The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with a parody of another Fox And Friends where Taran Killam, Vanessa Bayer, and Bobby Moynihan played the Fox News morning crew to criticize Obama while annoying Fred Armisen as Rupert Murdoch with all of their on-air errors. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Eli Manning then officially opened the show with a monolog about what it’s like to live in New York after being picked up by the Giants. He then went on to give some misguided cultural and dining rookie NYC resident suggestions to the audience.

3. We then got a fake ad for Amazon Kindle that pitched the book reading gadget combined with a digital copy of Fifty Shades Of Grey as a Mother’s Day gift that keeps on giving by providing the perfect erotic literature to meet all of her masturbatory needs.

4. We then went Behind The Scenes At A Motion Capture Session For Madden ’13 where Eli Manning looked like an idiot with ping-pongs all over his body while he awkwardly attempted to capture his custom victory dance.

5. Text Message Evidence took us to a trial where Eli Manning played a guy who attempted to prove his innocence in a murder case. To do so, he allowed his attorney, Jason Sudeikis, to read his flirtatious text messages that he was attempting to use as an alibi.

6. Little Brothers showed us what it would look like if Eli Manning joined a Big Brothers-style program, only instead of being a mentor, he was a big brother type who loved to continually pick on the bullies and real older brothers to his little kid friends.

7. WXPD News New York brought back Bill Hader’s grumpy old reporter character who was on the scene of Occupy Wall Street on Ash Wednesday where he struggled to care what protestor, Eli Manning was saying while having a gigantic ash mark still smudged on his head.

8. Rihanna then took to the stage to perform the songs Birthday Cake and Talk That Talk back to back.

9. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Kristen Wiig debuted her impersonation of Tan Mom Patricia Krentcil who had to continually moisten her dry throat while trying to defend her recent/controversial tanning behaviors. Sacha Baron Cohen also got a quick segment to plug The Dictator as his character from the film, and he revealed that he had taken Martin Scorcese hostage, who we then got to see as a captured special guest. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

10. What Is This? was a game show hosted by Abby Elliot where she takes advantage of her show’s format to question her boyfriend, Eli Manning, about the status of their fledgling relationship and not use the questions that were actually written for the game.

11. Helga Lately was a Swedish parody of Chelsea Handler’s similarly named show, where Kristen Wiig played the Swedish version of the talk show host to flirt with her guest while using a Swedish accent.

12. Rihanna then returned to the stage to perform Where Have You Been?

13. Miss Drag World 2012 showed us the results of a Drag runway contest where Eli Manning as a drag performer named Chicken Fried Steak was so upset by his as her third-place showing that he disrupted the rest of the pageant and even attempted to steal the trophy.

14. Turner Classic Movies: The Essentials then gave us a parody of a Cheech And Chong film that was supposed to be from when Eli Manning was part of the team as a square third wheel who kept ruining the two stoner’s fun.

15. Finally, Eli Manning closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started in Biden's Room where Jason Sudeikis as Joe Biden confides in Fill Ferrell as George W. Bush over the fact that he felt disappointed that Fred Armisen as Obama was getting all of the credit all of the progress when it comes to gay marriage. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Will Ferrell then officially opened the show with a monolog about the fact that it’s the Mother’s Day episode where our host struggled to use his own words after ditching the script to tell his mother Kay, who made a special appearance, that he loved her live on the air as way to celebrate Mother’s Day.

3. We then got a fake ad for One-A-Day Extra Strength Nasaflu where Kristen Wiig played a pitchwoman who tried to promote her family’s preferred cold medicine while her husband, Will Ferrell, laid down beside her as one of those people who feels the need to scream as they sneeze, making a mess of a commercial.

4. The Culps then return for a reunion that brought back Ana Gasteyer as Will Ferrell’s music teacher sidekick to perform their brand of cover songs at an LGBT dance/event.

5. Stay Free Maxi Pads Ladies Long Drive Championship 1994 brought back Jason Sudeikis and Will Forte as their ‘90s ESPN announcer characters who always end up getting too hung up on the feminine product sponsor to properly call the featured female sport. As the title suggests, in this installment, Stay Free Maxi Pads was the featured product while Kristen Wiig and Vanessa Bayer battled it out in a game round of golf. Moments into the sketch, Sudeikis reminded us that it was 1994 and the sketch then jumped back and forth between the golf event and the reports of the O.J. Simpson white Bronco getaway attempt that had Will Ferrell as the on the scene reporter.

