she's learned since joining \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>. She says when writers like Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell have worked with her on sketches, they'll do impressions of \u003cem>her\u003c/em>, froggy voice and all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Comedians, we just love picking on each other, and it just makes me feel at home,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melissa Villaseñor is trying to develop original characters for \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>. She says that's much harder than doing impressions — but that we might see one this season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=A+Top+Impressionist%2C+Melissa+Villase%C3%B1or+Is+Finding+Her+Own+Voice+On+%27SNL%27&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv>\u003cem>Parts of this story have been updated to reflect the fact that SNL's season premiere has now aired. \u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/106128/melissa-villasenor-is-finding-her-own-voice-on-snl","authors":["byline_pop_106128"],"categories":["pop_2696","pop_3"],"tags":["pop_3300","pop_88","pop_537","pop_1228"],"featImg":"pop_106129","label":"pop"},"pop_106122":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_106122","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"106122","score":null,"sort":[1538423627000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"matt-damon-is-a-sniffing-shouting-brett-kavanaugh-on-snl-premiere","title":"Matt Damon is a Sniffing, Shouting Brett Kavanaugh on 'SNL' Premiere","publishDate":1538423627,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated at 1:15 p.m. ET Sunday\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> kicked off its 44th season in a sketch many of us expected in some form or another: a send-up of the emotionally charged hearings into the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show skipped any impression of accuser Christine Blasey Ford's testimony, starting the scene just before Kavanaugh's entrance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've heard from the alleged victim, but now it's time to hear from the hero, Judge Brett Kavanaugh,\" says Sen. Chuck Grassley, played by cast member Alex Moffat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In walks a shouting, sniffing Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in an appearance by Matt Damon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm gonna start at an 11, I'ma take it to about a 15 real quick!\" he yells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRJecfRxbr8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He talks a lot about beer. \"I'm usually an optimist, I'm a keg is half-full kind of guy,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Echoing the real Kavanaugh's statement that \"you'll never get me to quit,\" Damon's judge notes, \"I'm not backing down ... I don't know the meaning of the word stop.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aidy Bryant played Rachel Mitchell, the Arizona prosecutor brought in to question Ford, who says, \"I'm here mostly for Twitter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later on in the scene, Kate McKinnon, who can do a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/20/612751096/tina-fey-hosts-star-studded-snl-season-43-finale\">good impression\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/05/518601702/kate-mckinnon-mocks-sessions-as-forrest-gump-on-snl\">pretty much anybody,\u003c/a> channeled the indignation of Sen. Lindsey Graham, who lashed out on Thursday at Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You put this man on the Supreme Court now,\" McKinnon's Graham says. \"No vote, no discussion. You give him a damn robe and you let him do whatever the hell he wants. Because this right now, this is my audition for Mr. Trump's Cabinet. And also for a regional production of \u003cem>The Crucible.\u003c/em>\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljmCX0R7Tqg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weekend Update had its usual digs at the week in politics, beginning with the Ford and Kavanaugh appearances. \"A classic debate of she said, he yelled,\" as Colin Jost described it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kate McKinnon was back (again!) as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, giving her take on Kavanaugh and his calendars. Today on Ginsburg's agenda: \"Don't die.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kanye West was the night's musical guest. He performed three times, the first of which was ... in a costume of a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/1046254473063075840\">bottle of Perrier.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He ended the show with a song performed while wearing a Make America Great Again hat. West is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/06/02/616402658/two-sided-trying-to-hear-kanye-wests-new-album-ye-through-all-the-noise\">noted fan of President Trump.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday afternoon, President Trump \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1046443996074127361\">tweeted\u003c/a> about first show of the season, saying \"Like many, I don't watch Saturday Night Live (even though I past hosted it) - no longer funny, no talent or charm. It is just a political ad for the Dems. Word is that Kanye West, who put on a MAGA hat after the show (despite being told \"no\"), was great. He's leading the charge!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show is back live next week with host \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/08/17/639670914/crazy-rich-asians-star-awkwafina-has-always-aggressively-been-myself\">Awkwafina\u003c/a> and musical guest \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/08/07/636278850/travis-scott-rides-a-fire-breathing-dragon-in-stop-trying-to-be-god-video\">Travis Scott.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Matt+Damon+Is+A+Sniffing%2C+Shouting+Brett+Kavanaugh+On+%27SNL%27+Season+Premiere&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"\"I'm not backing down,\" says Matt Damon, in character as an angry Brett Kavanaugh. \"I don't know the meaning of the word stop.