The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with another parody of The Lawrence Welk Show that brought back Fred Armisen as Lawrence Welk to introduce a tribute to mothers through another song and dance with Kristen Wiig’s baby-handed/high-foreheaded Dooneese character. Throughout the song, Betty White represented all the mothers who the song went out to and chimed in with her confusion over what she was witnessing from time to time. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, this all eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York…”

2. Betty White then officially opened the show with a monolog where she poked fun of the Facebook campaign that actually landed her this hosting role as if her thirty-five years of acting experience wasn’t enough to earn it. She then went on to joke about the things that she did for fun back in the old days, before there was even a thing called social media, and they had to act live out of necessity and not by choice.

3. MacGruber then returned for another series of sketches where this time the central running theme was Betty White played MacGruber’s Nana who kept embarrassing our fake TV hero with embarrassing stories from his childhood which distracted him from defusing the bomb.

4. Delicious Dish bought back Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon to reprise their NPR talk show host characters from when they were on the show about a decade ago, in order to chat muffins using double entendre with Betty White a guest named Florence Dusty.

5. The Manuel Ortiz Show then returned for another installment from this series of sketches that’s pretty much a rip off of What Up With That, only it makes fun of a Mexican talk show and has the host constantly interrupt with Latin-style dancing instead of a theme song.

6. MacGruber then returned for round two where this time Betty White, as Nana, played dead which led to the reason why our fake TV hero was distracted for this segment of the series.

7. Gingey took us back to 1904 and brought in Amy Poehler as a special guest to portray the titular tomboy character who everyone in the family thinks is a lesbian.

8. We then got the third and final installment of MacGruber for the night where our fake TV hero attempted to apologize to his Nana, Betty White by proposing marriage which then led to two to make out.

9. Jay-Z then took to the stage to perform the songs Real As It Gets and 99 Problems before being joined by Bridget Kelly to then perform Empire State Of Mind.

10. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Maya Rudolph also reprised her impersonation of Whitney Houston to reassure us that she’s still on crack for a special guest appearance where she attempted to promote some sort of comeback special. Molly Shannon’s stuck around from Delicious Dish to portray her “I’m 50,” Sally O’Malley character to team up with Betty White who played her, “I’m 90,” proclaiming counterpart. Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, and Tina Fey then had a three-way reunion to play a quick game of Really!?! about the current state of the world. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

11. Scared Straight was another sketch to return for another installment of one of my parodies. This time Betty White played Kenan Thompson’s badass sidekick who attempted to scare the kids straight by telling tales of horror they stole from movies while acting as if these stories were how they landed in jail, but the kids didn’t buy it at all.

12. CSI: Sarasota was a parody spin-off of the CSI series where Betty White and alumni special guest Rachel Dratch played detectives in a retirement community if Sarasota, Florida.

13. We then got another SNL Digital Short called Thank You For Being A Friend where the entire cast sang the theme song to Golden Girls in a hard-rock style to honor tonight’s host.

14. Jay-Z then took to the stage with Mr. Hudson to perform Young Forever.

15. 2010 Census Taker had Tina Fey as the census taker in question who gets nothing but runaround answers from Betty White, who may or may not be living alone in her apartment.

16. Finally, Betty White closed the show by thanking the audience and saying her goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with parody coverage of an Oil Spill Press Conference that focused on the British Petroleum disaster that was taking place in the Gulf Of Mexico at the time. In the sketch, Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, and Jason Sudeikis all played representatives of the corporation to blame for this terrible mess, who all shared their hairbrained ideas on how to clean up the mess that resulted from their company’s massive oil spill. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York…”

2. Alec Baldwin then officially opened the show with a monolog about finally tying Steve Martin’s record of hosting the show fifteen times. Steve Martin then gave his rebuttal via satellite through a television set that was wheeled out onto the stage, only Baldwin kept turning the TV off whenever Steven Martin would steer away from giving out host his due praise. He then went on to share how he recently delivered a commencement while accepting an honorary Ph.D. The led him to give a commencement speech to celebrate the end of this thirty-fifth season of SNL.

3. We then got another SNL Digital Short called Great Day where Andy Samberg played a coked-up paranoid guy who sang just how great his day was while sitting between Alec Baldwin and tonight’s musical guest Tom Petty.

4. Arizona Evenings took us to a set where Alec Baldwin and Andy Samberg attempted to get through their scene only to be continually interrupted by Kristen Wiig as the crew’s new, big-toothed, script supervisor who kept ruining everything with her nitpicky script notes.

5. Swim Team Awards had Alec Baldwin as an infuriated swim coach who struggled to hide his annoyance while handing out awards to all the swim team members who he despised having to reward for merely showing up.

6. Bedelia's Birthday Cookout brought back Nasim Pedrad as the titular birthday girl who this time refused to leave her cool father, Alec Baldwin’s side because she’s too socially awkward to actually interact with her peers.

7. We then got a fake ad for a pharmaceutical called Preniva where Abby Elliot played Sally Field to promote this product as a bone loss health solution for middle-aged women who are irrationally scared of their doctors.

8. Grady Wilson's Intimate And International brought back Kenan Thompson sex-tip giving character who was pitching a new instructional video with the help of Alec Baldwin who played a horny old Greek guy, which of course led to some homoerotic fun.

9. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers then took to the stage to perform I Should Have Known It.

10. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Bobby Moynihan returned as Snooki to promote the second season of Jersey Shore while at the same time flirting with Seth Meyers. Hill Hader also returned as Stefon to share more trendy NYC establishment for tourist to visit. Kristen Wiig and Fred Armisen were another set of news guest to return for another round of the two goofballs trying to make up more songs on the spot. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

11. Timecrowave had Alec Baldwin and Kristen Wiig as two informercial pitchpeople who attempt to sell a new brand of time-saving technology where you would use this device to get food that’s been made in the future. The only issue was that this time traveling attempt to be lazy created all kind of problems due to the Butterfly Effect it creates.

12. Whistle If You Can was a parody of a Turner Classic movie from the ‘50s where Alec Baldwin played a businessman who gets a kick out of pressuring Jenny Slate as a hooker to open up and share her past. At first, it seemed like Alec’s intervention was going to work to set Jenny back on a more respectable path, only to ask for a handjob the second she worked out her issues.

13. Snipers had Alec Baldwin as a sniper trainer who annoyed all of his combat trainees with his catchphrase, “Taaay the shaaa!”

14. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers then returned to the stage to perform Jefferson Jericho Blues.

15. Finally, Alec Baldwin closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

SNL: SEASON THIRTY-FIVE SUMMARY