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Saturday Night Live Recap: Has Nate Bargatze Cracked the SNL Code?
Following last year’s monumental first-time outing as host, the seasoned standup has quickly returned as a conquering hero.
Bowen Yang seizes on Vance’s debate habit of applying the sunniest, most chipper tone to radical ideas and sneaky evasions, while Jim Gaffigan as Walz embodies the act of being folksily in way over one’s head. Bargatze’s hapless audience member, who appears to have a month’s worth of DuoLingo under his belt, is more sweetly puzzled than frightened (“Why was that guy dressed like Dracula?”), which makes for a more respectful fish-out-of-water take than in previous eras, without sacrificing the funny. • It turns out having Samberg along for the ride this season means also having his Lonely Island running buddy Akiva Schaffer, who appears alongside him this week in the wackadoo Sushi Glory Hole sketch.
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