Bobby Moynihan is Newt Gingrich in September GOP Debate (SNL Cold Open)

SNL is back, and here's how the show started. Andy didn't have any major digital shorts or anything, but it was still a great episode. More later. Here's the Cold Opening...



It's yet another 2011 GOP Debate, featuring Mitt Romney and Rick Perry along with a bunch of other people.

Jason Sudeikis plays Mitt Romney. Alec Baldwin plays Rick Perry. Kristen Wiig plays Michele Bachmann. Taran Killam plays John Huntsman. Ron Paul... Kenan plays Herman Cain. Andy Samberg plays Rick Santorum. And Bobby Moynihan plays Newt Gingrich.

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Bobby Moynihan brings on the fat jokes (Dying Wish on SNL)

Wounded soliders have some very serious dying wishes.



This one doesn't end well, but it's pretty funny for awhile.

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Bobby Moynihan with Justin Timberlake in Mozart (from Dress Rehearsal)

A Justin Timberlake Dress Rehearsal Exclusive!



Bobby plays one of the friends of Mozart.

This one obviously ran too long for the jokes it got. It was amusing, but it was fairly similar to the immigrants one they did previously, so I can see why it got cut.

The crowd loved Justin's Bieber line. And of course it ended well...

"I'm bringing sexy, Bach."

Hahahahaha. Nice.

I think this skit would have been better if Justin sang and or danced as Mozart, kind of like John Belushi did as Bach back in 1975.


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Bobby Moynihan is a contestant on Secret Word (Justin Timberlake)

Gameshow - Secret Word

Justin Timberlake ... The Mysterious Crandell
Abby Elliott ... contestant
Bill Hader ... Lyle Round
Steve Higgins ... announcer (voice)
Bobby Moynihan ... Tavi
Kristen Wiig ... Mindy Gracin

It's the game show that the stars play. Just keep the secret word a secret!



Bobby was only in two skits this week, and he played the straight man in both skits (so nothing silly from Bobby this week).

I'm not 100% sure why they keep doing this skit (this is the 5th time and the 3rd time this season). My guess is that the hosts like the opportunity to play old 60s characters. But even so, there's got to be a better way to do that.

Regardless, it's got funny moments; it's just hard to sustain the humor throughout the whole skit.

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Bobby Moynihan is Doug in Amusement Park Ride 2

When a carnival ride breaks down, the animatronic characters have their eyes on a lovely lady.

Sketch - Merryville Love Tunnel

Justin Timberlake ... robot
Paul Brittain ... robot
Bill Hader ... robot
Taran Killam ... robot
Bobby Moynihan ... Doug
Nasim Pedrad ... girl
Jason Sudeikis ... Todd



Bobby Moynihan returns as Doug in Taran Killam's AMAZING robot skit. The original was my favorite skit in the Jim Carrey episode.

And Justin Timberlake does a great job as a robot as they keep the robot idea fresh. This could and should be a regular skit they keep bringing back.

I think Jim Carrey did a great job because he's a physical comedian, and Taran has a hidden talent for the physical comedy like this. And Justin Timberlake probably rocks the robot dance... he's been the king of so many dancing performances and music videos. And Bill Hader has also probably been working on it.

So how do they do so well? They're just super talented guys, and Taran has managed to pitch his skit idea to two other physical talents... Jim Carrey and Justin Timberlake.

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Bobby Moynihan in Sketch - Birthing Seminar (SNL)

Sketch - Birthing Seminar

Tina Fey ... mother
Maya Rudolph ... Leilani
Vanessa Bayer ... instructor
Abby Elliott ... mother
Bill Hader ... Victor
Bobby Moynihan ... husband
Nasim Pedrad ... narrator (voice)
Jason Sudeikis ... husband
Kenan Thompson ... Jazarus
Kristen Wiig ... Indica

A birthing video teaches expectant parents a lesson.