\"","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1538423627,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":510},"headData":{"title":"Matt Damon is a Sniffing, Shouting Brett Kavanaugh on 'SNL' Premiere | KQED","description":""I'm not backing down," says Matt Damon, in character as an angry Brett Kavanaugh. 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And also for a regional production of \u003cem>The Crucible.\u003c/em>\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ljmCX0R7Tqg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ljmCX0R7Tqg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Weekend Update had its usual digs at the week in politics, beginning with the Ford and Kavanaugh appearances. \"A classic debate of she said, he yelled,\" as Colin Jost described it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kate McKinnon was back (again!) as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, giving her take on Kavanaugh and his calendars. Today on Ginsburg's agenda: \"Don't die.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kanye West was the night's musical guest. He performed three times, the first of which was ... in a costume of a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/1046254473063075840\">bottle of Perrier.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He ended the show with a song performed while wearing a Make America Great Again hat. West is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/06/02/616402658/two-sided-trying-to-hear-kanye-wests-new-album-ye-through-all-the-noise\">noted fan of President Trump.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday afternoon, President Trump \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1046443996074127361\">tweeted\u003c/a> about first show of the season, saying \"Like many, I don't watch Saturday Night Live (even though I past hosted it) - no longer funny, no talent or charm. It is just a political ad for the Dems. Word is that Kanye West, who put on a MAGA hat after the show (despite being told \"no\"), was great. He's leading the charge!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show is back live next week with host \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/08/17/639670914/crazy-rich-asians-star-awkwafina-has-always-aggressively-been-myself\">Awkwafina\u003c/a> and musical guest \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/08/07/636278850/travis-scott-rides-a-fire-breathing-dragon-in-stop-trying-to-be-god-video\">Travis Scott.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Matt+Damon+Is+A+Sniffing%2C+Shouting+Brett+Kavanaugh+On+%27SNL%27+Season+Premiere&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/106122/matt-damon-is-a-sniffing-shouting-brett-kavanaugh-on-snl-premiere","authors":["byline_pop_106122"],"categories":["pop_3"],"tags":["pop_222","pop_88","pop_322","pop_1228"],"featImg":"pop_106123","label":"pop"},"pop_103268":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_103268","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"103268","score":null,"sort":[1524835673000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"10-star-wars-parodies-to-get-you-in-the-mood-for-solo","title":"10 'Star Wars' Parodies to Get You in the Mood for 'Solo'","publishDate":1524835673,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>It's kind of impossible to overstate the cultural impact of the 41-year-old \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> universe. Many of us have grown up in this galaxy far, far away—and the arrival of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3778644/?ref_=nv_sr_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Solo: A Star Wars Story\u003c/em>\u003c/a> next month is sure to keep us in it for even longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this week, singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, posted his very own one-minute version of the original trilogy on Instagram. The 60-second epic is populated by sock puppets, paper cutouts, and a torn picture of Mark Hamill's face. It makes almost no sense at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the type of thing that long-term \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> obsession yields. But Ryan is not alone. Back in 1987, when Mel Brooks first released his own \u003cem>Star Wars \u003c/em>satire,\u003cem> \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spaceballs\u003c/a>, \u003c/em>it probably felt like a flash in the pan. Little did anyone know that by 2018, \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> parodies wouldn't just still be in full swing, they'd be one of the more permanent threads in our pop culture fabric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are 10 notable moments from along the way:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>'Robot Chicken'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAKtZ_r0V6E\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The greatest thing about \u003cem>Robot Chicken'\u003c/em>s \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> parodies were their commitment to being rooted in mundane, day-to-day details. We saw Death Star destruction through the lens of relatable office minutiae (\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F1d3QWsyk0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including the Emperor ordering lunch)\u003c/a>; \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU070mnjSD4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boba Fett as a drunk uncle figure\u003c/a>; \"Dr. Ball,\" an Empire medical droid who just wants to give people flu shots in peace; and, of course, there were the daily struggles and horrors of being \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiJcL0zXkCw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gary, the Stormtrooper\u003c/a>. (Never has a faceless plastic toy inspired such pathos.