Review: Saturday Night Live – Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Dave Matthews Band

(S35E07) I imagine it played out like this: Joseph Gordon-Levitt was at home last week, trying to mentally prepare for his first go as Saturday Night Live host by watching January Jones. Her performance turned out to be wooden and incredibly low energy and, consequently, the laughs were minimal. This struck fear into Mr. Gordon-Levitt’s heart, and, terrified, he dropped the pint of Phish Food that he was eating in my imagination. “I won’t let this happen to me,” I bet he said. “I’m going to eat two fistfuls of Pixi Stix at 11:25 p.m. Saturday night and have someone inject me with a near lethal dose of adrenaline. I’ll also wear a lot of vests.”
And that’s how Joseph Gordon-Levitt managed to exhaust a seated audience through sheer enthusiasm and volume alone. Maybe.
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