Bobby gets to be the husband of Tina Fey! Bobby's moving up in the world of fake romance! =^)

I find it interesting that Maya Rudolph has been on SNL 7 times after she left, and she hasn't hosted yet (she hasn't achieved a starring role in a movie or TV show that would make sense for hosting). She's obviously well liked and has solid relationships. That's also the case for films, as it seems that her friends (such as Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids and Jorma and Will Forte in MacGruber) hire her to work with her.

Kristen and Maya are pretty disturbing in this video that Tina and Bobby watch. Definitely amusing and a good use of pregnant Tina and Maya.

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Bobby Moynihan is Newt Gingrich in GOP Debate

Show - GOP 2012 Undeclared Candidates Debate

Tina Fey ... Sarah Palin
Darrell Hammond ... Donald Trump
Bill Hader ... Shepard Smith
Steve Higgins ... announcer (voice)
Bobby Moynihan ... Newt Gingrich
Jason Sudeikis ... Mitt Romney
Kenan Thompson ... Jimmy McMillan
Kristen Wiig ... Michele Bachmann

A Republican debate with Sarah Palin, Donald Trump and other undeclared 2012 candidates.



Kristen is pretty funny as a creepy Michele Bachmann. Bobby makes a funny (but brief) Newt.

Wow, this was awesome! Tina, Kristen, and Darrell were hilarious here, with Kenan, Bobby, Jason, and Bill supporting well!

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Bobby Moynihan in Bedelia (Sleepover)

Bedelia (Bedilia) loves her mom, a lot.



I never noticed this before, but Nasim Pedrad picked her Bedelia mom as Tina Fey and dad as Alec Baldwin. I wonder if she did that to pitch this skit whenever Tina or Alec are on (which is a lot).

However, this is getting old and stale. She loves her parents instead of her friends. Got it. We don't really need more of these, do we?

Bobby supports well as a high school guy. Taran's nerd actually steals the show (and makes me want to see more of him).

Bedelia's previous (and second) appearance was with Alec Baldwin as her dad (so this week's one is the third time for the skit). As you'll see, it ends the same as the last one, but Taran's role (probably a different character) was played by Bill Hader:



Daddy's little girl needs to spend more time with her peers. (This last one with Alec Baldwin was a little funnier.)



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Bobby Moynihan in SNL's Best of Both Worlds (no vid)

Bobby's in a non-impression role in this Hugh Jackman show. Unfortunately the skit was not put online, probably due to music copyright issues.

Show - The Best of Both Worlds



Helen Mirren ... Julie Andrews
Bill Hader ... announcer (voice)
Taran Killam ... Gerard Butler
Bobby Moynihan ... Richie
Andy Samberg ... Hugh Jackman
Kenan Thompson ... Ice Cube



This is the first time Andy (and anyone on SNL) has done Hugh Jackman. It looks like Andy's Hugh was the host.

I think it's hilarious that Andy's Hugh Jackman is a combination of Wolverine hair and Hugh's tux. (Reminds me of how Taran did his Ian McKellan impression as Ian dressed as Gandalf.) In fact, Taran does a similar thing in this skit with his Gerard Butler impression, dressed as King Leonidas from 300. Hilarious!



First time that Ice Cube (by Kenan Thompson) was done on SNL.



And it's the first time that Taran Killam (or anyone) played Gerard Butler. Although Gerard himself was on SNL and played a parody of his King Leonidas character.



Helen Mirren played Julie Andrews. Julie has only been parodied directly once on SNL by Christine Baranski back in 1996, on Molly Shannon's Courtney Love show:



Although Ann Hathaway played Mary Poppins a few years back.

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Bobby Moynihan was in Helen Mirren's SNL monologue (no vid)

Unfortunately, Bobby was in Helen's monologue this week, and NBC did not put it online (I already skimmed the full episode and made sure it was cut out of that as well). The reason is usually that they used music in the show that they don't have the rights to. Come on, NBC! Step up your game!