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Oscar Isaac Doing Bill Murray Doing \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> Lounge-Singing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arHVLyHYcrk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 1978, \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> aired \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/nick-the-lounge-singer-sings-star-wars-theme/2956866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a skit about a lounge singer named Nick Winters\u003c/a>—played to side-splitting effect by Bill Murray—who opened and closed his terrible ski lodge act with jazzy songs based around the \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> theme tune. It was ludicrous enough that it has lived on in memory ever since, which is why, after 2015's triumphant Episode VII, \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488496/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Force Awakens\u003c/em>,\u003c/a> \u003cem>GQ\u003c/em> asked Oscar Isaac (who plays Poe Dameron) to revive Murray's old classic and expand on the lyrics to appropriately reflect the new movie. It was... disturbingly sexy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>'Family Guy'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC6iahgQT2w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Probably the three most brilliant episodes in the entirety of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182576/episodes?ref_=tt_eps_sn_mr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Family Guy'\u003c/em>\u003c/a>s 16 seasons so far, Seth McFarlane's takes on \u003cem>Stars Wars, The Empire Strikes Back,\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Return of the Jedi \u003c/em>were a delight for fans of both the movies and the TV show. It was as politically incorrect as one would expect, but the attention to detail (within both the animation and script) was a genuinely impressive feat. What's more, Stewie finally got to play a villain of appropriate stature, Peter and Lois added some perfect marital bickering to the roles of Han and Leia, and Boba Fett was played by a giant chicken (because of course he was).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Creative Tunisians\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=96&v=9HvaFhUcm-4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember back in 2013 when Pharrell Williams released \"Happy\" and the internet got flooded by DIY versions of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=96&v=9HvaFhUcm-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that joyful video\u003c/a>? Well, a bunch of slightly awkward Tunisians got together and did a \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em>-themed rendition, in full costume. And who can blame them? They live on \u003ca href=\"http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tatooine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tatooine\u003c/a>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>'Saturday Night Live'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaOSCASqLsE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thing that really elevated \u003cem>SNL'\u003c/em>s simultaneous spoof of both \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2527336/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Last Jedi\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442553/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Undercover Boss\u003c/em>\u003c/a> was the sheer, eye-twitching commitment from that week's host, Kylo Ren himself, Adam Driver. Combining the most awkward hidden camera elements of the reality show with the most impulsive and short-tempered parts of Darth Vader's grandkid made this one of the most memorable skits of Season 41. The degree to which \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1293885/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bobby Moynihan\u003c/a> obviously had a blast making it only made everything that much better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>'Sesame Street'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=j-LfQCPJJkY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sesame Street'\u003c/em>s \"Star S'Mores\" is impressive for the sheer number of food puns it manages to squeeze into a five-minute period (Cookie is \"Flan\" and he wants to eat his co-pilot, \"Chewy\"). The joy is free-flowing, thanks to the even smaller details—Mr. Snuffleupagus dressed up as a \u003ca href=\"http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bantha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bantha\u003c/a>, Darth Baker's bacon and egg chest plate, and a Millennium Falcon that's actually an ice-cream sandwich. And remember: \"There is no try. Only sing!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>'The Adam and Joe Show'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGkoBjn9U-c\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This cult favorite from the UK was parodying \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> with stop-motion animation almost a decade before \u003cem>Robot Chicken\u003c/em>. A lot of the galaxy-related skits \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adam_and_Joe_Show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish\u003c/a> put together make almost no sense to American audiences because of the sheer number of British references in them. However, dressing R2-D2 and C-3PO up like the Pet Shop Boys, and making Darth Vader impersonate Grace Jones is pretty fantastic no matter where you're from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>'The Simpsons'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lPG1u6EbiY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For fans who waited 16 years for a new \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> installment, George Lucas's prequels came as a crushing blow, thanks to the preponderance of bad CGI, a plot that veered dangerously close to C-Span territory, and, oh dear God, Jar Jar Binks. \u003cem>The Simpsons\u003c/em> felt our pain... and then they documented it remarkably well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Bad Lip Reading\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9t-slLl30E\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/user/BadLipReading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Bad Lip Reading\u003c/em> YouTube channel\u003c/a> is always a surefire way to cheer yourself up, whether it's overdubbing NFL games, the inauguration, or the \u003cem>Walking Dead\u003c/em> (if you haven't yet seen \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9aM9Ch97U8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Carl Poppa,\"\u003c/a> make it happen)—but \u003cem>BLR\u003c/em>'s work on\u003cem> Star Wars\u003c/em> has been particularly stellar. Once you've seen \"Seagulls (Stop it Now),\" not only will Dagobah never look the same to you again, there's a good chance that the phrase \"Run, run, run, jump, I can be a backpack while you run,\" will be bouncing inside your brain forever. (And you probably won't even mind.