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Ariana Grande performed "Break Free" on "Saturday Night Live" last night while inexplicably wearing cat ears. It's not October yet. This was not an early Halloween performance or even a cat-themed performance. Although, it is a thing she has done before and presumably will continue to do without explanation beyond implied homage to her Nickelodeon character. Either way, it seems that Ariana Grande wearing cat ears is just another thing we have to accept now, much like Ariana Grande wearing her hair in a high ponytail and the impermanent nature of human existence. Watch her performance below. ||||| Sorry, everyone. Heartthrob Chris Pratt is taken, and if you didn't already know it, he was sure to remind you of his married status during Saturday Night Live's monologue. 
  
 The 35-year-old Guardians of the Galaxy actor — the first host of SNL's 40th season — sang about his life, especially the sex he had with his wife, Anna Faris. 
  
 "Her name is Anna Faris; she's hosted twice," Pratt sang to his significant other, who was in the audience. "We had sex and a baby popped out. It's true. Do you remember that?" 
  
 Faris replied, seductively, "Oh, yeah!" 
  
 "It's a really sexy birth," Pratt continued, referring to their son, Jack, who was born in 2012. 
  
 The couple wed in 2009 after meeting two years prior while filming Take Me Home Tonight. 
  
 Pratt's SNL tune reminds us of that one time in 2006 when he sang about polar bears on an episode of The O.C., except he was naked on a bed for that ditty. 
  
 Pratt on Saturday also rapped a bit during a spoof of Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda": 
  
 BONUS: 12 'Guardians of the Galaxy' #TBT Photos for Intergalactic Nostalgia ||||| After a turbulent summer for Saturday Night Live — significant cast changes, a Weekend Update shake-up — it was safe to assume that the show's premiere would reflect these growing pains. As it turned out, Saturday's season-40 premiere was sharp and consistently funny, thanks in no small part to host Chris Pratt. 
  
 The episode's cold open began with the show's first of two sketches devoted to the recent NFL scandal. Pratt's inept Roger Goodell was a highlight and a promising start for the first-time host. 
  
 Following that was Pratt's monologue, featuring a surprise appearance by Pratt's real-life wife, Anna Faris. While strumming a guitar (is there anything he can't do?), Pratt summed up their relationship thusly: "We had sex, and a baby popped out." It's good to keep it simple. 
  
 Definitely a contender for the best sketch of the night was Kyle Mooney as Danny, whose toys come to life, Ted-style. As it turns out, He-Man and Lion-O are big fans of cake, inappropriate touching and destroying kitchens. Musical guest Ariana Grande even showed up as She-Ra. Overall, this sketch was quite impressive. 
  
 Read more 'SNL' Star Cecily Strong Reacts to Weekend Update Ouster: "No Point in Being Angry or Sad" 
  
 Next was the season's first recurring sketch, featuring the team of horrible veterinarians who love wordplay involving the word "murder." They were reasonably funny in this sketch, and we could see using "soup on a plate" in our everyday conversations. 
  
 By far, the strongest sketch of the night was the fake trailer for upcoming Marvel movies, poking fun at the out-of-left-field success of Guardians of the Galaxy. If you wouldn't plunk down $14 to see Fancy Ghosts in theaters, something might be wrong with you. 
  
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 Weekend Update newbie Michael Che bungled his first joke — not a great sign — but the combination of Che and Colin Jost together definitely shows potential. New cast member Pete Davidson got to share a lengthy bit about what he would do for money, which wasn't great but did have a solid line about running out of boat fuel. Leslie Jones returned to "give it up for the loneliness," while Kenan Thomspon sang "Ooh, Child" to Obama. The best joke of the segment was Jost needling U2. 
  
 Aidy Bryant continued to prove that she could be a breakout star, as she excelled in a sketch where she flirted with Pratt through Nicki Minaj's new hit "Anaconda." Yes, she might have been "hitting the ass stuff a little too hard," but it was hysterical. 
  
 A sketch making fun of afterschool specials was impressively weird though not laugh-out-loud funny, while a later sketch humorously involved the NFL offering a "special tribute to Pacman Jones." 
  
 Top three sketches: 
  
 1. Fake Marvel trailer 
  
 2. Flirting with rap songs 
  
 3. Toys coming to life 
  
 Email: Ryan.Gajewski@pgmedia.org 
  
 Twitter: @_RyanGajewski ||||| Are SNL‘s growing pains over as it enters its 40th season? It certainly didn’t seem that way from the show’s bizarre season opener. While Chris Pratt—and Chris Pratt’s abs, in a supporting role—conducted themselves amiably, the show seemed to lack the festive air we’d expect from a premiere tied to such an important season. Instead, it seemed on a mission to prove that a new era has come to Studio 8H—one with a markedly different tone. 
  