Don't make Wolverine Andy angry (this is from a Between Two Worlds skit from that same episode that was also not shown online):



And here's a little info about the monologue...

Monologue

Helen Mirren
Paul Brittain
Bill Hader
Taran Killam
Bobby Moynihan
Andy Samberg
Kenan Thompson



Apparently the SNL dudes were a bunch of sailors. =^)

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Bobby Moynihan in Perspectives Photo Studios (SNL commercial)

Commercial - Perspectives Photo Studios

Paul Brittain ... customer
Bill Hader ... Curt Ponzovski
Taran Killam ... customer
Seth Meyers
Bobby Moynihan ... model
Nasim Pedrad ... friend
Jason Sudeikis ... spokesperson
Kristen Wiig ... Rhonda

Fellas, thinking about sexting a picture of your member? Allow the professionals at Perspectives Photo Studio to ensure it's camera ready.



Hahahahaha. Oh, SNL. You so funny.

Nice use of the Statue of Liberty. The family photo was pretty funny.

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Bobby Moynihan in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (SNL)

Sketch - Mary Shelley

Helen Mirren ... Mary Shelley
Fred Armisen ... Frank Stein
Paul Brittain ... Igor
Bill Hader ... guest
Bill Hader ... announcer (voice)
Bobby Moynihan ... guest
Jason Sudeikis ... guest
Kristen Wiig ... guest

While friends gather to celebrate Mary Shelley's novel, 'Frankenstein,' her landlord shows up and has some questions.



Hahahaha. Good writing.

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Bobby Moynihan is a bee in the Helen Miren SNL Digital Short

Bobby Moynihan appeared in an amazing 8 skits this week! Congrats to Bobby!
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Hahahaha.

Nasim Pedrad goes to a special place after Helen Mirren allows her to touch her breasts.

Film - SNL Digital Short: Helen Mirren's Magical Bosom

Helen Mirren
Dave Grohl
Bobby Moynihan ... dancing bee
Nasim Pedrad
Andy Samberg ... saint
Kristen Wiig



Wow. I think my favorite part of this was actually Bobby Moynihan who just brought the bee costume back! SNL did the bees their first season in 75, but it was John Belushi who really pushed and owned the bee movement.

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Bobby Moynihan in Knights of the Realm (SNL)

Bobby helps sell the jar gag at the beginning.

When a dragon attacks London, England's most recognizable knights devise a plan to stop it.



Sketch - Knights of the Realm

Elton John
Tom Hanks ... Michael Caine
Fred Armisen ... Ringo Starr
Paul Brittain ... Barnaby Xavier St. Hidgens III
Bill Hader ... Richard Branson
Taran Killam ... Ian McKellen
Seth Meyers ... announcer (voice)
Bobby Moynihan ... shopkeeper
Andy Samberg ... Bono
Kenan Thompson ... Sir Mix-A-Lot
Kristen Wiig ... Diedre

Hahahaha.

This is Tom Hanks' first attempt at Michael Caine. Caine has also had impressions done twice by Phil Hartman and once by Seth Meyers. Ringo Starr was also played by Jon Lovitz (3 times). Bill Hader is the only one on SNL who has played Richard Branson (3 times). Taran holds the first and only SNL impression of Ian McKellan. Kenan is the only SNLer to do Sir Mix-a-lot, and this is his second time (who can forget Sir Mix-a-lot's Photo Shop?).

This is Andy's first attempt at Bono. Bono has also been played by Alec Baldwin (once), Adam Sandler (twice), Chris Kattan (twice), and Colin Farrell (once).

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Bobby Moynihan is a cowboy with Elton John (SNL)

A cowboy from the future finds himself very out of place in an old west saloon.



