The only thing “Saturday Night Live” loves more than an overlong current events cold open is running a successful joke into the ground. With Sabrina Carpenter hosting, the cast couldn’t pass up the chance to revive Marcello Hernandez‘s Domingo at the top of the show, preempting the standard spot for Donald Trump‘s shenanigans.

Trump’s moment of the night ended up feeling tacked on, as James Austin Johnson appeared suddenly in an already solid sketch about Gen Alpha slang and inane podcasts for teenage boys. The skit followed the “Snack Homiez,” a cadre of 12-year-olds who talk over each other, trying to determine which foods are “fire” and which foods are “chopped.” The slang terms get muddled as the topic turns to vegetables, a fun bit of comical confusion that the writers seemed afraid

See Full Page