The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with parody coverage of Either The 7th Or 8th GOP Debate where Bill Hader portrayed Shepard Smith to moderate a debate between several of the most hopeless Republican Presidential hopefuls that they didn’t even bother to keep track of how many debates this has been. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, all of the political babbling built to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Alec Baldwin then officially opened the show with a monolog about how Ben & Jerry’s just added Schweddy Balls to their line of flavors of ice cream. He then when on to boast about his triumph in taking the hosting record from Steve Martin with this being his sixteenth time hosting the show with Steve Martin still at fifteen. Martin then joined Baldwin on the stage to make sure that our host is doing so without the aid of steroids. Martin then employed the help of special guest, Seth Rogen, who was in charge of analyzing Alec’s urine test.

3. We then got a fake ad for Red Flag Parfume which was an enchanting fragrance that warns would-be suitors that the attractive woman.

4. We then went to the All My Children Wrap Party where Vanessa Bayer played Susan Lucci who toasted her glass to a room full of actors and actresses whose real-life quirks are just as, if not more over-dramatic than their soap opera characters.

5. WDHX News was a parody of a news show that sounded like it was based out of Fargo where Kristen Wiig played a field reporter down in Costa Rica to report of a jungle-based story. Being that she was so far away that there was an awkward delay were Wiig couldn’t hear any of the in-studio warnings that dangerous animals kept crawling on her throughout the entire report. It turned out, due to Botox and plastic surgery, she couldn’t feel a single thing.

6. Radiohead then took to the stage to perform Lotus Flower.

7. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, was a quick one for the first show of the year and just had Alec Baldwin as Tony Bennett to talk about summer movies, only to end up discussing women’s hygiene products instead, as the only Weekend Update guest. (Clip 2)

8. Who's On Top? was a game show sketch hosted by Bill Hader where Alec Baldwin and Vanessa Bayer played two contestants who had to guess which of two male celebrities would be on top if they were in a hypothetical gay relationship with one another.

9. Top Gun 25th Anniversary DVD was a segment where we got to see parody bonus material from the 25th Anniversary DVD edition of Top Gun.

10. Child Psychologist had Alec Baldwin as the titular child psychologist while at home trying to enjoy a nice dinner date with Vanessa Bayer while neglecting his whiny daughter, as played by Nasim Pedrad throughout the entire meal.

11. Radiohead then took to the stage to perform Staircase.

12. We then got another Turner Classic Movies presentation of Angels In The Trenches. This time it was a parody of an old war movie where Alec Baldwin played a captain who gave Private Taran Killam the unusual final request to tell his family all of the bizarre bits of information that he was too big of a coward to tell him himself, after being shot by one of the enemy fighters. Some of these pieces of information included telling his son that there’s no Santa Clause, after telling his wife he was actually in love with her sister. After a while, more and more soldiers were shot and had bizarre requests of their own.

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

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with another installment of The Lawrence Welk Show with Fred Armisen as starting the sketch as Lawrence Welk per usual to introduce Kristen Wiig’s tiny-handed Dooneese character and her sisters to pretty much sing the same song once again. The only difference being, this time there was a Thanksgiving theme to the performance, and Melissa McCarthy as a muscle-bound, bucktoothed freak also got to play along. I do genuinely love this series, despite its incredibly repetitive nature. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Melissa McCarthy then officially opened the show with a monolog about how big of a fan of the show she is and then said goodnight to her kids, telling her mom to put them down for bed because thing might get too strange during the episode. She went on to share that despite loving her role as an actress when she was a kid she really just wanted to dance. This is when she enlisting the help of Kristen Wiig to show off a series of perfect dance moves until the two were joined by Taran Killam and Bobby Moynihan who had a couple of steps of their own.

3. We then got a fake ad for Lil Poundcake which was a realistic doll that gives HPV vaccination shots to the little girls who play with it.

4. We then got introduced to Melissa McCarthy as a character named Arlene who hits on Jason Sudeikis at their office job by sending flowers and balloons to herself in an effort to make him jealous, only he had no interest at all.

5. We then got another SNL Digital Short where Andy Samberg and Bill Hader played two cops who found solitude in their desk work by listening for musical sounds throughout the office. This turned into a Stomp-style song where everyday office items were used to make music until everyone opened fire on members of The Blue Man Group after they randomly showed up for no reason at all. It turned out, all of the cops thought that they were aliens.

6. The Comments Section was a talk show hosted by Jason Sudeikis where he interviewed a panel of formerly anonymous Internet trolls (before they were known by that term) to relive their snarky comments. Of course, it turned out that each of the trolls was bigger trainwrecks than those they were making fun of. During each interview, their anonymity was put to the test when Sudeikis brought out the people who the trolls were making fun of.

7. Rock's Way had Jay Pharoah as Chris Rock to showcase his various appearances in Broadway productions where he kept breaking the fourth wall to perform quick stand up routines that make fun of each of the plays’ content.

8. Lady Antebellum then took to the stage to perform We Owned The Night.

9. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Vanessa Bayer and Fred Armisen returned as Gaddafi's two childhood best friend to whisper more secrets about their powerful friend in between praising his brand of leadership. Kenan Thompson also returned as Tyler Perry to comment on the fact that he was recently announced as the richest entertainer of the year by Forbes’. He then went on to promote his new brand of over the counter meds called Tylernol. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

10. We then went to a Focus Group for a new line of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing flavors where Melissa McCarthy was a little over ambitious in her effort to have her voice be heard by chugging bottle after bottle of test products and then enthusiastically shared her thoughts.

11. The Essentials With Robert Osborne took us back to the ‘30s to see clips from the making of various movies with Jason Sudeikis as the titular direction. Melissa McCarthy played a character named Lulu Diamond who kept falling down the stairs in these rapidly-produced films that didn’t bother to reshoot the scene, opting instead to keep going.

12. Lady Antebellum then returned to the stage to perform Just A Kiss.

13. Complaints took place in a bar where Andy Samberg tried to flirt with Melissa McCarthy despite the fact that he was receiving complaints the entire time, from all of the women who he’s hooked up with from the bar in the past.

14. Finally, Melissa McCarthy closed the show by thanking the audience and saying her goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with parody C-SPAN coverage of a Mitt Romney Press Conference where Jason Sudeikis as Mitt desperately attempted to keep the press’s interest in his bid for the Republican Presidential nomination. To add insult to injury, the media turns out to be too saddened by Bobby Moynihan as Chris Christie’s announcement that he decided not to run to pay Mitt any attention. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Ben Stiller then officially opened the show with a monolog about how he was starving due to the fact that he was fasting for Yom Kippur. Andy Samberg then approached as a Jewish Willy Wonka to temp our host with a magnificent array of Jewish comfort foods.

3. We then got a fake ad for Lincoln Financial Group where Jason Sudeikis played a financial investor who meets with his future self. At first, it seemed like our pitchman traveled through time to prove a point only the meeting of the two versions of Sudeikis quickly turned into a make-out session between the both of them.

4. We then got another parody of Fox And Friends where once again Tarn Killam, Vanessa Bayer, and Bobby Moynihan portrayed the Fox New morning team. This time, they continued to make random political statements during an interview with a rowdy Hank Williams Jr., as played by Jason Sudeikis with Ben Stiller at his side as his media consultant to defend the fact that the country singer compared the President to Hitler.

5. We then got the second installment of Lincoln Financial Group where this time Bill Hader played a time-traveling financial investor/pitchman who was utterly disgusted with his future self because he’s gotten so fat and gross that he contemplated suicide over making out with himself.