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>And Finally... Chipmunks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/fu-jyoBGsUU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The\u003c/em> Chipmunks\u003c/a>. Just regular old chipmunks. Because the internet wouldn't be the internet without lightsaber-wielding rodents. You're welcome.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"People have been making fun of the Star Wars universe since it began—and we couldn't be happier.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1632346830,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":1082},"headData":{"title":"10 'Star Wars' Parodies to Get You in the Mood for 'Solo' - KQED Pop","description":"People have been making fun of the Star Wars universe since it began—and we couldn't be happier.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"10 'Star Wars' Parodies to Get You in the Mood for 'Solo'","datePublished":"2018-04-27T13:27:53.000Z","dateModified":"2021-09-22T21:40:30.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"103268 https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=103268","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2018/04/27/10-star-wars-parodies-to-get-you-in-the-mood-for-solo/","disqusTitle":"10 'Star Wars' Parodies to Get You in the Mood for 'Solo'","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","path":"/pop/103268/10-star-wars-parodies-to-get-you-in-the-mood-for-solo","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It's kind of impossible to overstate the cultural impact of the 41-year-old \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> universe. Many of us have grown up in this galaxy far, far away—and the arrival of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3778644/?ref_=nv_sr_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Solo: A Star Wars Story\u003c/em>\u003c/a> next month is sure to keep us in it for even longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this week, singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, posted his very own one-minute version of the original trilogy on Instagram. The 60-second epic is populated by sock puppets, paper cutouts, and a torn picture of Mark Hamill's face. It makes almost no sense at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the type of thing that long-term \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> obsession yields. But Ryan is not alone. Back in 1987, when Mel Brooks first released his own \u003cem>Star Wars \u003c/em>satire,\u003cem> \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spaceballs\u003c/a>, \u003c/em>it probably felt like a flash in the pan. Little did anyone know that by 2018, \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> parodies wouldn't just still be in full swing, they'd be one of the more permanent threads in our pop culture fabric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are 10 notable moments from along the way:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>'Robot Chicken'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/eAKtZ_r0V6E'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/eAKtZ_r0V6E'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The greatest thing about \u003cem>Robot Chicken'\u003c/em>s \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> parodies were their commitment to being rooted in mundane, day-to-day details. We saw Death Star destruction through the lens of relatable office minutiae (\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F1d3QWsyk0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including the Emperor ordering lunch)\u003c/a>; \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU070mnjSD4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boba Fett as a drunk uncle figure\u003c/a>; \"Dr. Ball,\" an Empire medical droid who just wants to give people flu shots in peace; and, of course, there were the daily struggles and horrors of being \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiJcL0zXkCw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gary, the Stormtrooper\u003c/a>. (Never has a faceless plastic toy inspired such pathos.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Oscar Isaac Doing Bill Murray Doing \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> Lounge-Singing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/arHVLyHYcrk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/arHVLyHYcrk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Back in 1978, \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> aired \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/nick-the-lounge-singer-sings-star-wars-theme/2956866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a skit about a lounge singer named Nick Winters\u003c/a>—played to side-splitting effect by Bill Murray—who opened and closed his terrible ski lodge act with jazzy songs based around the \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> theme tune. It was ludicrous enough that it has lived on in memory ever since, which is why, after 2015's triumphant Episode VII, \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488496/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Force Awakens\u003c/em>,\u003c/a> \u003cem>GQ\u003c/em> asked Oscar Isaac (who plays Poe Dameron) to revive Murray's old classic and expand on the lyrics to appropriately reflect the new movie. It was... disturbingly