Peanut butter and jelly, Romeo and Juliet…Barbie and Oppenheimer.
Today is the day, cinephiles. Blond bombshells and literal bombs are on the menu for one of the weirdest simultaneous theatre releases we’ve ever had.
We’ve got a WWE style super tag team match with some major star power between the two films:
Margot Robbie Ryan Gosling Issa Rae Will Ferrell Kate McKinnon America Ferrera
Cillian Murphy Emily Blunt Matt Damon Robert Downey Jr. Florence Pugh Rami Malek
I have to be honest…I think I’m taking Team Barbie here. Ferrell’s a little bit over the hill, but overall they’ve got a massive age and energy advantage over Team Oppie. Murphy, Damon, Downey, and Malek are averaging about 50 years old per actor. Robbie and Gosling are taking major advantage there.
We’re probably looking at an even draw between McKinnon/Ferrera and Blunt/Pugh, which gives Rae the opening to put the finishing move off the top rope to take this dumb hypothetical match home.
Both movies should be great, hopefully this kills some time in the theatre so you don’t finish your popcorn before the previews start.
Some people hate “Saturday Night Live.” Some people love “Saturday Night Live.” It seems to be something that no matter who you are, you have an opinion on the culturally iconic sketch comedy show that’s been on NBC since 1975. Everyone has their opinion on their favorite era, best player, and funniest sketch.
SNL will be back for their 47th season on October 2nd, and announced their host/musical guest lineup for the first month of shows. It’s always an interesting communiqué seeing who gets the call and what the potential is for each episode. With the first four shows announced, and with the love of ranking in my veins, let us erroneously subjugate which shows revs my comedy engine, from worst to first.
Malek’s debut hosting gig falls at four in our preseason SNL rankings that are based on nothing. Hard to imagine Malek, a serious and talented actor, finding his comedy chops and rocking Studio 8H. But, sometimes that’s when we get the best hosts! See Timothée Calamet from last year’s Coronavirus Holiday.
Also as long as Young Thug doesn’t bring out Camilla Cabello to perform “Havana,” which I think has a fairly low chance of happening, I’ll be happy there.
Folks, Kim K just keeps doin’ it. I don’t know how, but the the woman described by Google as an “American Socialite” can find her way into the White House in 2020, and now onto sketch comedy’s most popular stage. Similar concerns as noted above on Malek, but why the hell not try and send her out there, see what happens, and get some ratings in the mean time?
Halsey is a regular in the SNL rotation at this point, both as a musical guest and host. They’ve got the chops, and hopefully take part in a sketch or two.
Will they got for the easy “wow” joke? How about a nose joke? These have to be the biggest questions on the season debut. Owen Wilson has been in some of the greatest comedy movies in recent years, so this is a natural fit.
Kacey Musgraves has a smooth voice that works anywhere; I have no doubt that her second go around on SNL will work just fine.
The fourth and final episode of October comes in first on our completely meritless list; and this one’s all about the host. Jason Sudeikis, fresh off a whole mess of Emmy Awards for his work on “Ted Lasso,” is a top notch comedic actor with deep SNL roots. It would be a crime against comedy if we don’t get another edition of Sudeikis dancing in the background of “What Up With That?”
As for Brandi Carlile, let’s just sit back and enjoy.
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