6. The Best Of Both Worlds returned for another installment of the talk show sketch where Andy Samberg as Hugh Jackman interviews fellow celebrities who like to take on polar opposite roles, like how the real Hugh will star in a sensitive musical then jump right back into being an action star the second the final song is over. For this installment Abby Elliott played Nancy Grace, Ben Stiller portrayed Mandy Patinkin, and Bill Hader played Clint Eastwood. There was one more surprise visit from the real Hugh Jackman who played Daniel Ratcliffe question all of the quirks that Andy was getting wrong as part of his impersonation. Once again, the sketch ended with the killing of Bobby Moynihan as an assistant named Richie who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

7. We then got another SNL Digital Short called V-Neck where Andy Samberg is shopping for clothes when he notices Ben Still as a sleaze-ball in a deep v-neck shirt which leads the two into a Zoolander style deep v-neck shirt-off where they each pushed the extremes as to just how deep their v-necks could go. It ended with Ben in a shirt with a v-neck so low that it exposed his penis and balls, leading him to get arrested on the spot.

8. Jason Sudeikis then returned as Hank Williams Jr. to sing All My Rowdy Friends with the band for a quick transition into the next set of commercials.

9. Foster The People then took to the stage to perform Pumped Up Kicks.

10. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Kirsten Wiig dropped by as a party planner to promote her services only when put on the spot all that she could manage to come up with to sell herself were nothing but plans for pancake-themed events. Bill Hader also returned as Stefon to share more hip New York travel tips with the help of Ben Stiller as Zoolander. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

11. Sexy Shana was another character to return this time to get all of the guys hot and bothered while at an office Halloween party only to instantly turn them all off with the worlds that came out of her mouth and her bizarre attempts to come across as sexy as she looked.

12. This was followed by round three of the Lincoln Financial Group ads where this time Ben Stiller was the time traveling financial investor/pitchman who ended up making out with a transgender version of himself in the process of promoting an investment plan.

13. Columbus Day Assblast brought back Jason Sudeikis and Nasim Pedrad as DJ Super Soak and Lil Blaster to promote another underground-underground music festival to celebrate Columbus Day.

14. Bruce Springsteen: Just The Stories was a parody of a video collection that featured Ben Stiller as Bruce rambling on with the mundane stories behind the making of his less popular songs.

15. Foster The People then took to the stage with Kenny G to perform Houdini.

16. We then got a fake trailer for a movie called Tinyballs where Taran Killam played a baseball coach who attempted to improve his teams’ performance by agreeing to, drug dealer, Ben Stiller’s offer to pump them all full of steroids.

17. Finally, Ben Stiller closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with A Message From Michael Bloomberg where Fred Armisen as the New York Mayor applauded the Occupy Wall Street protestors but then offers them a few words of advice of thing to do in New York City to any protestors planning to join instead of actually joining the crowds. He went on to share how he was all for the Occupy group and was meant as help to clean their facilities with pressure washers and that the water wasn’t meant for the protesting crowds. He also shared that they were using organic pepper spray before pointing out New Yorkers who were richer than him. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Anna Faris then officially opened the show with a monolog where she played up the character of herself that’s too dumb to even grasp the questions being asked by the audience. This led her to become over the moon she found Abby Elliott in the audience, looking like her twin who asked a question that revealed they were on the same page as far as intelligence levels may go.

3. This was followed by another installment of The Manuel Ortiz Show again was pretty much the same Spanish rip off of What Up With That only with Spanish dancing interrupting every word from the guest instead of Kenan constantly interrupting with his theme song.

4. What's Wrong With Tanya? was a game show sketch where moms from various Lifetime movies are challenged to determine what’s wrong with the show’s Tanya prototype based on a set of clues.

5. We then got another SNL Digital Short where Andy Samberg performed a number of goofy interview concepts with tonight’s musical guest, Drake.

6. Yet Another GOP Debate was a sketch that took place in a Marriott bar where the hopeless Republican Presidential hopefuls got down and dirty for yet another pointless debate since there was no way the GOP was going to win this year. This hopelessness also explained the low rent venue for the scene.

7. Drake then took to the stage to perform Headlines.

8. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Bobby Moynihan dropped by to share more secondhand news. Drake and Jay Pharoah also stopped by as two teens dressed as werewolves to rap about their new Halloween bag snatching trend. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

9. Tell Him took place in the ’50s where our host and the female members of the cast portrayed a group of teens from the time who used the power of song to teach their confused friend, Vanessa Bayer how to use deception to land a guy in the “modern” 2012 world.

10. J-Pop America Fun Time Now! was a talk show sketch hosted by Taran Killam and Vanessa Bayer who were J-Pop loving American teens that are way off on their cultural facts while attempting to express their love for The Land Of The Rising Sun.

11. Drake then took to the stage with Nicki Minaj to perform Make Me Proud.

12. Lord Wyndemere had Anna Faris as a college student home for the holidays where she really hoped to impress her parents with her new foppish/spritely boyfriend Lord Cecil Wyndermere as played by Paul Brittain who looked like he just stepped out of Shakespeare In The Park and was entirely out of it.

13. Ferrari Calendar had Anna Farris and Kristen Wiig as two airheads who get so excited when they see the new 2012 Ferrari calendar so they can scope out all the hot guys that their asses exploded from the anticipation before they even got a look inside the cellophane wrapped time tracker.

14. Finally, Anna Faris closed the show by thanking the audience and saying her goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with A Message From The Ghost Of Moammar Gaddafi where Fred Armisen as Gaddafi checked in from Hell to share how his capture and murder actually went down before sharing his new status in the afterlife. As always, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Charlie Day then officially opened the show with a monolog about his love of the show, having lived in New York up until he was two years old and how he was achieving a dream by hosting. He then shared that his plan was to just relax and not get all spastic like his character from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. At this point, co-star/past show host, Danny DeVito joined Charlie on the stage with the same frantic energy of his character from the show to work our host into a frenzy by telling him how important it is for him to put on a good episode which kicked off a duet between the two.

3. We then got a fake ad for an E! channel special called Kim's Fairy Tale Divorce that promised lots of glamour and excitement as it televised the “hot” divorce proceeding between Nasim Pedrad as Kim Kardashian and Andy Samberg Kris Humphries, which is a name that I’ve literally never even heard before this sketch.

4. We then got a parody of The Dr. Oz Show where Bill Hader as Dr. Oz embarrassed Charlie Day as an audience member by offering horrific medical advice for how he should handle his dead rectum.

5. The next sketch took us to heaven where we met a bunch of Greek Gods. Jason Sudeikis played Zeus who attempt to organize the other Greek Gods, including Charlie Day as a horny God who was late to the meeting after banging a goat that he thought was another God in disguise while at an orgy, to put their heads together to help the 2012 “present day” financial crisis in Greece.

6. It's Getting Freaky With Cee Lo Green! had Kenan Thompson as Cee Lo to host a talk show where, with the help of Charlie Day as a mascot-looking guy named Freakasaurus, and Bill Hader as Colonel Nasty, the three attempted to offer advice to put the freaky back into the marriage between the show’s guests who were played by Andy Samberg and Abby Elliott.

7. We then got a fake trailer for The Original Kings Of Catchphrase Comedy Volume 2 where we got to meet even more catchphrase based comedians like David “Beef Jelly” Winfield, Goran “Funky Boy” Bogdan, Slappy Pappy, Addi “News Flash” Sweeney, Boston Power, and Fur Coat Rhonda.

