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highplainsdem

(63,164 posts) Sat May 16, 2026, 07:12 PM May 16

Will Ferrell is hosting the season finale of SNL tonight, with Paul McCartney as musical guest

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Will Ferrell is hosting the season finale of SNL tonight, with Paul McCartney as musical guest (Original Post) highplainsdem May 16 OP

If anyone posts SocialDemocrat61 May 16 #1

I know who they are and that's why I won't be watching. Deuxcents May 16 #2

Just curious why??? a kennedy May 16 #4

Will Ferrell is not funny..he's silly, at best. McCarthy is too bubble gum. Deuxcents May 16 #5

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I don't often know who BOTH the host and musical guest are. yellow dahlia May 16 #3

Sad that Paul's singing voice is pretty much gone Martin Eden May 17 #6

I tried to give it a chance senseandsensibility May 17 #9

They played Band on the Run Martin Eden May 17 #10

It was sad on many accounts PCIntern May 17 #8

Not a Rebl2 May 17 #11

SocialDemocrat61

(8,062 posts)

1. If anyone posts

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 07:22 PM

May 16

that they don’t know who either of them are, they should sent to a home immediately.

Deuxcents

(27,760 posts)

2. I know who they are and that's why I won't be watching.

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Reply #1)

Sat May 16, 2026, 07:31 PM

May 16

a kennedy

(36,379 posts)

4. Just curious why???

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #2)

Sat May 16, 2026, 09:05 PM

May 16

Deuxcents

(27,760 posts)

5. Will Ferrell is not funny..he's silly, at best. McCarthy is too bubble gum.

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #4)

Sat May 16, 2026, 11:20 PM

May 16

I’m reading The 1619 Project and it’s intense but I can’t put it down for too long so I’ll be reading..

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yellow dahlia

(6,526 posts)

3. I don't often know who BOTH the host and musical guest are.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 09:00 PM

May 16

Predictions for cold opening?

The grifter getting steamrolled by Xi? (Could be funny,...albeit geopolitically unnerving.)

The grifter stealing billions from the IRS/Treasury? (Not funny.)

Martin Eden

(15,906 posts)

6. Sad that Paul's singing voice is pretty much gone

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2026, 08:29 AM

May 17

He looks better than he sounds.

senseandsensibility

(25,570 posts)

9. I tried to give it a chance

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #6)

Sun May 17, 2026, 02:54 PM

May 17

but it was painful It seems like I saw him recently sounding good. Oh well, I tried to make it through the first song but couldn't and don't know if he did another.

Martin Eden

(15,906 posts)

10. They played Band on the Run

Reply to senseandsensibility (Reply #9)

Sun May 17, 2026, 05:00 PM

May 17

Other singers joined Paul, which masked his deficiency.

PCIntern

(28,616 posts)

8. It was sad on many accounts

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2026, 12:11 PM

May 17

not the least of which was that Paul can no longer sing. It depressed the hell out of me

And…the skits had some potential but were generally very unfunny.

Rebl2

(17,944 posts)

11. Not a

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2026, 05:17 PM

May 17

fan of Ferrell. Just watched McCartney, but couldn’t take much of that and didn’t watch the rest.

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