Film Noir - SNL

[@kiwikiwifruitfruit]

So nice to see Janet Snakehole booked and busy… but surely it should be Burt Macklin on the case?!

[@danielwilliams7562]

Who??

[@maggie1234bacon]

i was thinking the same thing haha!

[@JigInsane]

That would've been the icing and ice cream!!!!

[@phatmonkey11]

@@danielwilliams7562 On Parks and Rec, Aubrey and Chris Pratt's characters liked to role play criminal/detective, and those were their names.

[@danielwilliams7562]

@@phatmonkey11 thanks, I remember but did not the other name

[@Toidal]

Ima need an SNL sketch with Aubrey and Conan O'Brien doing their old timey voices, and John Mulaney just talking normally

[@Zett76]

…John never did, afaik.

[@alumpyhorse]

John Mulaney is epic at these speech patterns

[@reesetorwad8346]

When "old timey" voice is done right (good writing) it can take your breath away. You can pack so many quips in such a small space, it can overload the funny bone. 👍

[@qs2668]

Bill Hader too, if he picks up some pace

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

Say, sister, you suggesting 'old timey voices' hey? Who sent you, hey? Get out of here, hit the bricks kid, I tell you, scram! Yaw. 👍🇬🇧

[@luney4tunes88]

"what's natural about that?" "the causes" saw it coming from a mile away and still the delivery took me out 🤣

[@calumsanderson6741]

I honestly didn't see it coming and I think it's the second coming of Jesus. holy shit so good

[@TheSunnydeni]

"Of course a knockout like you walks in the night before my rhinoplasty" omfg I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣 what a good sport he is. The best line in the entire sketch 👌

[@addisonratcatcher3287]

"Is it a crime to want a man who can eat a plum to completion?" What the hell 😭😭😭

[@joyyoung3108]

🤣😭

[@jetsamperes5762]

interesting that the subtitles skipped that part.

[@addisonratcatcher3287]

@@jetsamperes5762 omg you're right! 😡

[@lethalenoki]

@@jetsamperes5762 last minute cue card changes probably. happens sometimes

[@kevinogracia1615]

A split plumb at that, sweet cheeks.

[@kengeorgejones6855]

I'm happy to see James Austin Johnson getting to break out of just doing impressions or playing supporting parts. He fits into those black and white '40s roles to a tee, so much like what Jon Lovitz or Phil Hartman used to do. You could tell they had to rush this to get it into the episode, but everybody involved did a good job and I hope it's just the start for these types of sketches coming back onto the show.

[@MereCashmere]

What do you mean “these types of sketches”?

[@kengeorgejones6855]

@@MereCashmere The old black and white types with all the emphasis on the fast wordplay and the noir sendups. We get a few but usually they're more campy movie parodies, like Cinema Classics.

[@saint6563]

He's doing an impression of a 40's Film Noir Private Eye. Duh.

[@Aleedis226]

I hope so too. JAJ is really versatile, & he's the 1st cast member I've seen comfortably & seamlessly pull off a bunch of sketches/main characters from day one on the show! 💜

[@anne-droid7739]

Definitely! I miss those Lovitz and Hartman sketches. Funny and insightful.

[@blackdudemedia]

The light balance on this skit is beautiful.

[@tarfap.kpamber9732]

Simply too good.

[@elizabethlarson9655]

Now I really need to see Aubrey Plaza in some real film noir. She's a knockout in vintage garb. But she's pretty much a knockout in any era.

[@JTGallant]

HARD facts. she is canonically Cleopatra in my head now after that Drunk History skit. Hell, she looked amazing as Aaron Burr in THAT Drunk History skit.

[@shougokawada8491]

Real film noir ended in the late '50s so no chance for that unfortunately.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@shougokawada8491 mid 1960s but yah pretty close.

[@chino3796]

Real film noir might be over but Aubrey really "gets" the 1930's sensibility of the genre. "That Plaza dame is one smart cookie" Lol

[@elizabethlarson9655]

@@chino3796 Perfect!

[@gaycatbirb]

Aubrey getting to play a whole range of characters in all the sketches last night was an absolute treat. There’s just something about this film noir one in particular that’s simply *chef kiss*, it’s so perfect. She just Gets It!!!! Ugh!!!! Love it

[@hihowareyouthen]

Her delivery was so perfect

[@missdeanna]

Janet Snakehole but all grown up 💙

[@gaycatbirb]

@@missdeanna Exactly, we're ready for the feature-length film!!!

[@MsSavagechef]

Born too late... So if she could have been in a movie with Humphrey Bogart, she would be the Wicked Widow who just didn't give a damn.

[@amalugas]

“The causes” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ivyinabottle]

“Murdered for reasons that would throw old Siggy Freud for a loop” My favourite line in the sketch lmao somehow I’ve never heard anyone call Freud “Siggy” till now. That’s the only thing I’m gonna call him from now on.

