Tonight, Andrew Garfield Hosts "Saturday Night Live"!

Tonight at 11:30pm, NBC's "Saturday Night Live" returns from a three week break with an all-new episode; the first of the final shows of the season.  Andrew Garfield will be hosting the show for his first time.  Garfield is currently starring in "The Amazing Spider-Man 2"; which opened just yesterday.  I enjoyed Andrew Garfield's performance as Peter Parker in the 2010 reboot of the "Spider-Man" film franchise.  As Peter Parker- a high school student- who gets bit by a radioactive spider and gains the power to shoot webs as well as perform incredible acts of agility, thus becoming the titular superhero-- Andrew Garfield gave a great performance and possessed terrific chemistry with Emma Stone-- who portrayed our hero's love interest Gwen Stacy.  Both Garfield and Stone were a treat to watch in the 2012 film and I look forward to seeing the sequel at some point.



Image of Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, and Andy Samberg taken from http://www.buzzsugar.com/Andrew-Garfield-Emma-Stone-Saturday-Night-Monologue-20402824

I am looking forward to seeing Andrew Garfield host "Saturday Night Live" this evening-- as it will be his first time. Joining Garfield as the show's musical guest will be Coldplay-- who will be performing on the show for their fifth time. Garfield last appeared on the long-running variety series on November 12, 2011, when Emma Stone, who is also his actual girlfriend, hosted for her second time, during the monologue-- in which then-castmember Andy Samberg dressed-up as "Spider-Man" and poked fun  at the fact that the reboot was opening a decade after the original film.   I am sure that she will appear at some point during the show and partake in a sketch or two.  I enjoyed Stone's second hosting stint; as she performed very well with the cast and brought a lot of energy to the sketches. I am interested in seeing what sketches Andrew Garfield is given tonight,  I am looking forward to seeing him exhibit his comedic chops tonight.  I just hope the evening's sketches are good tonight-- considering that the writing this season has NOT BEEN VERY GOOD AT ALL!!

Which bring me to this point:  with three more episodes to go this season, I do not have a lot of faith left.  As you have seen from many of my live-blogging sessions this season, I have not been very happy with the poor quality of writing this season.  It seems as if the writers are more focused on making the joke of a sketch very obvious right at the start and dragging the whole thing out in order to fill the designated runtime.  in fact, the humor of many of the sketches this season have been borderline juvenile-- so much so that it seems that the show is trying to only target young people this season.  What's more, the over-reliance on longtime castmember Kenan Thompson, who is in his eleventh year on the show, has hurt the quality of the sketches even more.  With the departures of more-talented castmembers Bill Hader, Jason Sudeikis, and Fred Armisen, Kenan Thompson has been made into the star of the show.  Which is not good at all because he does not possess the fine acting skills to be a leading man.,  His overracting in sketches have made things worse.  What's more, Cecily Strong has proven to be a weak co-anchor on "Weekend Update"; as she possesses no fine comic delivery and her performances when delivering jokes appears forced and not at all natural.  In addition, Colin Jost, who took on the role of co-anchor on March 1st, a month after Seth Meyers left the show to take over hosting "Late Night," has proven to be a poor choice as well- as his overall delivery is very bland and he does not possess any chemistry whatsoever with Cecily Strong.  In short terms, I am very worried about the state of the show right now.



Image of Colin Jost and Cecily Strong taken from http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/2014-03-02/snl-colin-jost-cecily-strong/

It should be said, however, that the only laughs I've gotten from the cast this season are primarily from castmembers Taran Killam and Kate McKinnon; who manage to improve the quality of the sketches with their performances.  In addition, I will say that new featured players Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney have brought a fun dynamic to the show with their chemistry; which has primarily been seen in their short films. However, aside from these four castmembers, there haven't been constantly reliable sources of humor from the rest of the cast this season.  Nevertheless, despite not having a lot of confidence left in the season, I am curious to see how tonight's episode turns out.



Image of Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett taken from http://whotalking.com/google-plus/Kyle+Mooney

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