No one wastes the time of famous people better than Kenan Thompson.
The occasion of Jason Sudeikis hosting Saturday Night Live created an opportunity to bring back the classic sketch, “What’s Up With That?” The Kenan Thompson-hosted… game show? Celebrity interview show? Honestly, it’s not clear what the purpose is, because the whole schtick here is an overly long and frequently recurring theme song — which admittedly slaps — that steps on everyone’s time.
There are three constants in this sketch after Thompson: Jason Sudeikis as a tracksuit-wearing dancer, Fred Armisen as the sax-wailing Giuseppe, and Bill Hader playing Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham. Sudeikis hosted, so he was there. Armisen seems to always be available for stuff like this, so he was there too. But instead of Hader, we got Succession‘s Nicholas Braun — who Thompson’s host kept confusing for Buckingham in a “Cousin Greg” costume.
Oscar Isaac and Emily Ratajkowski, the stars themselves, round out the celebrity panel of guests, but don’t expect a whole lot from them. That’s the point.