8. Maroon 5 then took to the stage to perform Moves Like Jagger.

9. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Bill Hader dropped by as Rick Perry to defend allegations that he was drunk while delivering a speech in New Hampshire. Kristen Wiig also returned as her travel guru character that is so unconfident in herself that she sneaks in jokes instead of ever getting around to what she actually trying to say. (Clip 2) (Clip 3) (Clip 4)

10. Because Of One Dolphin took us behind-the-scenes for the making of a new family film where Charlie Day is frustrated by both his dolphin co-star’s animal trainer and the boom mic guy. The trainer, who was played by Taran Killam, was the source of frustration because he was very distracted by the sounds he had to make for the dolphin. The boom mic guy, Kenan Thompson, irked our host because was extremely hostile whenever Charlie would question if he was pitching up all the trainers sounds. Kenan felt Charlie was questioning his ability to handle his job. When Charlie joking suggested to reverse their roles Kenan jumped right in and started acting.

11. Maroon 5 then took to the stage with Travie McCoy to perform Stereo Heart.

12. We then went to a Crime Scene where Charlie Day played a detective who pleaded ignorance to officer, Jason Sudeikis’s Seinfeld references while the two attempted to solve a murder that took place on a set that looked exactly like Seinfeld’s living room, and probably was the actual set considering it was shot by NBC.

13. We then got a repeat of the Lil Poundcake commercial from earlier in the season which was the doll that injected it’s child users with a vaccine for HPV.

14. Finally, Charlie Day closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with more parody coverage of another Republican Presidential Debate where this time Bill Hader as a wasted Rick Perry steals all of the other wacky candidate's thunder while trying to remember the three branches to the political system that he’s running to control. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Emma Stone then officially opened the show with a monolog where she shared that she was going to be in the next Spider-Man. This led Andy Samberg to lower down, upside down from the ceiling dressed as the superhero in an effort to reenact the show opening back in 2002 when Kirsten Dunst made this same exact announcement when she was the show’s host. Only this time, Samberg was disappointed to learn that Spider-Man was going to be British this go-around as Andrew Garfield, Emma superhero of a co-star joined the two on the stage.

3. Secret Word then returned for another installment of the Password style game from the ‘70s and once again, as usual, Kristen Wiig and our host played two fictional entertainers from the time who are too out of it to understand this straightforward game.

4. WXPD News was another sketch to return for another installment with Bill Hader as the grumpy old reporter who seems completely over his long career while interviewing Emma Stone as a resident involved an apartment safety dispute.

5. We then got another SNL Digital Short/music video called Wish It Would Rain where Andy Samberg played a mullet-headed singer who was singing a song about how he needed rain to make his music video, but he picked the wrong city and wrong time of year.

6. Coldplay then took to the stage to perform Paradise.

7. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Jason Sudeikis returned as The Devil to share that he is outraged when he learns that the situation with Jerry Sandusky at Penn State was more than a simple recruiting scandal after a bit of a rant when Seth informed The Devil what the college coach was actually in trouble for. Kristen Wiig and Fred Armisen also returned as their singing character to make up a few more songs on the spot with the help of Chris Martin who joined the duet, making them a trio with a new Thanksgiving-themed album to promote. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

8. Les Jeunes De Paris then returned for more fun and dancing at the French café where Emma Stone and Taran Killam had a rematch dance-off from the last time that she was on.

9. Bridal Shower Gifts had Emma Stone as a socially-inept co-worker who was desperate to fit in as Kristen Wiig’s bridal shower but keeps making a mess of things by giving increasingly inappropriate gifts throughout the night.

10. Coldplay then returned to the stage to perform Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall.

11. Sad Song was pretty much the same as the series of sketches of guys telling stories in between singing the chorus to a popular song over drinks. Only for this sketch, there was a blend of men and women who all sang Adele’s Someone Like You while sharing a cry as coworkers who just lost a major account.

12. We're Going To Make Technology Hump had Emma Stone and Andy Samberg as to tech geeks who shared a video of their efforts to get technology to mate with each other to create hybrid products.

13. Finally, Emma Stone closed the show by thanking the audience and saying her goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with a sketch called Mitt Romney: Raw And Unleashed where Jason Sudeikis played Mitt as he desperately tried to prove that he can be less boring than he appears to be, in his effort to win over more votes. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Jason Segel then officially opened the show with a monolog about how lucky he felt at the time having landed one of the lead roles in the upcoming The Muppets film that he was there to promote, with hosting the show being the icing on the cake of him achieving two childhood dreams. He was then joined by his Muppet co-stars to sing a song about how great it was to host his favorite childhood show. All of the SNL praise led the Muppets to get disgruntled, wanting more recognition of their own as they sang along.

3. We then got a repeat of the Red Flag Perfume commercial from earlier in the season which was a scent designed to scare men away from cray/creative women.

4. Kelly Auditions took us to the set of the show formerly known as Regis And Kelly to see the auditions for Regis’s spot since he recently retired from the show. Nasim Pedrad played Kelly with our host and the cast swapping out pretty rapidly to impersonate each potential replacement.

5. We then got a fake ad for the Kemper-Pedic Me Time Mattress where Jason Segel played the sample user/pitchman to promote his patented bed that allowed him to masturbate in bed without waking his wife, Vanessa Bayer, who slept soundly throughout the entire fake promotion.

6. The Vogelchecks then returned for some man-on-man make-out action from this family that is too comfortable physically showing their affection towards one another, even in front of their first time Christmas guests including the real Paul Rudd, who randomly joined in on the action.

7. Florence And The Machine then took to the stage to perform Shake It Out.

8. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, the real Governor Jon Huntsman dropped by to comment on how his campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination is going, especially in New Hampshire. Seth Meyers also played a game of Really?!? with Kermit The Frog in regards to pizza being declared a vegetable for the sake of school lunch programs. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

9. We then went to a Retirement Party for Fred Armisen that got marred by his secretary, Kristen Wiig’s inability to come up with something nice to say despite working for the man for so long. Jason Segel also fudged things up with his drunken plot to spill well-known company secrets during his farewell speech.

10. A New Jack Thanksgiving had Bobby Moynihan as an eccentric music producer who attempted to promote his collection of New Jack Swing-style music for a holiday album while swearing the entire time that the style never went away.

11. We then got another SNL Digital Short where, through an ‘80s style instructional video, Andy Samberg did a terrible job a demonstrating the are of Seducing Women Through Chess.

12. Andre The Giant Chooses An Ice Cream Flavor had Jason Segel as The Eighth Wonder Of The World who takes time to ponder over many mini samples at an ice cream shop with an extensive variety of flavors.

13. Florence And The Machine then returned to the stage to perform No Light, No Light.

14. The Blue Jean Committee was a sketch that featured another fake SNL band. This group was denim-clad from head to toe based out of Western Massachusetts who swore they were about to go national. They then attempted to wow the crowd at a local dive bar by performing a song called Massachusetts Afternoon.

15. Finally, Jason Segel closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with A Message From The President Of The United States where once again, Fred Armisen portrayed Barack Obama to share with America the list of people and institutions who are actually more powerful than he is, despite him being the “leader of the free world.” Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Steve Buscemi then officially opened the show with a monolog about his career since hosting the show back in the ‘90s, having just landed his role in Boardwalk Empire. He then attempted to tackle questions from “audience members” who all work as stereotypical character actors who would love his advice on how to evolve in their craft to start being cast in lead roles since he managed to do so with his career.