 There was only one notable cameo, and it came from Pratt’s wife, Anna Faris—not, as might have been expected, his Parks and Recreation costar Amy Poehler. In fact, there was little about the show that was familiar. It seemed intent on showing off the new generation, lingering on new cast member Pete Davidson and its brand-new Weekend Update lineup. Even Leslie Jones, an SNL writer who joined the show midway through last year and made a controversial appearance on Update in May, had a chance to show off her material. 
  
 This confidence resonates better than last season’s opener, when the new cast members were forced to endure the “New Cast Member or Arcade Fire” sketch. But in doing so, the show seemed to push aside some of its strongest, more veteran players, like Kate McKinnon and Vanessa Bayer. Let’s move on to specifics: 
  
 Best Sketch 
  
 I hate to reward the show for being safe, but this episode could have used more sketches that were automatic slam dunks. That’s why the best sketch prize has to go to the requisite Marvel sketch, which operated on the simple premise that Marvel can do anything—and audiences will pay to see it. Sometimes simple things work if you add in the phrase “a dude dressed as Grimace.” 
  
 Honorable Mention 
  
 Sort of against my better judgment, I’m a sucker for “He-Man and Lion-O,” in which Taran Killam—underused in much of this episode—and Pratt play Kyle Mooney’s action figures come to life. (Musical guest Ariana Grande, an enthusiast of Barbarella hair, also had an action-figure cameo.) The theme of the entire episode seemed to be unexpectedly horny people; the night also ended with Pratt and Vanessa Bayer as video game characters who aggressively make-out. But within that genre of sketch, “He-Man and Lion-O” came out the winner, mostly thanks to Killam’s stilted but slightly menacing delivery. 
  
 Worst Sketch 
  
 The night was filled with strange bits. (Case in point: “He-Man and Lion-O.”) I doubt anyone was clamoring for the return of the “Animal Hospital” nurses, and yet there they were. No sketch, however, was weirder than the Mooney and Beck Bennett offering “Bad Boys.” Look, Mooney and Bennett are an acquired taste; I can’t say I possess that taste, so take my evaluation of this sketch with a grain of salt. And this season, Mooney and Bennett (and SNL segment director Dave McCary) have been joined on SNL by Nick Rutherford, the last member of their old sketch group Good Neighbor—meaning that their takeover of the show may be complete. 
  
 The Good Neighbor guys attempted something similar to “Bad Boys” last season, though the sketch ended up getting cut. (Mike Ryan had a good breakdown of it at Screencrush.) Both that sketch and “Bad Boys” have an element of anti-comedy; they’re each framed as ’90s sitcoms, complete with overblown and out-of-place audience reactions. There is a case to be made that the sketch’s boldness makes it the weirdest of the night rather than the worst; surely, someone thought it was funny. But I didn’t; I’m afraid I’m not going to like the Good Neighbor era of SNL very much. 
  
 Most Missed 
  
 It was incredibly strange not to hear Don Pardo’s voice booming across the opening credits. I’m sure we’ll get used to Darrell Hammond’s take eventually. It wasn’t bad, just a bit quieter. 
  
 Biggest First Impression 
  
 SNL really gave Pete Davidson a chance to shine in his show debut, giving him a Weekend Update segment as “resident young person,” commenting on a teenager who photographed himself in a lewd manner with a statue of Jesus. What followed was a routine centered around what Davidson called the “‘How much money would you go down on a guy for?’ game.” He launched into an explanation of why he would perform sexual favors for cash, saying, “If you’re gay, it’s fine. Me and my friends are just trying to make money.” 
  
 The bit was daringly racy, but also felt backwards; the whole concept is that oral sex between two men is inherently gross. Clearly, it was an auspicious beginning for Davidson, and, if nothing else, it demonstrated that the comedian can capture an audience’s attention with ease. There have already been cries of “this kid is going to be a star” on the Internet, and I don’t necessarily doubt that—but this material just did not sit well. 
  
 Interestingly enough, Davidson was playing off of the show’s other newbie, Michael Che. Che visibly stumbled a bit in his first Update appearance, but was for the most part appropriately solid. Weekend Update was obviously going to be disorienting with a whole new set and two untested properties at the desk. (Jost’s time at Update last year barely counts.) For now, the desk simply seems crowded, and will until Jost and Che can develop a rapport. The best sign of things to come for this segment of the show was the final bit, in which both Jost and Che riffed on “Cheer Up, Obama” to the tune of Kenan Thompson crooning “Ooh Child.” More Kenan, please. 
  
