<em>SNL</em> Needs to Log Off
Pop-culture gossip is like catnip for Saturday Night Live. Celebrity misbehavior has fueled many, many of the show’s sketches over the years—some of them quick-witted and clever, some of them bizarre duds. But not all celebrity news is created equal: There’s Will Smith’s Oscars slap, and then there’s the befuddling recent fallout of the YouTube stars the Try Guys.
If you haven’t heard about why the Try Guys have been trending (or if you didn’t want to),charged ahead anyway. Last night, the show offered a limp sketch that satirized the group’s “” video to the point of utter absurdity. In the original video, the remaining three members somberly discussed firing their married co-host Ned Fulmer after discovering that he’d been cheating on his wife with one of the group’s employees. In pursuing a very online premise, niched itself into a corner, offering nothing artful to say about a topic that few outside of virtual circles want to discuss.
