The Tony Bennett Show, Featuring "Actual Tony Bennett" - This wasn't very funny, but who cares? TONY BENNETT! Another in a series of amazing moments for the show, but this was bound to happen eventually. Features crooning!
"Brazilian Bar" - Baldwin's character tries to pick up women and fails miserably. This wasn't as good as earlier sketches, but there was one awesome line here: "You know what part of the woman I like best, and I'm not kidding about this? The vagina." Baldwin has the power to make lines like that comedy gold.
Christina Aguilera performs "Hurt" - Strong performance from (and for) Aguilera, but the fake crying and "thank you" at the end was a bit much.
A Moment With the Out-of-Breath Jogger From 1992 - GET THEE BEHIND ME, SAMBERG!
Christina Aguilera and Tony Bennett perform "Steppin' Out With My Baby" - Sure, this amounted to a promo for Bennett's NBC special, but Bennett can still sing like a mofo. Why wasn't he the musical guest? Wouldn't that have made for better cross-promotion? This was the musical performance of 2006 for SNL, all jokes aside. I mean, come on. TONY BENNETT.
After seeing this episode in full, I still think Alec Baldwin's latest go-round for SNL is just better than average comedically. The cameos improved the show instead of complementing it, although this was still the best Alec Baldwin episode since the early 2000s. I'll agree that this was the best SNL episode of 2006, and I'm not sure how the hell Baldwin is going to top himself when he finally catches up to and eclipses Steve Martin's record. I'm glad to see SNL reach a certain level of consistency again, and this episode is where that consistency started.
Article comments
1 - Al Barger
Watching it again a few days after Hussein's execution, I particularly enjoyed his lawyers explaining that yes, they were really going to hang him. That they were explaining this specifically to Alec Baldwin, the greatest actor of them all, was particularly gratifying.
And I especially liked Aunt Linda. That's one twisted Auntie.
2 - lori
christina aguilera wasn't faking her crying, that night she learnt her granma had died. that last performance was really botched, but it's ok at least she's not like ashlee simpson. alec baldwin was brilliant.
3 - dave d
what was the song and who was the actual artist for the brazilian bar scene?