Saturday Night Live - 11/21/09

Calling last night's episode the best of the season is faint praise, but host Joseph Gordon-Levitt provided plenty of energy and the writing in the opening segment was the best in a long while. More amazingly (an unavailable online) is JGL's opening monologue where he recreated Donald O'Connor's "Make 'Em Laugh" performance from Singin' In the Rain. And nailed 2 backflips on live TV. Well done, sir. Other well-written episodes included "The Mellow Show" and "What Up With That". The Thanksgiving skit was OK but the Secret Word gameshow sketch is further proof that Kristen Wiig's 15 minutes might be running out. The show ended with a pretty good Say Anything parody. B+To round it out, there was a forgettable Woman to Woman talk show skit and a humorous, but underwhelming Andy Samberg song. Al Gore showed up twice and used his persona to pretty good effect.