Chris Hemsworth hosted Saturday Night Live last night, and the biggest star was the chicken in the “Spaceship” sketch. In fact, the biggest risk that SNL has taken all year was writing a sketch built around having a live chicken on the stage. Too bad it wasn’t particularly funny.
But everyone’s rightfully impressed by the show’s fake Empire promo. For one thing, Lorne Michaels is probably really happy that he got pressured into hiring some black cast members. Also, the writers wisely went with making a fake Empire promo that could move fast, instead of an awkward long sketch. The big joke here is Chris Hemsworth as new employee Chip. That’s the same gag that Undercover Brother used with Neil Patrick Harris as token white guy Lance, but nobody expects SNL to throw out a joke that’s been done before.
This is still lots of fun. Keenan Thompson looks a lot like Terrence Howard, too. Take a look at the clear highlight of another fairly dull SNL…
But, yeah, here’s that sketch with the chicken. You should check out the chicken….