[@addisonratcatcher3287]

I like "Is it a crime to want a man who can eat a plum to completion?" Lolol

[@Ou8y2k2]

I think he was called 'Siggy' in _Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure_ IIRC.

[@illwind]

😂😂😂

[@dees_good_vibes3391]

@@addisonratcatcher3287 I loved that line too! 😂

[@theshunnedBandersnatch]

@@Ou8y2k2 I've also heard the nickname in an episode of Frasier.

[@billybutcher8584]

Best host in a long time. She killed every sketch. This one was perfect for her

[@songwriterlife7777]

"Can really stink up a chair." Lmfao

[@gunm808]

Sharon Stone! Wow this one had so many celebs in it!

[@bosiesmom]

Thank you! I couldn’t figure out who that was.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

​@@bosiesmomshame on you

[@javierMan9]

Thank you! I had no idea who she was. Obviously it was a surprise cameo

[@elizabethsaporito7566]

1:03 ... "The causes." Perfectly delivered.

[@briangroh444]

James Austin's mid-drink-hand-switch correction at 0:17 so he could smoothly grab his gun with his right hand - so good. Stage actors know what's up. And double respect for hosts that put in the work and take big risks to crush out so many wild characters like AP did on this one.

[@amvg1008]

"Eat a plum to completion"💀

[@addisonratcatcher3287]

That's the one 😭

[@Black_Bandito]

Lmfao

[@maydavalle]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dees_good_vibes3391]

The best line in that sketch lmao

[@j.d.r.617]

The tiny gun really got me😭 Edit: wait, I came back to see the cute little gun again and the one he was holding was so small I didn't t even see it💀

[@alir8za]

Did you notice the skit ends with the shadow of his "big nose" on the wall? It was genius! 😆👃👃👃

[@davidwright8432]

Hey! Dey don't call it 'Film Noir' for nuttin, ya know? Hey, Louis! show the broad the door. Da window-shaped one.

[@shoooop]

Even if I had a crystal ball, I’d never guess that Sharon Stone, Tony Hawk, and the property brothers would be the guests tonight

[@kentjg32]

Don't forgot Amy Poles!

[@RaymondHng]

@@kentjg32 Poehler

[@sarataj6128]

and Allison Williams in the m3gan skit

[@shoooop]

@@kentjg32 I could’ve guessed Amy being in SNL. I’m talking about the wild ones that make me ask myself what the conversation even was to get them on the episode.

[@shoooop]

@@sarataj6128 that was a fun surprise but she made sense. Tony Hawk and the property brothers do not 😂

[@TheLegendaryMovieCritic]

Aubrey Plaza slayed as a femme fatale!

[@canaisyoung3601]

And Sharon Stone showed that she can still play one after all these years.

[@Joselitty]

Omg the way he delivers that rhinoplasty joke .. I love it

[@batgurrl]

SNL really does these period pieces well. Aubrey NAILED this part so very well. ‘Mother’ pshowing up was unsuspected. I like them desperate and kooky🤣

[@BillStrathearn]

Does anyone know who the blonde actress is? Is that really Aubrey Plaza's mother?

[@clothilde1623]

@@BillStrathearnI thought it was Jessica Lange but I’m not sure and have been scrolling the comments to see if anyone else mentioned it!

[@JasonZakrajsek]

@@BillStrathearn Sharon Stone

[@sheydoll]

Sharon Stone😉

[@brendatomlinson]

@@JasonZakrajsekThat was Sharon Stone?! Didn’t recognize her.

[@RampantLion11]

Janet Snakehole!! I was waiting for Bert Macklin to show up :((

[@soundpilatesandyoga8531]

I just posted the same comment!🤣

[@soundpilatesandyoga8531]

JANET SNAKEHOLE!!! You knew this one was coming bc of Parks and Rec. Really expected Bert Macklin would show up. Sidenote: still trying to figure out how that is Sharon Stone.

[@Tao_Tology]

She was appearing in one of Sam Smith's performances so I assume they asked 'Since you're already going to be here.....'

[@browe]

This sketch is absolute gold. I revisit it and still laugh out loud. Smart writing, tight pacing, killer dames and pitch-perfect genre vibes.

[@Indy_21]

Omg, Sharon Stone! Hope she gets to come back, she definitely has things to say and mock how she's been seen and typecast(ed).

[@Tao_Tology]

It's just typecast.

[@SrVnDaNk]

That was Samantha Bee..

[@kindabluejazz]

@@Tao_Tology 'Typecasted' is an acceptable form for the past participle tense, just less common. It's of the pattern like broadcast -> broadcasted.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@kindabluejazz 'acceptable' You don't need an altered version. Cast is fine.

