The Best and Worst of Last Night’s ‘SNL’ with Melissa McCarthy

As we mentioned, McCarthy’s physical comedy prowess was in full force during the opening monologue. Every bit with her was about a fat, clueless pig who was overly aggressive. I mean, its funny at times, but it gets old. And I sort of feel bad for Melissa McCarthy. She is the butt of all the jokes. This is like that mean spirited movie review of Identity Thief. But it was right. You all are projecting that onto the skits. She is just playing a funny, clueless person. Nothing in the skits would change or be less funny if she weighed 130 lbs. I really believe you guys just see a heavy person and assume that is what people are laughing at. She doesn’t need to change. Some of these people read too much Rex Reed. The pizza sketch is simply based on a staple of physical comedy, use of food esp. through either stuffing in your face or throwing at others. She already did a prat fall in the monologue. Physical comedy is what she does. She’d be doing the same thing if she were thin, so I say leave her alone. Melissa’s character work is, to me, stronger than Kristen Wiig’s. I thought Wiig was and is very gifted, but the characters themselves were often one joke at best and almost always annoying. If I’d had to watch that (no additional jokes) Lawrence Welk sketch again I was gonna lose it. Melissa actually got the audience on her side with “awwww”s at the end of the pizza sketch. She’s endearing. Her comedy actually has nothing to do with her weight. I agree with the idea that if you were laughing at her because she’s heavy, that’s on you.I say let Melissa do the writing AND the acting. But, yes, I’ve noticed they’ve used “Don Pseudo” instead of Don Pardo. You’ve got to wonder how much longer he’ll do this, though. McCarthy entering the stage in heels she can barely walk in, turns great when she starts using a band member's chair as a walker and gives us some signature McCarthy physical comedy. The truth is, heels are SO hard to walk in, regardless of your size, and hats off to ladies who can do it with ease because they have mad balance. Taran Killam comes out and tries to do a song and dance number, but McCarthy can't walk, so she has to roll around on the floor. ESPN's host (Bill Hader) wants to investigate another coach -- a women's basketball coach played by McCarthy who abuses her players by threatening them with a baseball bat and makes them cook her dinner. This is an easy sketch, relying on McCarthy's usual obnoxious and crass antics -- but you can't deny that when it works for her, it really works. Businessman," which leads to the actual punchline: this is a PSA for decency -- stop texting and using the phone on the toilet. They can't all be gems.I don't usually talk about the musical guests, but Phoenix are amazing and you should definitely at least check them out here, playing "Entertainment" from their forthcoming album. Huey Lewis and the Jews and King Joffrey, the jerk king. But that's not all. Peter Dinklage shows up as Drunk Uncle's brother-in-law, Peter Drunklage and YOU GUYS, oh my god. Watch this immediately. McCarthy gets to break away from her usual schtick and play a dumb blonde, clearly raised on pageantry. Barb Kellner character from last season -- if you'll remember, her last appearance involved a wonderful interaction with a bottle of ranch dressing. This time, Barb applies for a loan for a leftover pizza business. Some of the best comedy comes from specificity -- at least the best absurd comedy does, and I'm quite partial to absurd and wacky humor. The dialogue between the latter is the kind of forced stuff you'd see in self-help video scenarios, and hearing McCarthy say "So I can do the splits on your face" is fantastic. The last 10 minutes or so of 'SNL' can be so great sometimes, especially when they get mega weird and go for very distinct and peculiar characters like these. Okay, that's not true: the cold open about North Korea was a typically dull and unfunny cold open; even an appearance by Dennis Rodman couldn't bring any life to it. And the Wheel of Fortune sketch wasn't very good, despite McCarthy's best efforts.

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