6. This was followed by the 100th SNL Digital Short where the SNL Digital Shorts team along with Justin Bieber sang a song about how they were all going to perform self-fellatio to celebrate this impressive accomplishment. The song also summarized all 100 of the Digital Short installments.

7. Usher then took to the stage to perform Scream.

8. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Seth played a game of Really!?! over why he’s against the breastfeeding of what looked to be her eight-year-old kid for the cover of Time Magazine. It was on the verge of sounding anti-breastfeeding, but the kid really did seem too old. Get In The Cage also returned where Andy Samberg brought on Liam Neeson to grill the cameo guest as to why he wasn’t invited to work on the adaptation of the board game, Battleship. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

9. The 2012 Funkytown Debate had Kenan Thompson as Doctor Silky Delicious, Will Ferrell as Captain Catfish, Nasim Pedrad as Janet Nichols to have a debate over who should be the next President Of Funkytown.

10. Broadway Sizzle was a parody of a public access show hosted by Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig who observed Broadway hopefuls as they perform songs from several hit shows from the time.

11. Usher then returned to the stage to perform Climax.

12. Anniversary Toast brought back the reoccurring sketch where we go to an event with Jason Sudeikis as the host who has to deal with the more fringe guests as they refuse to move past the toasting portion of the night. This time, Jason Sudeikis played a priest just trying to get through an event to celebrate the 25th anniversary between Hill Hader and Kate McKinnon.

13. This was followed by a repeat of the Almost Pizza commercial from earlier in the season where Kristen Wiig tries to trick her family into eating the mysterious pizza impostor that she just picked up at the store.

14. Finally, Will Ferrell closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with another parody of The Lawrence Welk Show which was the same as usual from this series with Kristen Wiig’s tiny-handed character named Dooneese and her antics as her and her sisters sang and old-school tune with special guest Jon Hamm as their new lead singer for the night. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Mick Jagger then officially opened the show with a monolog where he shared some of the weirdest questions that he's ever received from fans and then went on to share his answers that he wouldn’t give at the time he was asked.

3. This was followed by another installment of Secret Word where, as usual, Kristen Wiig and Mick Jagger played old-timey actors to parody of ‘70s Password style game, only both old-timey performers are so full of themselves that they can’t figure out how to play this simple game. (Bonus Clip)

4. We then went to a Karaoke Bar where Mick Jagger played an uptight insurance salesman who can’t comprehend his co-workers’ inaccurate performances of The Rolling Stones songs and their impersonations of the lead singer.

5. This was followed by another SNL Digital Short where Chris Parnell returned to team up with Andy Samberg and rap about a Sunday filled with mimosas and brunch and their plans to see the Broadway rendition of Sister Act and their song was called Lazy Sunday 2.

6. Politics Nation brought back Kenan Thompson as Al Sharpton to host his fake political talk show where this week, he attempted to discusses the effects that Wall Street has on the economy with his panel of guests.

7. Mick Jagger switched to musical guest mode and took to the stage with Arcade Fire to perform The Last Time.

8. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, the only guest was Stefon for even more of his fun and games. (Clip 2) (Bonus Clip)

9. So You Think You Can Dance At An Outdoor Music Festival was a parody dance reality show where dirty hippies performed their hippy dances to compete for who’s the best festival show-style dancer.

10. Mick Jagger switched back to musical guest mode and this time took to the stage with Foo Fighters to performs the songs 19th Nervous Breakdown, and It's Only Rock 'n Roll back to back.

11. The Californians then return for more talking about Los Angeles driving direction with surfer/valley girl accents.

12. Once again, Mick Jagger switched back to musical guest mode and this time took to the stage with Jeff Beck to perform Tea Party.

13. She's A Rainbow had Kristen Wiig as a seven-year-old student who graduated from SNL’s Class Of 2012 and danced with her new castmates. It turns out that I totally misread this while doing my previewing legwork, and she wasn’t playing a kid. Instead, this was sketch was a celebration/farewell to Kristen after her seven years with the show.

14. Finally, Mick Jagger closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

SNL: SEASON THIRTY-SEVEN SUMMARY