sexy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>'Family Guy'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/EC6iahgQT2w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/EC6iahgQT2w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Probably the three most brilliant episodes in the entirety of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182576/episodes?ref_=tt_eps_sn_mr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Family Guy'\u003c/em>\u003c/a>s 16 seasons so far, Seth McFarlane's takes on \u003cem>Stars Wars, The Empire Strikes Back,\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Return of the Jedi \u003c/em>were a delight for fans of both the movies and the TV show. It was as politically incorrect as one would expect, but the attention to detail (within both the animation and script) was a genuinely impressive feat. What's more, Stewie finally got to play a villain of appropriate stature, Peter and Lois added some perfect marital bickering to the roles of Han and Leia, and Boba Fett was played by a giant chicken (because of course he was).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Creative Tunisians\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/9HvaFhUcm-4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/9HvaFhUcm-4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Remember back in 2013 when Pharrell Williams released \"Happy\" and the internet got flooded by DIY versions of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=96&v=9HvaFhUcm-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that joyful video\u003c/a>? Well, a bunch of slightly awkward Tunisians got together and did a \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em>-themed rendition, in full costume. And who can blame them? They live on \u003ca href=\"http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tatooine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tatooine\u003c/a>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>'Saturday Night Live'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/FaOSCASqLsE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/FaOSCASqLsE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The thing that really elevated \u003cem>SNL'\u003c/em>s simultaneous spoof of both \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2527336/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Last Jedi\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442553/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Undercover Boss\u003c/em>\u003c/a> was the sheer, eye-twitching commitment from that week's host, Kylo Ren himself, Adam Driver. Combining the most awkward hidden camera elements of the reality show with the most impulsive and short-tempered parts of Darth Vader's grandkid made this one of the most memorable skits of Season 41. The degree to which \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1293885/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bobby Moynihan\u003c/a> obviously had a blast making it only made everything that much better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>'Sesame Street'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/j-LfQCPJJkY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/j-LfQCPJJkY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Sesame Street'\u003c/em>s \"Star S'Mores\" is impressive for the sheer number of food puns it manages to squeeze into a five-minute period (Cookie is \"Flan\" and he wants to eat his co-pilot, \"Chewy\"). The joy is free-flowing, thanks to the even smaller details—Mr. Snuffleupagus dressed up as a \u003ca href=\"http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bantha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bantha\u003c/a>, Darth Baker's bacon and egg chest plate, and a Millennium Falcon that's actually an ice-cream sandwich. And remember: \"There is no try. Only sing!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>'The Adam and Joe Show'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/KGkoBjn9U-c'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/KGkoBjn9U-c'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>This cult favorite from the UK was parodying \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> with stop-motion animation almost a decade before \u003cem>Robot Chicken\u003c/em>. A lot of the galaxy-related skits \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adam_and_Joe_Show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish\u003c/a> put together make almost no sense to American audiences because of the sheer number of British references in them. However, dressing R2-D2 and C-3PO up like the Pet Shop Boys, and making Darth Vader impersonate Grace Jones is pretty fantastic no matter where you're from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>'The Simpsons'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3lPG1u6EbiY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3lPG1u6EbiY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>For fans who waited 16 years for a new \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> installment, George Lucas's prequels came as a crushing blow, thanks to the preponderance of bad CGI, a plot that veered dangerously close to C-Span territory, and, oh dear God, Jar Jar Binks. \u003cem>The Simpsons\u003c/em> felt our pain... and then they documented it remarkably well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Bad Lip Reading\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/U9t-slLl30E'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/U9t-slLl30E'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/user/BadLipReading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Bad Lip Reading\u003c/em> YouTube channel\u003c/a> is always a surefire way to cheer yourself up, whether it's overdubbing NFL games, the inauguration, or the \u003cem>Walking Dead\u003c/em> (if you haven't yet seen \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9aM9Ch97U8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Carl Poppa,\"\u003c/a> make it happen)—but \u003cem>BLR\u003c/em>'s work on\u003cem> Star Wars\u003c/em> has been particularly stellar. Once you've seen \"Seagulls (Stop it Now),\" not only will Dagobah never look the same to you again, there's a good chance that the phrase \"Run, run, run, jump, I can be a backpack while you run,\" will be bouncing inside your brain forever. (And you probably won't even mind.