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We are so back!
Well, maybe not quite that back just yet, but back nonetheless.
Saturday Night Lives hiatus this year fell during a rather eventful summer, which is probably for the best.
Watershed political moments aside, this season premiere felt in part like a clearinghouse forbrat-summer ephemera.
Still, while falling short of barn-burner status, last nights season premiere was definitely cooking.
(More on that later.)
But season 50 isnt just about the shows storied history.
(What does it look like?
Theupcoming Jason Reitman filmSaturday Night?)
No, season 50 is also about walking,erection-last, into the future.
Smart mainly operates in one gear golden-throated deadpan but its the Champagne of gears, andSNLuses it wisely.
Now, it can be told.
The only major new role the show is handling in-house is that of Trumps VP pick, J.D.
The standout so far is inarguably Carvey.
His Biden is a late-stage Biden the guy everyone watched self-immolate in a debate against Trump over the summer.
In a career marked by decades worth ofremarkable impressions, Carveys Biden instantly joins the pantheon.
What this sketch might become known for, however, is launching the adverb erection-last into common vernacular.
(ArecentNew Yorkerprofilehas the headline, Bowen Yang Is Sorry Hes Not Your Clown Today.)
(See:thatHouse of Dragonssketch.)
If theres any comedy justice, it will have a long afterlife online.
However, this sketch gave us an incredible fake chimp making threatening gestures, so alls forgiven.
(Last season, Timothee Chalamet turned the pop star intoa sleep demon.)
