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Not for nothing did Josh Brolin once play a young Tommy Lee Jones in theMen in Blacksequelinvolving time travel.
This is the Brolin who showed up to hostSaturday Night Livethis week.
And, boy, did the show ever need it.
Tapping into Brolins comedic capacity isnt always easy.
Paul Thomas Anderson had the opposite and more incisive approach, though.
The squarer Brolin appears, the funnier it gets when he lapses suddenly into madness.
Its an idea Anderson might have cribbed from Brolins previous appearance onSNLback in 2012.
It works like gangbusters.
(Talk about a cold open!)
After days ofrabid speculationover who would play Britts grownup theater kid, the role fell to Scarlett Johansson.
And she came to play.
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Like theWhy are U.S. systems of measurement so weird?
This paradox is explored in so many ways throughout this sketch.
Yet, he leaves viewers unprepared for the turn this sketch takes once Sarah Shermans archduchess arrives.
I will say no more, lest anyone read this without having watched yet, except: holy shit.
(My personal favorite: Yits been … one-der waaaaall.)
I cant remember the last time Ive seen two people have more fun together in a sketch.
Or at least it should be.
Something about the gyrating table ina Lisa from Temeculaalways destabilizes the casts composure.
This time out, though, they keep it together less than ever.