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>And Finally... Chipmunks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/fu-jyoBGsUU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/fu-jyoBGsUU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The\u003c/em> Chipmunks\u003c/a>. Just regular old chipmunks. Because the internet wouldn't be the internet without lightsaber-wielding rodents. You're welcome.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/103268/10-star-wars-parodies-to-get-you-in-the-mood-for-solo","authors":["11242"],"categories":["pop_51","pop_3"],"tags":["pop_1064","pop_1228","pop_904","pop_297"],"featImg":"pop_103273","label":"pop"},"pop_94921":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_94921","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"94921","score":null,"sort":[1501540214000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"trump-can-be-comedy-gold-but-not-all-comedians-are-mining","title":"Trump Can Be Comedy Gold, But Not All Comedians Are Mining","publishDate":1501540214,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>Comedians have vastly different styles and sensibilities. Nowhere is this more apparent than at Montreal's annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.hahaha.com/en/montreal-festival\">Just For Laughs\u003c/a> comedy festival, where one minute you're riding a speedboat of brainy one-liners from \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000632/\">Jerry Seinfeld\u003c/a>; the next, you're floating along with the intoxicating tales of \u003ca href=\"http://www.ronfunches.com/\">Ron Funches\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comedians are just as varied in their decisions of whether to talk politics on stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For professional jokesters, President Trump is either gold to mine or a grenade to avoid. Sometimes he's both. With impersonations by Alec Baldwin, Kate McKinnon and Melissa McCarthy, \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> has turned the Trump administration into bona fide comedy canon. \u003cem>The Late Show\u003c/em>'s Stephen Colbert delights in poking fun at the powerful, like the time he asked\u003ca href=\"http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/video/9jQu1_5deNfLcXNT6Eh7KHu7URZ6iYFj/andy-serkis-becomes-gollum-to-read-trump-s-tweets/\"> Andy Serkis\u003c/a> to read Mr. Trump's tweets in the voice of Gollum from the \u003cem>Lord of The Rings\u003c/em> movies. More brazenly, Viceland's Desus and Mero\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0JdOvgVkWg\"> lacerate\u003c/a> White House staffers as they watch them in video interviews or speeches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWuc18xISwI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The philosophy at comedy video website \u003ca href=\"http://www.funnyordie.com/\">Funny Or Die\u003c/a>: tackle it head on. \"I think comedy is at its best when it's addressing power and powerful institutions,\" says CEO Mike Farah. \"Right now we have an individual who is representing an institution in ways that lots of people disagree with. And if we can use comedy to attack that power, and to make funny and smart observations about the world and the hypocrisy we're living in ... I think it's our responsibility.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among Funny Or Die's Trump-related material, comedians Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson do a spoof called\u003ca href=\"http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/ec8412d8a3/jared-kushner-and-ivanka-trump-are-expecting-the-chinese-for-dinner\"> Jared & Ivanka\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_94922\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-94922\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-520x293.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson embrace the comedy of the Trump family in Funny or Die's Jared & Ivanka.\u003cbr>Funny or Die via (YouTube/Screenshot by NPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other comedians aren't sure they want to plumb the depths of the current administration. Dave Chappelle told \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/arts/television/dave-chappelle-on-trump-cosby-and-his-netflix-deal.html?_r=0\">The New York Times\u003c/a>\u003c/em> he thought it was hard for comedians to find an \"angle that sounds fresh.\" More recently, as a guest on the NPR podcast\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510323/whats-good-with-stretch-and-bobbito\"> What's Good with Stretch and Bobbito\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, Chappelle marveled at Mr. Trump's impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I can't remember anybody permeating the American psyche this completely,\" he said. \"Everyone's always talking about this guy, speculating about this guy. He's a noisy, noisy president.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> cast member Sasheer Zamata confronts social issues in her stand-up, but her point of departure is usually personal. Stories about working at Disney World or being in an interracial couple are both specific to her but indirectly confront some harsh truths about current events. While she doesn't consider herself a political comedian, she couldn't avoid Donald Trump when she filmed her comedy special\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0RBaS57zPw\"> Pizza Mind\u003c/a> \u003c/em>in New Orleans last December. \"I only have one joke in there. He gets enough press,\" says Zamata pointedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laid-back Ron Funches avoids material that's heavily political altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's not comedy. That's a rally,\" he says. Funches prefers to keep his material \"sharp\" but \"positive.