# SNL dirty talk skit from last night **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831 "2017-01-22T16:02:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/1 "2017-01-22T16:02:59Z")
I think this was the best skit of last night. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNfl-GqYXn0) ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/2 "2017-01-22T16:29:04Z")
Kept getting distracted by Ansari having to physically move his head so he could see around her and keep reading the cue cards. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/3 "2017-01-22T16:54:00Z")
It was funny (my SO LOL’ed pretty hard at it). Overall, a solid episode. Worst sketch IMHO was the “Bookworm” one, because I kept expecting/hoping they’d throw us a curve but they kept taking it in the obvious direction. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/4 "2017-01-22T17:02:36Z")
Sorry I can’t get past how annoying her voice and mannerisms are. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/5 "2017-01-22T17:16:15Z")
That was good. Haven’t watched the show yet, so now I’m psyched. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/6 "2017-01-22T18:16:28Z")
I think the La La Land interrogation scene was the best of the night, personally. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/7 "2017-01-23T02:11:44Z")
The guy reporting from the Friend Zone during Update was pretty much spot on. I’ve been there. Che’s “Nah, that’s your job.” was perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/8 "2017-01-23T02:28:41Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I think the La La Land interrogation scene was the best of the night, personally. I don’t watch SNL but happened to catch that sketch last night. I thought the concept was funny but I found it hard to enjoy because the actor playing the male cop NEVER looked at Ansari while talking to him, he constantly read the cue cards. Annoyed the hell out of me. Like I said I don’t watch the show, but is this normal? Can’t this cast act without reading the cards? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/9 "2017-01-23T02:54:11Z")
I loved that girl. That sketch was solid gold. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/10 "2017-01-23T03:15:34Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Like I said I don’t watch the show, but is this normal? Can’t this cast act without reading the cards? It’s always been that way, for the most part. He was also doing his best not to crack - Anzari was getting to him. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/11 "2017-01-23T04:14:27Z")
I believe that the scripts are being written and rewritten up to the dress rehearsal. So it’s understandable that the cast doesn’t have their lines memorized. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/12 "2017-01-23T04:53:29Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Sorry I can’t get past how annoying her voice and mannerisms are. > [@astro](#): > > I loved that girl. That sketch was solid gold. Yeah, her awkwardness is what made it for me. That dude is the one with the annoying voice. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/13 "2017-01-23T05:39:51Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I believe that the scripts are being written and rewritten up to the dress rehearsal. So it’s understandable that the cast doesn’t have their lines memorized. I’ve heard that it’s actually frowned upon by Lorne for the cast/guest to memorize the lines and that they are supposed to use the cue cards instead, precisely because it is such a work in progress right up to time of the aired sketch(not just rehearsal, according to Bill Hader). I can’t swear this is the case, but I recall reading that - perhaps right here on the Dope. It’s not Shakespeare, it’s rapidly-changing, live sketch comedy. I don’t let little things like cue-card reading bother me. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/14 "2017-01-23T06:16:33Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > Kept getting distracted by Ansari having to physically move his head so he could see around her and keep reading the cue cards. > [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > I don’t watch SNL but happened to catch that sketch last night. I thought the concept was funny but I found it hard to enjoy because the actor playing the male cop NEVER looked at Ansari while talking to him, he constantly read the cue cards. Annoyed the hell out of me. > > Like I said I don’t watch the show, but is this normal? Can’t this cast act without reading the cards? _Cue cards?_ What is this, the '50s? They use teleprompters. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/15 "2017-01-23T06:57:07Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > _Cue cards?_ What is this, the '50s? They use teleprompters. [Cue cards.](https://nojoeschmo.com/2012/07/17/the-cue-cards-guy/) Unless I’m being whooshed. I’m getting old and cant tell anymore. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/16 "2017-01-23T07:33:34Z")
I liked this sketch a lot, I hope it’s a sign that the writing’s gonna continue on what my fuzzy memory is recalling as a recent upswing. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/17 "2017-01-23T12:36:30Z")
Yeah, Saturday Night Live still uses cue cards, not teleprompter. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/18 "2017-01-23T14:00:49Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > [Cue cards.](https://nojoeschmo.com/2012/07/17/the-cue-cards-guy/) Good link; thanks. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/19 "2017-01-23T16:39:47Z")
Since this is the only thread about this episode, I will say I thought this was a great episode end to end. Beck Bennett is doing a solid Putin now - a fun cold opening. Aziz Ansari killed on the opening monologue (compared to Felicity Jones!!), there were some great skits, including this one, the Chicago/Conway one and a few others. Weekend Update had many laugh out loud moments from both Che and Jost, and Leslie Jones’ persona was used really well this time. And the sincere singing of **To Sir, with Love**? I got _verklempt_. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831/20 "2017-01-23T16:52:37Z")
Speaking of dirty talk, [Leslie Jones on Weekend Update](https://youtu.be/d4EBcDKrsdQ) cracked me up with “Charles Know Who He Is.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831.md?page=2)