3. We then got a fake ad for Frozen Mexican Dinner where Paul Brittain played a musician who was complaining about feeling constipated. This led fellow band member Fred Armisen to offer up a single dose of Frozen Mexican Dinner as the fail-safe solution.

4. The Miley Cyrus Show then returned for another installment with Vanessa Bayer impersonating the show’s pop star of a host. This week she interviewed Steve Buscemi as a pothead so that Jason Sudeikis as Billy Ray Cyrus could bring in Maya Rudolph as Whitney Houston to moderate an intervention for his daughter who was recently caught smoking pot with her first guest.

5. We then got another SNL Digital Short that had Steve Buscemi as Commissioner Jim Gordon who is repeatedly flustered by Andy Samberg as Batman who kept make unannounced appearances through during the Commissioner’s personal affairs.

6. This was followed by another parody of Dateline, after a long break, where Bill Hader portrayed host, Keith Morrison who revels a little too much in the misery of The Mystery Of The Chopped Up Guy while interviewing Steve Buscemi as a murderer.

7. Coach Bert had Jason Sudeikis as the head basketball coach for Central University, who attempts to make it clear that the titular Coach Bert, played by Steve Buscemi is not a pedophile. He does this due to the fears based on the news coming out of the Penn State scandal, not realizing that in the process, he’s making it look like their trying to preemptively deny an issue.

8. The Black Keys then took to the stage to perform Lonely Boy.

9. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Kenan Thompson returned as Herman Cain to announce that he’s suspending his presidential campaign while also making excuses for his marital indiscretions. Bobby Moynihan then introduced his Drunk Uncle character to give advice on how to deal with family during the holidays. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

10. Surprise took us to the Playskool Toy’s Corporate Office where Steve Buscemi played a manager who wanted to surprise Vanessa Bayer with a job promotion, only Kristen Wiig’s reoccurring character who can’t keep a secret, once again, ended up ruining the entire celebration.

11. "Sex" Ed Vincent's Couples Workshop Sex Intensive brought back Paul Brittain’s character to host another three-day symposium on sex to help couples spice up their marriage in both the bedroom and in the kitchen.

12. The Black Keys then returned to the stage to perform Gold On The Ceiling.

13. Ornaments had Steve Buscemi as a man who proudly showed off his favorite Christmas ornaments, pointing out each unique detail, while Kristen Wiig played a ditzy character named Sheila who simply added the decoration to the tree after Buscemi described each piece even though there wasn’t anything special about any of the decorations at all.

14. Finally, Steve Buscemi closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with a parody of On The Record With Greta Van Susteren where Kristen Wiig as the titular show host spoke with Darrell Hammond, Andy Samberg, and Bobby Moynihan as Donald Trump, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich. During the interview, Trump was disappointed that Santorum and Gingrich were the only two Republican candidates willing to participate in a debate that would be hosted by our future President. As always, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Katy Perry then officially opened the show with a monolog about her weird wardrobe choices for her appearance and music videos, claiming they were based on people she knew growing up. This then led a line up of cast members acting like ordinary town folks from our host’s youth who all had traditional jobs but dress like Katy Perry from her more over-the-top music videos.

3. J-Pop America Fun Time Now! then returned for another installment where once again, Vanessa Bayer and Taran Killam played two J-Pop fans who love the music genre but are way off on their interpretations of Japanese culture. This time the two had on Katy Perry who played the Hello Kitty-obsessed friend that suffered from the same case of cultural unawareness.

4. We then got a fake trailer for The Apocalypse which was a parody follow up to the movie Valentine’s Day that had the cast as the same ensemble of characters to show how they would cope with the ending of all time.

5. Kalle was a talk show sketch based out of Finland hosted by Kristen Wiig as Kalle. For this debut of this character, Kalle interviewed Katy Perry as herself, only to fluster our host with an extensive collection of clips that her research team dug up that showed Katy in situations that perfectly fit the last word that the Kalle character would say.

6. We then got another SNL Digital Short called Best Friends where Andy Samberg sang a song by the same name with Katy Perry as they introduced us to a cavalcade of cameos from their celebrity friends acting like dirtbags. For example, Matt Damon as a drug addict, and Val Kilmer as a brilliant lunatic, as well as several cast members acting as influential people from the past.

7. Doggie Duty was another fake ad for a soundtrack for a kids album where our host and several members of the cast played popular performers who shared their contributions to the album.

8. Robyn then took to the stage to perform Call Your Girlfriend.

9. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Kristen Wiig stopped in as a flirting expert to try to win over Seth. Alec Baldwin then made a special appearance as the captain of the airplane that Alec was kicked off of for refusing to stop playing a dumb game on his phone when they were attempting to take off. Bill Hader also returned as Stefon to share more hip tourist location throughout NYC to any potential Christmas visitors. (Clip 2) (Clip 3) (Clip 4)

10. Royal Pregnancy brought back Fred Armisen and Bill Hader as the rowdy Queen and Prince Philip who this time, belittled Abby Elliott as Kate Middleton for not yet being pregnant with Prince William’s baby while praising Katy Perry as Pippa for her rebellious ways.

11. Politics Nation With Al Sharpton brought back Kenan Thompson’s impersonation of Al Sharpton to host a new talk where he missed all of the cues while talking politics with Katy Perry and Taran Killam as Kelly O’Donnell and Jim VandeHei.

12. Robyn then returned to the stage to perform Dancing On My Own.

13. Soulmates had Katy Perry at a piano bar in search for her soulmate where she finds Bobby Moynihan and discovers the two are a perfect match which leads her to want to marry him on the spot, but then Katy instantly died by falling down an elevator shaft as the two attempted to leave the building.

14. Finally, Katy Perry closed the show by thanking the audience and saying her goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with a visit from the Boston Teens where Jimmy Fallon and Rachel Dratch reprised their classic rowdy teen characters for an update where now they are adults, married and still up to the fame fun and games. For this reunion, the two tried to sneak into their old high school’s Winter Formal in an effort to recreate their second date. At first, all of the present day students kept goofing on the couple for being so old, but then when they heard Jimmy’s name, they all knew of the two as school legends and then all they wanted to do was hang out and listen to old stories of their school. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Jimmy Fallon then officially opened the show with a monolog about how happy he was to return to the show to host the Christmas episode. He then danced through the halls of Studio 8H singing Christmas Time (Coming Home Again) song along with the cast a crew.

3. We then got a parody of Today where Kristen Wiig and Nasim Pedrad played Kathie Lee and Hoda once again for more morning show banter-based jokes. Their guest this time was Jimmy Fallon as Regis Philbin who dropped in for a surprise visit to announce his retirement plan failed and that he’d be back on the air really soon. So soon that he then pushed Hoda right out of her chair and took over.

4. We then got a fake ad for Michael Buble Christmas Duets which was a phony album filled with Buble Duets with the real musical guest from the night singing alongside our host and the cast impersonating popular singers from this time.

5. We then went to Jimmy Fallon’s Dressing Room where Andy Samberg played our host’s reflection as he pondered how his hosting performance was going do far, with Samberg providing the feedback.

6. Holiday Party took us back to 1928 where our host and the cast played socialites from the time where Kristen Wiig returned as her character who struggled to fight the urge to steal the spotlight to sing. This time, Jimmy Fallon joined in as a guy who resisted the same call to steal the spotlight with a dance, ruining the festive event in the process.

7. Half Jewish Half Italian Completely Neurotic had Fred Armisen in the titular role as he put on a one-man off-off-Broadway show on the subject, only to alienate the entire audience with his in-your-face performance.