\" He says he has more fun telling jokes about things he likes. \"Video games. Pot. Butts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Funches does have an\u003ca href=\"http://teamcoco.com/video/ron-funches-new-cartoon-inspired-by-trump?playlist=x;eyJ0b3RhbCI6MTAsInR5cGUiOiJyZWxhdGVkIiwiaWQiOjk4NDk3fQ\"> idea\u003c/a> for a new show. As a serious fan of WWE, he says he wants to do \"a wrestling cartoon where one of the wrestlers is also the president of the United States,\" Funches says with a sly smile. \"I don't know if it's an allegory for anything going on in the United States. But it could be.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Trump+Can+Be+Comedy+Gold%2C+But+Not+All+Comedians+Are+Mining&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"President Trump is seen by comedians as either gold to mine or a grenade to avoid -- sometimes he's both.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1501538165,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":13,"wordCount":607},"headData":{"title":"Trump Can Be Comedy Gold, But Not All Comedians Are Mining | KQED","description":"President Trump is seen by comedians as either gold to mine or a grenade to avoid -- sometimes he's both.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Trump Can Be Comedy Gold, But Not All Comedians Are Mining","datePublished":"2017-07-31T22:30:14.000Z","dateModified":"2017-07-31T21:56:05.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"94921 https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=94921","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/07/31/trump-can-be-comedy-gold-but-not-all-comedians-are-mining/","disqusTitle":"Trump Can Be Comedy Gold, But Not All Comedians Are Mining","nprImageCredit":"Funny or Die via YouTube","nprByline":"Elizabeth Blair","nprImageAgency":"Screenshot by NPR","nprStoryId":"540208202","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=540208202&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/2017/07/29/540208202/trump-can-be-comedy-gold-but-not-all-comedians-are-mining?ft=nprml&f=540208202","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Sat, 29 Jul 2017 18:20:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Sat, 29 Jul 2017 10:00:00 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Sat, 29 Jul 2017 18:36:17 -0400","path":"/pop/94921/trump-can-be-comedy-gold-but-not-all-comedians-are-mining","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Comedians have vastly different styles and sensibilities. Nowhere is this more apparent than at Montreal's annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.hahaha.com/en/montreal-festival\">Just For Laughs\u003c/a> comedy festival, where one minute you're riding a speedboat of brainy one-liners from \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000632/\">Jerry Seinfeld\u003c/a>; the next, you're floating along with the intoxicating tales of \u003ca href=\"http://www.ronfunches.com/\">Ron Funches\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comedians are just as varied in their decisions of whether to talk politics on stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For professional jokesters, President Trump is either gold to mine or a grenade to avoid. Sometimes he's both. With impersonations by Alec Baldwin, Kate McKinnon and Melissa McCarthy, \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> has turned the Trump administration into bona fide comedy canon. \u003cem>The Late Show\u003c/em>'s Stephen Colbert delights in poking fun at the powerful, like the time he asked\u003ca href=\"http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/video/9jQu1_5deNfLcXNT6Eh7KHu7URZ6iYFj/andy-serkis-becomes-gollum-to-read-trump-s-tweets/\"> Andy Serkis\u003c/a> to read Mr. Trump's tweets in the voice of Gollum from the \u003cem>Lord of The Rings\u003c/em> movies. More brazenly, Viceland's Desus and Mero\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0JdOvgVkWg\"> lacerate\u003c/a> White House staffers as they watch them in video interviews or speeches.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/UWuc18xISwI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/UWuc18xISwI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The philosophy at comedy video website \u003ca href=\"http://www.funnyordie.com/\">Funny Or Die\u003c/a>: tackle it head on. \"I think comedy is at its best when it's addressing power and powerful institutions,\" says CEO Mike Farah. \"Right now we have an individual who is representing an institution in ways that lots of people disagree with. And if we can use comedy to attack that power, and to make funny and smart observations about the world and the hypocrisy we're living in ... I think it's our responsibility.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among Funny Or Die's Trump-related material, comedians Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson do a spoof called\u003ca href=\"http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/ec8412d8a3/jared-kushner-and-ivanka-trump-are-expecting-the-chinese-for-dinner\"> Jared & Ivanka\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_94922\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-94922\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425-520x293.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/07/jaredandivanka_wide-5bc7294e007506b65d1bddde93b7229ac235c425.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson embrace the comedy of the Trump family in Funny or Die's Jared & Ivanka.\u003cbr>Funny or Die via (YouTube/Screenshot by NPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other comedians aren't sure they want to plumb the depths of the current administration. Dave Chappelle told \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/arts/television/dave-chappelle-on-trump-cosby-and-his-netflix-deal.html?_r=0\">The New York Times\u003c/a>\u003c/em> he thought it was hard for comedians to find an \"angle that sounds fresh.\" More recently, as a guest on the NPR podcast\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510323/whats-good-with-stretch-and-bobbito\"> What's Good with Stretch and Bobbito\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, Chappelle marveled at Mr. Trump's impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I can't remember anybody permeating the American psyche this completely,\" he said. \"Everyone's always talking about this guy, speculating about this guy. He's a noisy, noisy president.