# SNL 12/3 - can you explain what I missed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** talk-variety-show\ **Created:** [December 5, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053 "2022-12-05T13:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053/21 "2022-12-05T17:07:58Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > That is sorta our idea, but too often, it just makes us feel horribly old and out of it Just embrace it. There’s nothing _inherently_ depressing about society moving on and leaving us in the dust. Or is there? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053/22 "2022-12-05T18:41:58Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Is he that guy that does the arrow through his head thing? Hey, comedy is not pretty! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053/23 "2022-12-05T18:48:40Z")
I assume you haven’t watched SNL for a long time since you’ve never found it funny, so why do you drop into this thread? I, like the OP, didn’t get the Drake or the Kenan & Kel spoof. I did find the Keenan one funny and now know what it was about. The Drake one lost us. We found the Arby’s one funny. We are looking forward to the upcoming old fogies reunion. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053/24 "2022-12-05T19:03:59Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Just embrace it. There’s nothing _inherently_ depressing about society moving on and leaving us in the dust. Or is there? It’s just part of getting older, but it’s a _little_ depressing. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053/25 "2022-12-05T19:05:45Z")
This past episode was definitely a nod to younger viewers. Millennials. I’m an end-of-the-generation GenX and I was slightly too old for _Kenan & Kel_ but people born after 1981 are HUGE _Kenan & Kel_ fans (and I’m sure some of our GenXers). People were also freaking out about Keke Palmer because she was a child star popular with Millennials. I don’t know who she is (although I loved her performance!) SZA was the musical guest and she is very cool. She’s not on everyone’s lips but people in to R&B and hip hop know her, and she does a lot of festivals and collabs so I’m sure people outside of R&B and hip hop have heard of her. She’s the cool auntie of rap right now. Next week will be the exact opposite for host (Boomer/GenX-related hosts), and Brandi Carslile is popular across generations I believe. She’s very cool, I’ve seen her on Colbert a few times. I think it’s a great 2 weeks for SNL, reaching two extremes of fans. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053/26 "2022-12-05T19:17:44Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I assume you haven’t watched SNL for a long time since you’ve never found it funny, so why do you drop into this thread? I actually do watch it. Hope springs eternal. And when they nail one, they do it well, I must admit. It’s just that there’s a lot of chaff to the amount of wheat. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053/27 "2022-12-05T19:21:41Z")
I don’t know Drake but I got the humor of the skit, though probably not nearly as much as an actual fan. What I did find funny was that Tingz was spelled with a “z” throughout, but at the end they flashed United Tingz of Aubrey with a hashtag beneath and the hashtag read #tingsacrossamerica. All I could think was - there’s already a tingzacrossamerica hashtag they couldn’t use? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053/28 "2022-12-05T19:25:53Z")
2 hours out of 40 seasons? You must have a lot of free-time to stick with it for that long! That’s like one skit per season you find funny. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053/29 "2022-12-05T21:40:34Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Sure, I’ve heard of the restaurants, just didn’t find the sketch funny. What does it mean to question the “physics” of the offer? Isn’t exactly new to mock the quality of Arby’s. I assumed the sketch was riffing on fast food deals that sound too good to be true—except that prices that sound too good to be true to a New Yorker aren’t quite as unbelievable here in flyover country. And yeah, add me to the list of old farts for whom the Drake sketch was a total WTF. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053/30 "2022-12-05T21:53:09Z")
> [@solost](#): > > It sounded like Keke called the musical guest ‘Scissor’, closed captioning said ‘Sza’. But the closed captioning for SNL is laughably bad. It is indeed Sza (note her previous album went triple platinum, she has won a Grammy on another song - a collab with Doja Cat -, and was nominated for an Oscar for Original Song for All the Stars from Black Panther) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053/31 "2022-12-06T03:17:44Z")
KeKe Palmer played Cinderella on Broadway, she did a lot of Nickelodeon shows, a lot of movies, a lot of TV shows, and voices a lot of animated characters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053.md?page=1)