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The Clinton photo negative, women retrieving something from their purse, and tuba jokes were all silly but clever. The Jokes: Okay, Seth, you survive another week. Or, wait, was that actually Ezra hitting those low notes? B+ At least we have Fred as Lawrence Welk – perhaps his most underrated recurring role – with choice lines like the “melted Barbara doll” and a girl not needing a man if she has a favorite finger. The finger gags are funny, I guess, but come on, we know exactly where this sketch is going to go. This felt EXACTLY like a Disney Channel sitcom and EXACTLY like J-horror/K-horror. Thankfully, this premise was ingenious, so the rest of the sketch was good as well. I would have been happy with an entire sketch about a Disney Channel family constantly reminding the viewers how normal they are. I used to love The Californians! C-īefore the reveal of this sketch’s premise, I was enjoying the kids’ continued insistence about how normal they are. That was nice to hear, in a way, but it’s gotten to the point where it’s just the same thing over and over for me. This was my brother’s first time seeing a Californians sketch, and he reacted much the same way I did to the first one, enjoying the SoCal accents and propensity to give directions to everywhere.
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That’s not to say the funny didn’t work, just, you know. There was no need for this to be a commercial for 1-800 Flowers, or a commercial for anything, really. I got the jokes, but I didn’t get the point. Definitely the most esoteric in a good long while. This may have been the most esoteric SNL sketch ever.