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> cast member Sasheer Zamata confronts social issues in her stand-up, but her point of departure is usually personal. Stories about working at Disney World or being in an interracial couple are both specific to her but indirectly confront some harsh truths about current events. While she doesn't consider herself a political comedian, she couldn't avoid Donald Trump when she filmed her comedy special\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0RBaS57zPw\"> Pizza Mind\u003c/a> \u003c/em>in New Orleans last December. \"I only have one joke in there. He gets enough press,\" says Zamata pointedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laid-back Ron Funches avoids material that's heavily political altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's not comedy. That's a rally,\" he says. Funches prefers to keep his material \"sharp\" but \"positive.\" He says he has more fun telling jokes about things he likes. \"Video games. Pot. Butts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Funches does have an\u003ca href=\"http://teamcoco.com/video/ron-funches-new-cartoon-inspired-by-trump?playlist=x;eyJ0b3RhbCI6MTAsInR5cGUiOiJyZWxhdGVkIiwiaWQiOjk4NDk3fQ\"> idea\u003c/a> for a new show. As a serious fan of WWE, he says he wants to do \"a wrestling cartoon where one of the wrestlers is also the president of the United States,\" Funches says with a sly smile. \"I don't know if it's an allegory for anything going on in the United States. But it could be.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Trump+Can+Be+Comedy+Gold%2C+But+Not+All+Comedians+Are+Mining&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/94921/trump-can-be-comedy-gold-but-not-all-comedians-are-mining","authors":["byline_pop_94921"],"categories":["pop_2696"],"tags":["pop_2844","pop_2827","pop_1637","pop_1228","pop_1263"],"featImg":"pop_94925","label":"pop"},"pop_75203":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_75203","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"75203","score":null,"sort":[1492197601000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"alec-baldwin-on-career-highs-and-lows-and-playing-a-larger-than-life-trump","title":"Alec Baldwin On Career Highs And Lows And Playing A 'Larger Than Life' Trump","publishDate":1492197601,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>Alec Baldwin has been keeping busy lately. The star of the animated film \u003cem>The Boss Baby \u003c/em>has a new memoir out and also keeps popping up on\u003cem> Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> to play President Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baldwin tells \u003cem>Fresh Air\u003c/em>'s Terry Gross that his impression of the president is purposefully exaggerated. \"We're doing it live on a TV show at 11:30 at night in front of a live audience, so there's a kind of volume to it,\" he says. \"It's kind of the Macy's Day Parade [version] of Trump — it's a very larger-than-life thing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baldwin grew up in a family of six kids on Long Island, N.Y. His father, a dedicated high school teacher, didn't make much money, but they bonded over late-night classic movies. Initially, Baldwin thought he would pursue a career in law and government, but he decided instead to go into acting — much to the chagrin of his mother. \"She was apoplectic,\" Baldwin says. \"She was screaming on the phone, 'What is wrong with you?' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baldwin details his entry into show business, as well as the highs and lows of his career and his life, in his memoir, \u003cem>Nevertheless.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Interview Highlights\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On his Trump impression on \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>SNL \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I say, \"Left eyebrow up, right eyebrow down, stick your mouth out as far as you can like you're trying to bite somebody's nose off, and just kind of growl with that irritability. ...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The [thing] I try to lock into and kind of hold on to just for that brief five minutes of the cold opening is [Trump] not having any fun. ... He doesn't shut up about how rich he is. He doesn't stop talking about how much money he has, and how much privilege he has ... and he just seems miserable. If he's an advertisement for wealth and privilege, then, good God, I think it's terrible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On how growing up in a household with five siblings affected him later in life\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I walked out of that house with almost crippling OCD. Like I'd be standing in the hallway of my apartment in New York and the driver was downstairs and I needed to get into the car now, like right now, or I was going to miss my flight, and I'd be making sure that all the books were stacked neatly on the table in the entry hall of my apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'd be sitting there literally with my thumbs squeezing the books so all the seams were right and the books were stacked just so, and whoever was primary in my life would be looking at me like, \"You're kidding, right? You realize we're going to miss the flight.\" I'd be like, \"Excuse me?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I didn't realize it was all coming out of this house of mine, which was just a hurricane and a mess all the time, because my mother just didn't have the energy to clean up after six kids all the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On taking high-paying roles instead of following his passion for creative work \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even unconsciously, my whole life became about \u003cem>I don't want to be like my dad.\u003c/em> ... I don't want to get in trouble financially. A man's job is to make as much money as he can, that's it. That's it. ... 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