Miley Cyrus Gets It

Last night's episode of Saturday Night Live was surprising. It was you know, actually funny.

The cold open presented Trump in an "It's A Wonderful Life" scenario. Matt Damon's monologue was a great reflection from his early years trying to stay up late to watch SNL, a familiar memory. The first sketch was a well-crafted love letter to Monty Python's "Upper Class Twit of the Year," then a spot-on Christmas sketch. I'll never understand how they can miss on all cylinders so often and then for an entire show get it completely right. But, suffice it to say, if you catch one episode this year, make it the one that aired on Dec. 15.

And I hate it when I like Miley Cyrus, but she was fabulous. Rare is the musical guest who eschews the backing tape, but Cyrus' performances are clearly all hers. And especially touching was her version of "So This Is Christmas," where near the end she brings the background vocals—which Lennon meant as the nut of the song—into the foreground. War is over, if you want it, war is over now. This, and realizing that Sean Ono Lennon is her accompanist, lends this performance some real gravitas.

And of course, guess what President Sippy-Cup is blathering on about on the Tweeter: Trump freaks out over SNL’s ‘unfair news coverage’ and threatens legal action (Raw Story)