8. Season's Greetings From Saturday Night Live brought back the entire old band for yet another perform Horatio Sanz’s I Wish It Was Christmas Today to celebrate this holiday episode.

9. Michael Buble then took to the stage to perform Holly Jolly Christmas.

10. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, we got another installment of In The Cage where this time Andy Samberg as Nicolas Cage’s special guest was the real Jude Lay so that he could ask why he wasn’t invited to be part of Sherlock Holmes: Game Of Shadows. Seth was then joined by Amy Poehler for a quick reunion to tell a couple of stories only to be joined by former Weekend Update team Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey so that the four could go on to have a Weekend Update Joke-Off. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

11. Ode To Joy took us back in time so that Jimmy Fallon could portray Ludwig van Beethoven who just finished orchestrating a performance and went on to introduce his backup band the same way a singer would in a modern rock concert.

12. Once again, we went to another play where Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig were two audience members for an extremely low budget performance of War Horse where Jimmy Fallon played the horse by putting his hands up to his head as if they were ears. Kristen and Hader broke up the quirky stage action by adding their input of what they were expecting versus what they got, making it easier to follow the deeper references that I wouldn’t have gotten from not having seen the real play.

13. Michael Buble then returned to the stage to perform Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.

14. We then met Jesus In The Broncos’ Locker Room where Jason Sudeikis played the creator’s kid to explain to the team how he wouldn’t be able to help them out on their upcoming game because of prior engagements.

15. Finally, Jimmy Fallon closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with A Message From Rick Santorum where Andy Samberg as Rick Santorum to thank the voters for almost voting for him in New Hampshire before bragging about how close the race was, only the examples he used were absolutely pathetic. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Charles Barkley then officially opened the show with a monolog about how this is his third time hosting which meant he won a seventy-five thousand dollar bet against Scottie Pippen. He then went on to defend his endorsement of Weight Watchers and an Ann Taylor fashion line because he was proud of the fact that he’s at his lowest weight even though the coaches kept riding him over his size back when he was active with sports every day.

3. We then got a fake ad for Chantix where Kristen Wiig played the sample user/pitchwoman who desperately wanted to quit smoking, but the side effects of Chantix were far worse, making her afraid to consume this anti-smoking drug.

4. This was followed by a parody of Inside The NBA where Bill Hader played Ernie Johnson Jr. who struggled to get through the sports news segment due to his panel of practical joker sidekicks including Kenan Thompson as Charles Barkley, Jay Pharoah as Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley as Shaquille O’Neal.

5. White People Problems had Charles Barkley in a bit of an investigative reporter role as he got a segment to investigate the minor dilemmas of white people by fact-checking their claims their the black service workers who they typically deal with throughout a standard day.

6. We then got a fake ad for ESPN Bowl Madness where Andy Samberg played an over-the-top announcer who promoted the upcoming bowl games while introducing the zany and unexpected broadcast sponsorship.

7. Joanne's Announcement had Charles Barkley in the titular female role to break things off with her boyfriend, Paul Brittain before announcing that she was leaving because she was a lesbian who needed to spread her wings a fly.

8. Charles Barkley Post-Game Translator App was a fake ad for an app with our host as the namesake pitchman who attempted to sell this product that translated the coaches’ and players’ post-game mumbo-jumbo into layman’s terms.

9. Kelly Clarkson then took to the stage to perform Stronger.

10. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Kristen Wiig returned as Michele Bachmann to comment on her recent withdrawal from the Republican nomination for President. Fred Armisen also returned as his comedian character, who feels like he’s been gone for years, to attempt to make more on-the-spot jokes based on newspaper headlines only to hopelessly fail. Bobby Moynihan also returned as his Drunk Uncle character to try to slur out his New Year’s Resolution. (Clip 2) (Clip 3) (Clip 4)

11. We then got another visit from Paul Brittain’s Lord Wyndemere, and once again, Jason Sudeikis’s amusement over the little twerp was funnier than the costume-clad character, which seemed to be the primary source of humor in this sketch. To add to the fun, Charles Barkley was just as hilarious with his fascination with the little guy.

12. The 17th Annual Adult Video Awards took us to a parody of the porno awards so that Bobby Moynihan and Abby Elliot could play presenters Ron Jeremy and Crystal Butt in order to introduce the In Memoriam segment for this year.

13. This was followed by another SNL Digital Short called Convoluted Jerry: The Songs Album where Andy Samberg played a singer pitching an album filled with his convoluted songs.

14. Kelly Clarkson then returned to the stage to perform Mr. Know It All.

15. We then went back to the past for a sketch where Fred Armisen played the inventor of the Mayan Calendar and had to explain to Barkley and the tribe how the thing actually works, but they’re just as confused by the elaborate design as modern man. We also got to see how the Mayan end times legend came about simply because they ran out of space.

16. Finally, Charles Barkley closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with a sketch called Romney: Believe In America where Jason Sudeikis as Mitt brought his Presidential campaign to the people of South Carolina and awkwardly tried to relate to the commoners while dining at Jim Bob’s Kitchen. Of course, with this being the opening sketch it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Daniel Radcliffe then officially opened the show with a monolog about how he was over being pigeonholed as Harry Potter and how he really didn’t want to parody the series of films that are the entire reason for him becoming famous enough to host the show in the first place. As he was complaining, cast members kept approaching from behind dressed as Harry Potter characters only to look dejected and turn away when hearing just how much our host hated the references.

3. This was followed by a string of parodies of Ricky Gervais Promos where following a controversial hosting spot at the last year’s Golden Globe, Jason Sudeikis as Ricky Gervais promoted he’d be pushing the same envelope while hosting a slew of basic cable award shows.

4. The Target Lady then returned after quite a bit of time off. I love this series even though it’s always more of the same as it was for this evening only with Daniel Radcliffe as a scrawny stock boy who attempted be a tough guy in order to win over Wiig but stand up to Jason Sudeikis who played a harassing boss.

5. You Can Do Anything! was a talk show sketch where a panel of no-talent hacks who have posted their videos their videos online leading to their invite to perform their lame-ass schtick live on television.

6. We there then taken to a party where a game of Spin The Bottle broke out where Daniel Radcliffe with extreme trepidations about playing since every one of his spins kept landing on random homeless men.

7. Delaware Fellas was a parody of a lame/low-budget rip-off of Jersey Boys that followed a random doo-wop group from Delaware instead of Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons. As lame as the performance turned out to be, it was still endorsed by Joe Biden since he was Delaware-based.

8. Hogwarts Academy brought us into the Harry Potter world for a ten-year school reunion where we got a bunch of updates that went over my head. There was a Van Wilder angle that I did enjoy where our host as his Potter character was still attending as a hanger-on to his glorious/youthful ways.

9. Lana Del Rey then took to the stage to perform Video Games.

10. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, with Kaddafi dead, Vanessa Bayer’s and Fred Armisen’s childhood friends characters were repurposed to where they did the same exact routine only now they were both Korean and life-long BFFs with Kim Jong Un. Daniel Radcliffe also dropped by as Casey Anthony’s newly-adopted Yorkshire Terroir to comment on the misfortune of having to now live with a murderous mom. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

11. X27B Theater took us to the year 2112 where a theater group performed a play about how life used to be during the time of this episode’s airing. This led to a pretty entertaining look back at how we got to where we were in 2012, if only they knew just how wacky things would actually get a mere four years later.

