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Saturday Night Live Recap: Ramy Youssef Makes It Personal
The comedian’s perspective is all over his hosting debut, from a powerful opening monologue to sketches tailored to his personality.
More likely, though, the show only ever needed a host with bone-deep convictions about the war, who was unafraid of being unfunny in an SNL monologue if it meant sending a simple, clear message from a massive media platform. Both desk pieces are rock solid, there’s a good mix of political and goofy subject matter, and one incendiary joke riffing on this week’s major disaster: “Like that bridge, Biden is no longer connecting with the black community.” Chloe Fineman’s TikToker perfectly captures the horror of being confronted with one’s own horribly aged takes on social media, while Sarah Sherman’s performance as Flaco the Owl’s widow is another superb entry in her growing repertoire of unlikely Jost antagonists. The moment in time where the mere existence of David Caruso’s CSI: Miami one-liners was the funniest thing in the world predates the Obama administration; SNL’s coveted youth demo will likely have no context for it whatsoever.
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