SkimIt
Jamie Foxx was such a natural, Saturday Night Live brought him back for seconds. Why not? He did cut his teeth doing sketch comedy on In Living Color.
Saturday Night Live airs Saturdays at 11:30 EST on NBC.
Protect Me, Mr. President
We've always suspected Congress is something like the school lunchroom, one brutal enough for Jay Pharoah's finely tuned Obama to feel compelled to come to the aid of a bullied John Boehner (Bill Hader). If only I'd gone to school with Barack. Still, it was kind of a scant concept for a cold open.
Black Enough For You?
Race is always the elephant in the room with SNL, but the super-smooth Foxx landed his "How Black Is That?" monologue without a bump. He eventually sidled over to the piano and Two Chains did a walk-on. Jamie looked pretty surprised by that one.
You're On My Turf Now, B---h
Foxx's black game show host makes mincemeat of three super white guests, setting them up with unanswerable questions like "what is up with carbon?" Bobby Moynihan tries to push back, but gets a slap down.
