Saturday Night Live UK. What is it?!
Painful, that’s what.
Yeah, seriously. Beyond seriously unfunny.
The show launched on Sky Saturday night with a dire Cold Open featuring prime minister Keir Starmer quivering over taking a call from Donald Trump where not one single memorable line was uttered.
Tina Fey popped up as guest host. Why? Up popped Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan to ask just that question. And then there was Graham Norton of The Graham Norton Show fame, to add his penny’s worth.
Listen, I love a larf. I live for laughter. I do, really. But not one single titter, giggle or full blown gale of laughter erupted from my mouth tonight. Sighs, yawns — yes. But: No. Laughter. I’m honestly not a bah-humbug kind of bloke, but SNL UK broke me. It was missing comedy’s vital component: Wit. The wit factor had gone walkabout and was nowhere to be found.
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