12. We then got a fake political ad for Glenda Okones For Mayor where Kristen Wiig in the titular role wore a frowny face to run an attack ad on herself where she claimed that she was unfit for the position.

13. I’m guessing during the actual airing we would have gone to commercial before returning for round two of the Glenda Okones For Mayor fake ad where this time Kristen Wiig listed further flaws in her personality that would make her unelectable.

14. The Jay Pharoah Show gave Jay Pharoah a segment to test out his fictional talk show where he interviewed Daniel Radcliffe despite the fact that Pharoah was just like me and knew absolutely nothing about the Harry Potter franchise. It didn’t stop our fictional talk show host from performing his usual celebrity impersonations while attempting to force them into seeming relevant.

15. We then got the third installment of the Glenda Okones For Mayor where Kristen Wiig’s character continue to criticize herself and her decision to run for mayor.

16. Lana Del Rey then returned to the stage to perform Blue Jeans.

17. Exit Polling took us to New Hampshire where Kristen Wiig was a bit overeager conducting exit polls for the recent election and freaked out Daniel Radcliffe with her line of questioning.

18. We then got a fake ad for Headz Up which was a text-based app that clues people to their surroundings to keep them out of danger while they try to navigate life with the eyes glued to their phones.

19. Finally, Daniel Radcliffe closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with a sketch called Newt Gingrich: Moon President that took us to the year 2014 where Bobby Moynihan shared a message as Newt who was now the President of the moon since Barack Obama somehow managed to blow up Earth after winning his second term. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Channing Tatum then officially opened the show with a monolog about how he was a real-life stripper well before his involvement in the movie Magic Mike. He then started to recognize various former customers from the club sprinkled throughout the audience. Though our host had no shame, said audience members were quite embarrassed when they were identified, especially the guys.

3. It's Getting Freaky With Cee Lo Green! brought back Kenan Thompson as Cee Lo to team up with Channing Tatum as Matthew McConaughey and Bill Hader as Colonel Nasty in order to attempt to help, lesbian couple, Nasim Pedrad, and Vanessa Bayer put the freaky back into their relationship.

4. This was followed by a parody of Downton Abbey that showed how the acclaimed ITV/PBS show would look if it were to be picked up by Spike TV and reformatted to be a moronic reality series using actual footage from the show.

5. We then went behind the scenes for the making of a bottom of the screen Super Bowl Promo where they merely wanted the broadcasting team to pose and look professional for what’s supposed to be a quick insert shot, but the group kept messing things up.

6. Secret Word then returned for another installment of the Password-like game show where once again Kristen Wiig returned as her generic old-timey actress who along with Channing Tatum as an astronaut suffering from flashbacks, are both too out of it to be of any use to their non-celebrity contestant/counterpart.

7. Bon Iver then took to the stage to perform Holocene.

8. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Bobby Moynihan dropped in as Guy Fieri to share a few bizarre snack ideas for the upcoming Super Bowl. Kristen Wiig also stopped by as last week’s musical guest, Lana Del Rey to defend herself from the backlash because it was apparently perceived as a bad performance, which surprised me because I thought she was pretty good. (Clip 2)

9. We then went to a Bat Mitzvah where Nasim Pedrad celebrated her special day with an inappropriately raunchy dance with Channing Tatum as an adult family friend in a performance that was choreographed by Kristen Wiig as Nasim’s mom.

10. Ruby Tuesday took place in a strip mall bar the night before the Super Bowl when Channing Tatum played Tom Brady who succumbed to Bobby Moynihan as a boisterous woman named Janet Peckinpah as she kept telling the quarterback to throw one in her. At the end of the sketch, it was revealed that his giving into the request ended up costing him the big game.

11. Go-Techs Flex was a fake ad for a home gym with Channing Tatum and Kristen Wiig as the pitch-team who attempt to sell their Rube Goldbergerque workout machine.

12. Bon Iver returned to the stage to perform the songs Beth and Rest back to back.

13. Bongo's Clown Room brought us back to the strip club where Jason Sudeikis is the deejay so that this time he could announce the strippers for a bachelorette party. Last time he claimed it was his final night because he won six hundred bucks in scratcher tickets. Tonight he claimed it was his final night because he was preparing to go on the lam to avoid an IRS audit. All the while, Channing Tatum and other cast members with dancing on the stage.

14. Finally, Channing Tatum closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with another installment of Romney: Believe In America where this time Jason Sudeikis as Mitt discussed his recent dip in the primaries and how it was actually part of his plan to secure the Republican nomination to run against Barack because he didn’t want to peak too soon. Of course, with this being the opening sketch it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Zooey Deschanel then officially opened the show with a monolog about how she was happy to be hosting the Valentine’s episode before she brought out a ukulele to sing, You Forgot It Was Valentine’s Day.

3. This was followed by a fake Clint Eastwood Chrysler Ad where Bill Hader as Eastwood got sidetracked while promoting the new line of cars to clear up the media’s confusion as to the real intent of his message. This was in reference to a line he delivered about America reaching its halftime as part of an ad for the Super Bowl and wasn’t meant to be a political statement.

4. We then got a parody of Piers Morgan Tonight where Taran Killam as Piers who interviewed Nasim Pedrad as rapper, M.I.A. over her controversial middle-finger salute while performing at the Super Bowl. Kristen Wiig, Fred Armisen, and Jason Sudeikis chimed in as Madonna and LMFAO who were also a part of the real halftime show.

5. Clint Eastwood Chrysler Ad then returned for round two where this time Sudeikis as Eastwood chastised America for not being as hard-working as the people of China, then went on to promote Little Caesar’s Pizza.

6. Les Jeunes De Paris then returned for more, should be, last segment adorable dancing at the French café. This time the scene was shot in black and white in somewhat of a parody of the movie The Artist. Jean Dujardin also played along, who I guess is involved in the real movie?

7. We then went to the Daily Post for some Aaron Sorkin-style rapid-fire rambling between Jason Sudeikis as the newspaper’s editor and Kristen Wiig as a recently fired reporter who was angry about how things went down. The two old-timers were able to keep up with the crazy pace of the conversation while new girl Zooey Deschanel was entirely up to speed and spent the entire sketch completely lost.

8. They then concluded the rule of three for the Clint Eastwood Chrysler Ad where this time Sudeikis as Eastwood shared how he was annoyed that Mexico was taking over America, only to go on to also promote the new Trojan vibrating massager and the movie The Dark Knight Rises.

9. Karmin then took to the stage to perform Brokenhearted.

10. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Nasim Pedrad dropped in as Arianna Huffington commented on recent women’s events in the news. We also got another installment of Get In The Cage where this time Andy Samberg as Nicolas Cage was joined by the real Nicolas who he claimed was created as a clone so that he could be cast in ever movie throughout the world. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

11. Bein' Quirky With Zooey Deschanel took place in our host’s kitchen with Abby Elliot acting as the titular host of this fake talk show where she discussed her quirky ways with the real Zooey as Mary Kate Olsen, Taran Killam as Michael Cera, and Kristen Wiig as Bjork who shared a few quirks of their own.

12. This was followed by a fake ad for Verizon where Fred Armisen played an older man who just wanted to buy a simple phone but couldn’t comprehend the endless crazily-named packages being pushed onto him by Bill Hader as a young, energetic sales person.

13. Crab Blast 2012 had Zooey Deschanel and Kristen Wiig who had grandiose ideas about hosting an event where they promised the world’s tastiest crab, only somehow they managed to forget to provide the featured item of the night.

