Amy Schumer
NBCAmy Schumer is no stranger to sketch comedy, with her series Inside Amy Schumer running for four seasons on Comedy Central starting in 2013 and getting a surprise return on Paramount+ this year. She also hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time in 2015, again in 2018, and a third time on Nov. 5, 2022.
Once again on SNL she used her monologue to deliver a short stand-up set, and since this episode was the last one before the midterm elections, she wasted no time reminding the audience what was at stake, but she made sure to put a personal spin on it.
"People love giving pregnant women advice, don't they?" she said, talking about her friend who advised prenatal yoga and her doctor who said you can't have sex for six weeks after delivery of her son.
She also talked about her husband, who is on the autism spectrum. "It used to be called Asperger's, but — this is true — then they found out that Dr. Asperger had Nazi ties, Kanye," she said.
"He never really lands a compliment with me," she said of her husband. "He tells me I look comfortable a lot. We have different love languages."
"A couple of weeks ago, we were sitting outside," she continued. "It looked like it was going to rain, I was feeling sentimental. I was like, 'Even though these past couple of years with the pandemic and everything have been so stressful, this time, being with you and our son, have been the best years of my life. And he just looked at me and said, 'I'm going to go put the windows up in the car.' ... We play the game, 'Autism or just a man?'"
Joining Schumer as a special guest for the evening was Steve Lacy, who performed "Bad Habit" and "Helmet" off his recent Gemini Rights album.
See below for the five most memorable sketches from Schumer's 2022 SNL episode.
James Austin Johnson pulled his Joe Biden impression back out for a cold open sketch that saw the president addressing the nation just ahead of the midterm elections, noting that the Democratic party doesn't have enough "stars" (read: headline grabbers). So, he decided to make some candidate changes before ballots were cast, including bringing back Chloe Fineman as Marianne Williamson and Cecily Strong as Stormy Daniels, trying to battle Dr. Mehmet Oz with Guy Fieri (Molly Kearney), pitching rappers Tekashi69 (Marcello Hernandez) and Azealia Banks (Ego Nwodim) as senators, and putting Tracy Morgan (Kenan Thompson) in charge of student loan forgiveness.
Sure, the virus makes you run down, feverish, and often unable to get out of bed, but SNL theorized that that would still be better than dealing with your family and your job, especially the way the world is going these days. So, those looking for a break from everything from jury duty to adult baptisms were told to get COVID in order to finally "take a vacation from all of life's problems" and "sit on the good part of the couch and watch all the Netflix I want to watch." The virus itself was described as "still kind of bad, but doesn't it seem different now?" Especially for those who are triple vaccinated. Obviously, the commercial was a parody and no real doctors are suggesting this, but it sure says a lot about the state of things these days that the five to 10 days someone is knocked out because of illness is the only way they can take a break.
"I got sick, but I also got paid for 10 days to never leave a blanket. Plus, I got a great story to tell people at work," Sarah Sherman's character said.
Then again, maybe the better answer is to just get COVID Always Positive At-Home Tests, which were advertised as coming with two pink lines already drawn on so people could fake it and take a break without the long-term problems.