‘SNL’ recap: Miles Teller plays Property Brothers in White House skit

As we mentioned last time when Sabrina Carpenter hosted Saturday Night Live, there's no replacement for a host who gives “SNL” his all.

He may not have pulled double duty as host and musical guest the way Carpenter did, but Miles Teller seemed fully up to the challenge of returning to host for the second time (his first time). was in 2022). The Top Gun 2: Maverick star will next appear in Top Gun 2: Maverick.Eternity“, delivered a strong performance, appearing in almost every sketch, including the cold open and two pre-recorded videos.

He first appeared as former Governor Andrew Cuomo, a candidate for mayor of New York, in an outdoor event with the help of Ramy Youssef and Shane Gillis as opponents Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa.

Teller then played a contestant on a hungover game show. recovering from Halloweenhockey player shooting a public service announcement for the unfortunate-named Nashville Predators and both twin Property Brothers in a video sketch about the ongoing renovation of the White House.

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Teller handled it all well; he has a good command of the accent and earns big laughs, especially playing two characters at once in the “Real Estate Brothers” sketch and Cuomo in the cold open.

Musical guest Brandi Carlile performed “Church and State” And “Human“

This week's cold open was one of the strongest (or at least funniest) political sketches of the season, focusing on the New York City mayoral race. In a debate sketch hosted by Errol Louis (Kenan Thompson), “the least famous person portrayed on SNL,” Cuomo (Teller) was portrayed as a sexual harasser (“Yadda yadda yadda honk, squeeze”) pandering to Jewish voters; Mamdani (Youssef) as the forced-smiling TikTok-flirting candidate who's almost certain he won't be able to deliver on his promises; and up-and-comer Sliwa (Gillis) as an “old-fashioned New York nut” who will have to tell one traumatic story after another. The biggest surprise may have been Gillies, who as Plum told stories of being hung by his testicles and attacked by Spider-Man in Times Square. Where was that energy when Gillis hosted “SNL”? Austin Johnson interrupts the meeting to laugh at the candidates and interject his comment. This time it included singing the song from The Phantom of the Opera at the end of the sketch.

Teller's monologue was short and simple, talking about how “SNL” was a constant as a kid who moved around for much of his childhood. He shared a photo of himself and his sisters dressed as characters from A Night at the Roxbury and then listed memories from the show, such as having his first beer in the audience and falling after a few beers. Teller mentioned that he and his wife lost their home in Palisades in the January fires in Los Angeles. Therefore, he made sure to point out the fire exits to the audience.

Best Sketch of the Night: Extreme White House Makeover

Owner brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott (Teller twice) meet with their most difficult clients: Trump and First Lady Melania Trump (Chloe Fineman), who need help with ongoing White House renovations to make way for a new ballroom. Melania shared her skeleton and decorations for the withered tree (“They're for Christmas,” she said), and the couple complained that 55,000 square feet and 132 rooms just weren't enough space. With a budget of “$350 million to infinity,” the brothers get to work with the help of park rangers and astronauts working during the government shutdown. But when it comes to paying them, there is a problem. “Aren’t you guys from Canada?” – asks the president. He then calls ICE to them.

That’s also good: no one asked for such transparency in the news

In a show called Newspoint, the host (Fineman) and her guest (Thompson) try to have a serious discussion about the news, but since the show has opened up the entire newsroom to viewers, all the workers in the background get attention. They include Mikey Day, who awkwardly notices that cameras are pointed at him before spilling a can of drinks, Bowen Yang as a worker who is electrocuted by a copier, and Teller, who has an erotic manga displayed on his work screen. In particular, it's nice to see some physical comedy from Day, and the visual gags in the sketch work beautifully.

Weekend Update Winner: George Santos is back, lying as always!

Andrew Dismukes and Ashley Padilla (who should be a full-time cast member at this point rather than a main player) play the couple who just figured it out but are trying to discuss the government shutdown. But it was Yang, as chronic liar George Santos, who stole “Update” (and some gems) after Yang passed up an opportunity on the latest episode of “SNL” to play a former representative whose prison sentence was replaced by Trump. Santos claimed to have completed the New York City Marathon, which has not yet happened, and kept interrupting his conversation with “Update” co-host Colin Jost to answer calls from inmates using a prison window and a phone he brought with him. He allegedly spoke with Ghislaine Maxwell, Luigi Mangione and Sean “Diddy” Combs before revealing that the key to making prison rice pudding was to preheat the toilet to 350 degrees. Santos ended the segment by showing the necklace he stole from the Louvre and insisting that he had just won the World Series.