14. Karmin then returned to the stage to perform I Told You So.

15. We're Gonna Make Technology Hump returned for another round where this time Zooey Deschanel teamed up with Andy Samberg to push modern gadgets together as if they were having sex.

16. Victorian Ladies had Zooey Deschanel and Kristen Wiig as two Victorian-era spinsters who exchanged handwritten correspondences regarding their ill-fated romances with the creepy men who linger outside of their windows.

17. Finally, Zooey Deschanel closed the show by thanking the audience and saying her goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with a parody of New York Sports Now where Bill Hader played Dan Mardell who must be the host of the real show with Kenan Thompson, and Jay Pharoah played his sidekicks. For this parody, the sports reporting team admit to having Lin-sanity, for Jeremy Lin. Taran Killam played a third sidekick who ruined the fun by making racist jokes in an attempt to fit in with the comments being made by his black friends, who felt their racist comments were okay because they were in reference to an Asian. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it all led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Maya Rudolph then officially opened the show with a monolog about how much botty she used to get back when she was an active Not Ready For Prime Time Player. She was then joined by members of the cast and several male dancers as she sang a song called Do You Wanna Funk.

3. Bronx Beat With Betty And Jodi brought back the accent based Bronx morning talk show sketch from when Maya Rudolph was on the show. They also brought back her sidekick from the good-ole days, Amy Poehler for more parody morning banter. They also brought in special guest Justin Timberlake, who played their goofball of a boom-mic operator, and Andy Samberg as their camera guy to add to the fun and games.

4. Maya Angelou's: I Know Why The Caged Bird Laughs! had Maya Rudolph as Maya Angelou to pull childish pranks on her celebrity friends like Jay Pharoah, Kenan Thompson, and Bill Hader as Morgan Freeman, Dr. Cornel West, and Stephen King.

5. At Home With Beyonce And Jay-Z had Maya Rudolph and Jay Pharoah in the titular roles for more cameos and impersonations as they introduced their baby, Blue Ivy to the world.

6. Sleigh Bells then took to the stage to perform Comeback Kid.

7. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Amy Poehler stuck around from her earlier cameo to play a game of Really!?! with Seth in regards to the Congressional birth control mandate debate that didn’t include a single woman. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

8. What Up With That? then returned for more repetitive fun with Kenan Thompson as the host who cuts off his guests’ every word by breaking into his theme song. For the most part, this was more of the same, but there was a President’s Day theme to the fictional episode.

9. Super Showcase was a game show sketch where Vanessa Bayer played a contestant who failed to win the grand prize but the announcer and show models showcased each prize item with an enthusiasm that one would think would be held for a contestant who did actually win.

10. The Obama Show was pretty much a parody of The Cosby Show only with the Obama Family filling all of the roles. Just like the real The Cosby Show, the primary storyline was Fred Armisen as Barack trying to sneak in a hoagie behind May Rudolph as Michelle’s back.

11. Sleigh Bells then returned to the stage to perform End Of The Line.

12. How's He Doing? was a talk show parody hosted by Kenan Thompson where he and his all-black panel of guests shared how they were willing to re-elect the first black President, no matter how crazy the scenarios being thrown their way grew to be.

13. Finally, Maya Rudolph closed the show by thanking the audience and saying her goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with a parody of Fox Report where Bill Hader Played a creepy Shepard Smith who wards of “Mother” ala Psycho while trying to interview Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Wiig as Mitt Romney and his wife with other cast members also joining in a Romney’s children. Other than the Psycho element, the interview was another attempt for Mitt to connect to the commoners only to fail once again. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Lindsay Lohan then officially opened the show with a monolog about how she fine despite all of the recent reports of her latest troubles from the time. Cast member after cast member purported to trust our host, but they said this while double checking to make sure she wasn’t up to anything that might violate her probation. We also got to see the Jon Hamm was backstage on standby just in case she was to slip up.

3. We then got a parody of The Real Housewives Of Disney where had our host and female members of the cast dressed as Disney Princesses to do a Disney version of a “The Real Housewives of...” show.

4. This was followed by fake coverage of the 2012 Psychic Awards which was a quirky award show to highlight the best psychics of the year and then got to see said psychics act like weirdos as they accepted their awards.

5. Scared Straight then returned for another installment where this time Lindsay Lohan played herself as Kenan Thompson’s prison mate/sidekick to attempt to scare kids out of a life of crime, but as always, the kids catch on quickly that the two are just quoting movie lines.

6. Jack White then took to the stage to perform Love Interruption.

7. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Bill Hader returned as James Carville to comment on a string of the most recent controversial comments from Rush Limbaugh as well as a couple other Republican gaffes. Bobby Moynihan also returned as Snooki to comment on whether or not she’s pregnant and then went on to reveal that she was having Jon Hamm’s baby. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

8. Delinquent Girl Teen Gang took us back to the days from the movie Grease where Lindsay Lohan Fred Armisen and Abby Elliott played a clique of teenage girls carelessly danced in the streets after getting released from jail for dancing in the streets just earlier in the night. It started out fun like it would in an older film like this until Fred Armisen kept getting hit by passing vehicle.

9. We then got another SNL Digital Short/music video called Afro where Andy Samberg and Kristen Wiig sang about their grown together afros as a video invitation to their upcoming wedding.

10. B108 FM was a parody of a morning zoo formatted radio show with Taran Killam and Bobby Moynihan as the wacky two guys and Lindsay Lohan as Illiterate Lisa who was their token female broadcaster that gave them the excuse to get away with their sexist content.

11. We then for a repeat of the fake ad for Chantix from earlier in the season that made fun of the fact that this anti-smoking aid was more dangerous than actual cigarettes.

12. House Sitting had Kristen Wiig as a homeowner who hired Lindsay Lohan to housesit because she was leaving town on vacation. The only problem was that Wiig wouldn’t leave the house due to the endless calls from a crazy stalker. Overhearing these snippets of conversation led Lindsay to second guess her decision to keep the gig. Then, by the end of the sketch, we learned that it was actually Wiig butt-dialing herself.

13. This was followed by another repeat of a fake from just a couple of shows ago. This was the ad for Verizon where Bill Hader was a little too into technical jargon when trying to sell cell phone service to an old/confused Fred Armisen.

14. Jack White then returned to the stage to perform Sixteen Saltines.

15. 70's Album had Jason Sudeikis as a weird guy who poked around the fireplace while reminiscing about ‘70s music in an effort to sell a new album.

16. Rude Buddha! had Andy Samberg as the polar opposite of Buddha who made disparaging remarks about his disciples behind their backs right after dispensing his words of wisdom and encouragement upon them.

17. 70's Album II had Jason Sudeikis return to do the same exact thing only this time he burned his hand in the process.

18. Finally, Lindsay Lohan closed the show by thanking the audience and saying her goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with a parody of The Rush Limbaugh Show that ran right after the blowhard of a host referred to Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a whore and a prostitute. For the sketch, Taran Killam played Rush who was reluctant to read the lower-grade live ads that he had since all of the big sponsors left his show. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Jonah Hill then officially opened the show with a monolog about his recent Oscar nomination before he threw to clips from behind-the-scenes of how this acknowledgment has gone to his head. He also does eventually realize the error of his ways, which got him a salute from Tom Hanks for figuring it all out.

3. They then brought back Jonah Hill’s Six-Year-Old character from his last visit to embarrass his divorced dad, Bill Hader while tagging along for an online date with Vanessa Bayer by telling his Borscht Belt jokes over dinner at Benihana’s.

