On This Week’s SNL: Holy Callback, Batman

A bit of spoiler, but I don’t think I’m giving too much away. Besides, these days, I think I’m in the minority of people who watch Saturday Night Live fairly regularly and care about it.

I was very pleasantly surprised by this week’s episode, which can be summed up by this line.

“Wait a second… You’re the frigging Closet Organizer guy, aren’t you?”

I don’t remember a time when a multi-sketch callback was used on Saturday Night Live. Monty Python’s Flying Circus had a couple here and there, and HBO’s Mr. Show had only sketch transitions with callback.

But in Saturday Night Live? Someone comment if they have seen it before. I’d like to find that episode and watch it.

Callbacks in sketch shows make me enjoy the show all the more. I’d like to think that more effort was made to ensure that all associated sketches would melt harmoniously into one giant ball of funny. In this instance, Will Forte’s and Jon Hamm’s characters reliving the past infomercial sketch, followed by the suggestion to go home and help clean out a closet… hilarious.

Just wanted to share. Here it is on Hulu.