 Most Welcome Return 
  
 Almost as if to prove that she really wasn’t pissed off at being booted from the Update desk, Cecily Strong made a triumphant return as The Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With At A Party. Where was she? Her Birthright trip. She also recognized Colin. “He looks like my ex,” she said. “He died at Burning Man.” 
  
 Best Musical Moment 
  
 Half goes to Ariana Grande for doing something unexpected. Grande opened her performance of “Break Free” by performing just piano accompaniment, showing off her Mariah-like vocals. It would have been great to see Grande carry that through the entire song. Unfortunately, she didn’t. Cue Grande’s highly awkward dance moves. 
  
 Grande’s tied with Pratt’s endearing monologue. Like a number of other elements this episode, the monologue felt unpracticed. It certainly didn’t live up to some of the guitar work Pratt has done on Parks and Recreation. Still, the guy excels at that goofy-sweet thing, and it was nice to see him play with it here. 
  
 Easiest Target 
  
 An entire summer’s worth of news, and still the show devoted not one, but two sketches to the NFL. Not that the NFL isn’t worth all the ridicule it can get—but it was really the only current event the show tackled (no pun intended) outside of Weekend Update. The cold open, a particularly stagnant sketch, found Aidy Bryant playing Candy Crowley opposite Jay Pharoah’s Shannon Sharpe and Thompson’s Ray Lewis. Having Pratt play Roger Goodell was an interesting choice; if Goodell stays in the news, the show will have a problem. (Or, you know, they’ll just give it to Taran Killam.) 
  
 A much better take on the NFL’s current problems was the “NFL Intros” sketch, in which the male members of the cast played football players introducing themselves in their lineups by their crimes. Davidson’s delivery of the word “treason” made me excited to see him do more sketch work. 
  
 Cast MVP 
  
 In this episode, Bryant proved herself one of the show’s most reliable players. Though her Candy Crowley wasn’t particularly notable, she had a standout moment with “Booty”—part “Anaconda” parody, part chance to get Pratt rapping again. The sketch was really sold by Bryant’s seamless shift between her character’s shy and hyper-sexual sides. It certainly wasn’t completely new territory for Bryant—think of her work in the “Slumber Party” sketch last season—but SNL can use consistency right now, and Bryant can bring it. 
  
 Extras: 
  
 - Props for Chris Pratt’s nod to SNL history, with mention of the fact that he “literally lived in a van down by the river.” 
  
 – “I’m afraid she was birdered.” In the totally unnecessary return of Animal Hospital, Kate McKinnon’s delivery of this line was perfection. 
  
 – Both Jost and Che proved that SNL is going to take advantage of having Hillary Clinton likely running for President again. Clinton said, “Hello, Iowa, I’m back.” As Che quipped: “If I remember 2008 correctly, that’s not as effective as saying, ‘Hello, Iowa, I’m black.'” 
  
 – “Uh, swipe left.” Couldn’t have said it better, Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With. 
  
 – The show gave quiet nods to both Derek Jeter and Don Pardo in the inter-sketch cards. |||||

Last night kicked off the 40th season of Saturday Night Live, and it featured a variety of wild cards: first-time guest host Chris Pratt, the absence of the iconic Don Pardo, new cast members, and a shakeup at the Weekend Update desk. "It seemed on a mission to prove that a new era has come to Studio 8H—one with a markedly different tone," writes Esther Zuckerman at Entertainment Weekly. "There was little about the show that was familiar. It seemed intent on showing off the new generation." But for all assumptions "that the show's premiere would reflect these growing pains," writes Ryan Gajewski at the Hollywood Reporter, the show "was sharp and consistently funny, thanks in no small part to host Chris Pratt." Pratt sang in his opening monologue to his wife, who appeared in the audience, adds Brian Anthony Hernandez at Mashable, noting that "Her name is Anna Faris; she's hosted twice. We had sex and a baby popped out. It's true. Do you remember that?" Zuckerman notes that "it was incredibly strange not to hear Don Pardo's voice booming across the opening credits," but that "I’m sure we’ll get used to Darrell Hammond’s take eventually." Perhaps less consequentially, over at Huffington Post, Lauren Duca notes that musical guest Ariana Grande was again wearing cat ears, which means that "Ariana Grande wearing cat ears is just another thing we have to accept now, much like Ariana Grande wearing her hair in a high ponytail and the impermanent nature of human existence." Check the video gallery for highlights.