[@kindabluejazz]

@@Tao_Tology You don't need to think you own the language. 'typecasted' is fine.

[@ShadovvV]

Best SNL skit I've seen in ages. Well done. I'd like to see more skits like this.

[@browe]

Great sketch. Vibe, setup, quirks--hit some really funny beats start to finish.

[@daveguy11]

I like the way Aubrey really throws herself into whatever she's doing.

[@mikno78]

Sharon Stone looks 🤩!

[@eschwarz1003]

I thought it was Jessica Lange

[@nameunknown007]

I love this style 40s style skit, please SNL make more.

[@jessetorres8738]

Not gonna lie, I thought James was closer to (if not already) 40, so when he said he was 33 in the sketch I looked it up & yep that's his age.

[@EnzoTheBaker]

He was telling the truth about the alcohol it seems

[@Tasia169]

thank you I was about to check as well

[@ilovesparky13]

Oof

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

Aubrey is 40

[@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou]

That's insane. I'm 33, and I feel like he's old enough to be my dad...

[@Arcturuseyes]

I like a detective sketch, and he does it very well.

[@ashleywaner1284]

Love Janet Snakehole in every role she does!

[@johnsmith-ti9yz]

Whoever did set design killed it

[@kotkaconforza]

The old perverts.

[@cdbrown30]

Thanks

[@carlosspeicywiener7018]

The set was the funniest part of the sketch.

[@mssusanmarie]

Sorry, I accidentally deleted my question asking who was the blonde. THANK YOU to whoever it was that told me it was Sharon Stone!

[@BookshelfBattleblog]

It took me a minute. I thought it was Madonna at first.

[@foxhazhax4845]

"I just look older 'cuz I'm an alcoholic." 💀

[@CuriousGoodsJessica]

A man who never uses his turn signals and yells at raccoons in his yard 🤣

[@ronclark9306]

I can't help but think that someone has been spying on me.

[@michaeleverett2597]

Aubrey did an awesome job selling her Black widow character. I've always seen her as a real Femme Fatale anyway. I just hope her husband's doing okay right now.

[@AnonymousOmniscience]

I think Aubrey was meant to be a 1940s actress, she just ended up being born a bit too late.

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

You can't be born 40 years too late. The most is few days after the expected due date.

[@oskien0714]

Wth are you talking about smh

[@zev2x762]

EXACTLY!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@uxnosidda]

she would be awful as a 40s actress lol wtf

[@stevefilms1997]

She better at poking fun at the 1940s show than anything.

[@rukeyser]

Sublime. Stone just gets better and better. Would love to see this mother-daughter team in a film.

[@Thechilliboi]

As a classic film noir lover this is SO GOOOD

[@10ccarson]

who else got janet snakehole vibes from this?

[@ramirezproductions0826]

This is one of my favorite skits out of the whole episode!!

[@Super-mr4yn]

im sorry but this skit was horrible. nowadays, snl has a few really good skits throughout the duration of a few months which is really sad considering almost every skit used to be hilarious

[@mickfanning93]

"Feels like I may need to threaten someone with my gun. Better swap this whiskey to my left hand"

[@diegstroX8032]

Would definitely watch a whole film with Aubrey in this role. Damn 🤩

[@EvilFookaire]

Okay... with all the awesomeness throughout this skit, it's 2:53 to 2:55 (ish) that just drags me behind the shed and kills me. Well played, Sharon Stone... brilliantly well played...

[@IAmJustR]

She has the longest list of movies I've never seen, but this! This I need more of 😂 She's definitely studied the genre

[@theraven6836]

They got the 40s dialogue and delivery exactly right. Nice.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

....sure whatever you say

[@ER1CwC]

⁠@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar The original poster is spot-on. The rhythm of the dialogue is very 1940s Noir.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@ER1CwC It's not, have you ever seen a 1940 noir, or a 1946 noir, or 1938 noir. That is just how we spoke, slightly emphasized in a theatrical way, but hardly any different than regular life. Watch a movie like Portrait of a woman. Realistic to life.

[@seffishestopal5950]

This whole sketch was executed to perfection!

[@Tao_Tology]

Just like all her old man husbands.

[@UkeCan1]

@@Tao_Tology🤣🤣🤣

[@mj6962]

Perfection. AND Completion.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@mj6962 perfectly in the plum of completion.

[@thefilmwatcher1216]

Aubrey Plaza is hysterical. She's an absolute chameleon.

[@jordyvero6725]

"Of course a knock-out like you walk in the night before my rhinoplasty" hihihi

[@VonteXP]

I was little worried about the large on-screen staff turnover before the season but this show is in good hands

[@canaisyoung3601]

Same here. Normally, transition/rebuilding years on Saturday Night Live is when the show's quality is in the toilet (or near it) and not even Weekend Update can lift it out. But this season is actually not doing that bad, which makes me wonder if Lorne is getting better at finding good comedic talent or if the Aidy Bryant/Kate McKinnon/Cecily Strong era isn't as funny as perceived and only now we're seeing what SNL is like when it's firing on all cylinders.