Sketch Cowboy
Elton John ... Bruce
Bill Hader ... bartender
Taran Killam ... cowboy
Bobby Moynihan ... cowboy
Jason Sudeikis ... cowboy
Kristen Wiig ... Crystal

Hahahaha. I don't know what to say. It was interesting.

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Bobby Moynihan is a little girl (SNL Corn Syrup commercial)

Commercial - Corn Syrup Producers of America

Abby Elliott ... announcer (voice)
Bobby Moynihan ... daughter
Nasim Pedrad ... mother
Kristen Wiig ... Sheila

Two parents debate the safety of high fructose corn syrup at a birthday party.



Hahahaha. Kristen gets told! I wonder if Bobby wrote this one.

Bobby is a little girl who might be drinking too much corn syrup.

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Bobby Moynihan drowns in Titanic (SNL skit)

Sketch - Titanic

Zach Galifianakis ... Edward Smith
Vanessa Bayer ... passenger
Abby Elliott ... passenger
Bill Hader ... passenger
Steve Higgins ... announcer (voice)
Bobby Moynihan ... passenger
Nasim Pedrad ... passenger
Kristen Wiig ... passenger

One of the lifeboats becomes testy after it's discovered some men snuck on in disguise.



Hahahaha. Zach should have tried to make his punches on Bobby look more realistic (he was busy reading the cue cards). He did a good job with the oars though.

Amusing, but it's only one joke. You can see why they played it last in the episode... just in case it needed to get cut due to timing, then no big deal.

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Bobby Moynihan is Slappy Pappy (SNL)

Commercial - The Original Kings Of Catchphrase Comedy

Zach Galifianakis ... Pete "Airhorn" Schultz
Fred Armisen ... Mike "Insert Joke Here" Henry
Vanessa Bayer ... Addi "News FLash" Sweeney
Paul Brittain ... Goran "Funky Boy" Bogdan
Abby Elliott ... Fur Coat Rhonda
Taran Killam ... Barry The Plumbing Gentleman
Taran Killam ... announcer (voice)
Seth Meyers ... Boston Powers
Bobby Moynihan ... Slappy Pappy
Jay Pharoah ... Dr. Velociraptor
Andy Samberg ... Chip "So Yeah I'm Single" Fenney
Jason Sudeikis ... White Bernie Mac
Kenan Thompson ... David "Beef Jelly" Winfield

The Original Kings Of Catchphrase Comedy

"If you know their names, you know their catchphrases!" Pretty funny.



Bobby's not overly funny here, but he nails the character.

Zach's airhorn bit was the best. Boston Powers was also pretty good, even though it was pretty much a visual gag (we almost never see Seth outside Weekend Update).

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Bobby Moynihan in SNL's Scared Straight (with Zach Galifianakis)

Sketch - Scared Straight

Zach Galifianakis ... Larry Bernstein
Bill Hader ... kid
Bobby Moynihan ... kid
Andy Samberg ... kid
Jason Sudeikis ... Officer Sikorsky
Kenan Thompson ... Lorenzo McIntosh

Two inmates get graphic when talking about jail to some troubled teenagers.



Wow, these are pretty gross. But Bobby does a good job, and I love Zach's character.

Nobody broke out of character in this one. Probably because they've done it so much.

This is the sixth one of these Scared Straight. The first was on 11.15.2008.

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Bobby Moynihan in SNL's Disney Channel Acting School

Commercial - The Disney Channel Acting School

Miley Cyrus
Paul Brittain ... kid
Abby Elliott ... kid
Taran Killam ... kid
Bobby Moynihan ... kid
Kenan Thompson ... Raven-Symoné



This is ironic, because Kenan Thompson got his start as a kid on Nickelodeon.

My favorite part was the scooter bit that Kenan did, "The funeral's on Monday!"

Bobby, I hope you get that part on Waverly Place!

This is actually a good idea. Miley and Raven should get together and make a book and DVD series for all the kids out there auditioning for Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, and all their spinoff channels (NickTeen just opened up).

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