4. We then got another SNL Digital Short called Science Finders where Andy Samberg played Darius Rucker Jr. to test the stress levels on the human heart by shooting tennis balls at Jonah Hill’s crotch.

5. J-Pop America Fun Time Now! then returned for another installment of Vanessa Bayer and Taran Killam as misguide J-Pop fans who think that they know Japanese culture based on their favorite anime. This week they interviewed Jonah Hill as a wannabe ninja.

6. The Shins then took to the stage to perform Simple Song.

7. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Kristen Wiig dropped by as Paula Dean to defend herself after an ex-employee from one of her restaurants claimed her and her family were inappropriate and racist. Andy Samberg got a segment as Sarah Palin to comment on her portrayal in a docudrama that made her out to be an idiot with Andy being a last-second replacement for Tina Fey who “couldn’t do the impersonation” because she was sick. Stefon also returned for more Stefon fun and games. (Clip 2) (Clip 3)

8. Primate Research Center may be one of the funniest sketches that I remember from this time where Johan Hill played a professor who wanted to share with the world that he trained Fred Armisen, as a monkey, how to speak. Right out the gate, the first thing that comes out of the monkey’s mouth is how Johan’s been having sex with him throughout the training process. The more and more Jonah tries to deny this, the crazier the sex tale grew to be.

9. Liza Minnelli Tries To Turn Off A Lamp was as the title suggests, a sketch where Kristen Wiig played Liza who damn near kills herself while trying to turn off a lamp before leaving the house to start her vacation with Jonah Hill.

10. The Shins then returned to the stage to perform It's Only Life.

11. Anniversary Song had Jonah with the support of a few female members of the cast performed a Coolio song as a surprise to his girlfriend, Kristen Wiig in honor of their anniversary.

12. Finally, Jonah Hill closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started with fake C-SPAN coverage called Road To The White House where once again, Jason Sudeikis played Mitt Romney and continued to fail to connect with the voters in his efforts to sell himself as the potential next President. This week had Mitt actually out and about amongst a couple of different Republican gatherings, and it was clear that he wasn’t accepted by one. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Sofia Vergara then officially opened the show with a monolog about her life in Columbia before she was discovered by America, then introduced us to her son who was sitting in the audience, all the while making every word sound extra sexy with her Spanish accent.

3. We then got a fake ad for Just Friends Booty Shorts where Jason Sudeikis and Andy Samberg played two best friends who were very into gay antics and used these short shorts to literally tell the world their “just friends” and not gay lovers while they are goofing around.

4. Bein' Quirky With Zooey Deschanel then returned for another installment of Abby Elliot as Zooey who this time interviewed Kristen Wiig, Taran Killam, and Sofia Vergara as her quirky friends, Drew Barrymore, Michael Cera, and Fran Drescher from the kitchen of her quirky little apartment.

5. This was followed by a fake ad for Almost Pizza where Bill Hader played a dad who kept questioning his wife, Kristen Wiig, just what is going on with the mysterious pizza facsimile that she keeps trying to get him to eat.

6. We then got a News Promo where Sofia Vergara and Fred Armisen played two members of a news team trying to film this ad only Fred Armisen can’t seem to wrap his head around how to merely turn to the camera and smile.

7. Gilly then returned for another installment where this time, Gilly was up to her same violent crimes that are treated like pranks during a sex ed class.

8. One Direction then took to the stage to perform What Makes You Beautiful.

9. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Bobby Moynihan returned as Drunk Uncle wearing rabbit ears to bitch and complain while also explaining why he wasn’t looking forward to Easter. (Clip 2)

10. The Manuel Ortiz Show was another sketch to return for more nonstop dancing during a Spanish daytime talk show that’s hosted by Fred Armisen.

11. This was followed by a repeat of the Lil Poundcake commercial from earlier in the season which was the doll that had a secret needle that dispenses a shot of the HPV vaccination.

12. Watch What Happens: Live was a parody that had Taran Killam as Andy Cohen to make fun of the real talk show that I’ve never seen before and the jokes that got the audience laughing were foreign to me, so I didn’t really follow the fake talk show’s narrative.

13. One Direction then returned to the stage to perform One Thing.

14. Pantene Commercial introduced us to Kate McKinnon in her first big scene where she impersonated Penelope Cruz so that she and Sofia Vergara struggle to get through the simple script because their accents made them unintelligible.

15. 74th Annual Hunger Games took us to a parody of the Hunger Games where Sofia Vergara is a field reporter who is so loud when questioning contestants for interviews that she gives away their hiding positions.

16. Finally, Sofia Vergara closed the show by thanking the audience and saying her goodnights.

The Wicker Breakdown:

1. This week's show started at a Bar filled with the members of the cast impersonating various Republican candidates to celebrate the impending nomination of Jason Sudeikis as Mitt Romney by singing a song about how this years campaign was the time of their lives. Of course, with this being the opening sketch, it eventually led to the announcement of, “Live from New York...”

2. Josh Brolin then officially opened the show with a monolog about how he likes to host SNL because it gives him a break from his serious work and allows himself to just be stupid. He then told a few silly jokes to prove this point before taking part in a brief main stage performance of a scene Men In Black 3 with Jay Pharoah as Will Smith after sharing he was hired for the young Tommy Lee Jones role.

3. HBO First Look took us behind-the-scenes to take a look at the making of Game Of Thrones where it’s revealed that the series’ excessive/gratuitous nude scenes were added by Andy Samberg as the show’s thirteen-year-old creative consultant.

4. The Californians then made their show debut for this sketch that is pretty much a room full of west coast versions of Stefon talking about the literal roads travel to get to any destination over saying anything with any sustenance. (Dressed Rehearsal)

5. America's Next Top Empire State Of Mind Parody Artist was a competitive reality show hosted by Andy Samberg as Weird Al in his effort to find the very best parody of the Jay-Z song Empire State Of Mind. Jay Pharoah also portrayed Jay-Z to help out with the judgment of each song.

6. This was followed by another SNL Digital Short where we got to see Laser Cats 7 that referenced a few elements from ET and other Steven Spielberg films since he made a cameo as the director of the latest LC film.

7. Gotye then took to the stage to perform Somebody That I Used To Know.

8. Once again, Seth Meyers gave us the news. This week, Kristen Wiig and Fred Armisen returned as their characters who come up with songs on the spot, this time to improvise a couple of spring-themed songs. (Clip 2)

9. This was followed by another parody of Piers Morgan Tonight where once again Taran Killam played Piers to interview our host and several members of the cast as various celebrity guests.

10. Woodridge High took place in a high school where Fred Armisen played a principal who gave Vanessa Bayer a tour of her brand new school. This started out pretty typical but then they got to a haunted segment of the hallway that Armisen warned makes everything run at a really slow speed. We then got to see our host walk through the haunted hallway to provide an example of this quirky feature of the school.

11. We then got yet another SNL Digital Short where Andy Samberg and Taran Killam were hiding in musical guest Gotye’s dressing room by camouflaging themselves like the people from the band's classic video. Or at least classic enough that I’ve seen it before.

12. Gotye then returned to the stage to perform Eyes Wide Open.

13. This was followed by a sketch that took place at a Prom where Jay Pharoah kept interrupting the fun to give announcement and threats towards the students throughout the night whenever they would break a rule. The first rule broken was booze being added to the punch bowl which leading Josh Brolin, as a teacher to relapse and started admitting to past relationships with students.

14. Finally, Josh Brolin closed the show by thanking the audience and saying his goodnights.

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.