[@randomcheese1719]

everyone was great in this

[@mateoconk]

Gotta love dramatic mid-Atlantic accents.

[@calvin4199]

What a good sketch. Aubrey is so good. She's a killer.

[@L._Titus]

Literally!

[@sophiecarr8803]

You can tell Aubrey loves playing these types of roles, it was always referenced in parks and recs

[@ktkt1825]

Love that little snarl she gives him at 2:48

[@CineSoar]

This is very reminiscent of and 80's SNL bit "First Draft Theater" with Chris Guest as the PI. "Then, she walked in. With the kind of legs that started at her ankle, went to her hip, and bent at the knee... You know the type." "You two-timed me, the last two times."

[@KLbSYNCHRONOUS]

Sharon looks great [#goals] & she was hilarious in this skit, Audrey too of course. So glad to see Sharon doing well. Neither of these two gals even have to try to hard to kill comically, such naturals. 🤣🙌✌️👌

[@derekseven1647]

Sharon Stone and Aubrey look great in film noir Sharon's got to do more like this

[@amvg1008]

the hair and wardrobe are amazing!

[@Betterman89]

Aubrey Plaza looks so beautiful with this 40's hairstyle. She looks born with it

[@Realg401]

Lmao 😂😂 snl is starting 2023 off on a roll

[@manpreetsandhu7310]

gives "who's line is it anyway" vibes Why hasn't SNL had any of those guys on the show, those guys were geniuses

[@AwesomeTitanic]

Sharon Stone?!

[@nonabliss]

That Sharon Stone cameo was off the charts random.

[@markalexander3659]

"I like the way their kisses taste like a cough"

[@amvg1008]

this is my favorite skit!!!

[@LaLaLaAllDayLong]

I love this stuff it’s my favorite when they do old movies

[@robertantonnyc]

Riveting. I was clutching my pearls the whole time.

[@nocountry4oldfreeman]

The "plum to completion" line had stayed in my head for months, lol.

[@marisamunizz]

Is no one gonna mention Sharon Stone showing up??!

[@macabre_artist]

I love the fact Audrey plaza brought back April's femme Fatale character

[@Shift4g]

There needs to be a comedy series that's filmed just like this!

[@ThePinkyboi]

A man who eats dinner early ...I like that 😂

[@TheSiemek]

Honestly I can’t think of a more star-studded episode.

[@spacejesus9603]

This is the best sketch of the show!!! it just looks older cause its an alchoholic.

[@BeeWhistler]

I didn't even recognize Sharon Stone... had to look at the comments. The scary thing is that for a moment, just a moment... I thought it was Jan Hooks. The realization that she's dead was a bit of a gut punch...

[@nm985]

Aubrey was made for Noir 🖤👑

[@BlushGush]

Production value is lit in this one

[@jaredknapp8886]

I would watch this for real.

[@gigabrother458]

Like dribbles of knock-off 7-11 Gatorade in the rain. I loved the writing here.

[@danteyounker5191]

Janet Snakehole is back!

[@arinestlebaum8564]

This sketch was somehow equally for Aubrey Plaza as it was for Sharon Stone.

[@clothilde1623]

Was that Sharon Stone?? I thought it was Jessica Lange!

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

@@clothilde1623 I thought that also.

[@verslalchimie5824]

"I guess you never solve your last case" ... Profound

[@manicpixieproductions]

Janet Snakehole back in action!

[@theanalectsofcatherine9813]

The wink at the end hahahaaa

[@amvg1008]

Aubrey is just so great😊

[@elsa9532]

I need a sequel to this !!!

[@fromulus]

This was really good.

[@AngelofMusic04]

2:18 - Of course her mother is :flips through notecards: Catherine Tramell/Ginger McKenna.

[@Yuyu99000]

This was genius,pleeeeeeeasedo more old Hollywood skits

[@jonny-b4954]

Makes me want to play LA Noire. Haha. What a classic. Great fascial animation that still holds up. I remember being totally blown away on Xbox 360 back in the day with that game. Just wish there was more interaction with the world. But, I guess the game isn't about that. More like the great Mafia games (first 2) where the city is more a backdrop for immersion.

[@Molles15]

Anyone else think he sounds like Father from KND at 1:40

[@chyennemollohan6435]

This skit is pure genius. Best I've seen on SNL in a loooong time.

[@theMattman]

Yall didn't tell me Janet Snakehole was hosting SNL??!?!

[@naomicarmen2405]

the janet snakehole comeback is amazing

[@hadenm.7436]

Aubrey Plaza is having a moment right now