Today we’re going to be talking about Selena Gomez hosting SNL.
And SNL’s obsession with Disney Channel.
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So let's get into it. Selena Gomez just hosted SNL.
It was her first time right off the bat.
Her monologue was very charming.
She looked amazing.
She'd been promoting it and saying
that she was nervous on Tick Tock, which I had seen on my fip.
Gee, I wonder why.
Is it because she's a Disney Channel person, too?
It is funny, though, because, you know,
Selena Gomez has been off social media for quite some time,
and I've recently been seeing her more and more on it.
So sometimes I worry that, like, you know, that's got to be very hard for her
because she's been so vocal about how negative it's been for her in her life.
But, you know, it's one of those things that you have to do
as a necessary evil, as they call it.
When she's got her makeup company, digital by her makeup, somebody is called Rare.
Oh, I think I have heard about that.
But she she has a really good line.
I haven't I haven't tried any.
How does someone who's not a makeup creator
sorry, I know this is a bit of a diversion from what we're talking.
That's OK.
It's all things Selena Gomez.
But I'm curious,
how does somebody who's not like who hasn't come up in that business,
how do they then they just endorsing a product
and then making money by putting their face on it?
Or are they like involved in the creation of it?
Because these are like pigments, right. And stuff. Like that.
Yeah.
I think
you have to get to a place in your life where beauty is so important to you.
And you've worked with so many A-list makeup artists
that you have an opinion about beauty products.
So then you can actually go to somebody who's a scientist
or a formula person and you can say, This is what I want.
What do you have that's in my budget?
Because the higher end stuff
that's more cutting edge is being reserved for people
that are like going to dump money into making certain kinds of formulas.
So this is like very scientific.
It's actually not, but it's also very entrepreneurial for her to be doing that.
And what's cool about her monologue off the bat is that she doesn't mention
Disney once.
Not once did she mention Wizards of Waverly Place.
This is her first time hosting. Too. Yeah. Yeah.
She mentions Barney and then the O.G..
Yeah. She's like, That's what I did first.
And now I'm on a show now.
It's like she almost jumped over that notoriety.
I feel like it was intentional, and I think it gave me pause
because what it does to me, a person like me who's worked with Disney
and has observed Selena grow over the years is say to myself, OK, well,
you don't have to always talk about Disney.
No, you don't. You really don't like.
It was good for her.
Obviously, it's something a lot of people grew up watching her, but
now she's on a show where she has to.
Amazing. She's on Steve.
Martin and the Martin Short. Right.
And it's like. Murders in the building.
And it's like that's her focus.
And her focus is also her rare beauty products.
And it's like her,
you know, she mentions that she's single, which I thought was really funny.
Yeah, that was that was funny how she did that monologue.
And like, everybody was trying to
she's like, I'm single and I'm trying to find a soulmate.
And she's like, it's search for Pete and Machine Gun Kelly.
And that was a funny day because I think like, like all of these monologues
are written by professional writers, if not just the people on staff, right?
Like the actual comedians. And then they're rehearsed.
You can't. Just as the head writer.
Yeah. Like oversees every sketch.
I wonder if people know is in the works.
I think she sent Colin just by the way.
She did, which is funny.
I don't think she meant to do that.
Oh, either way, it's funny. It's hilarious.
And she addressed it on the.
You know, Colin just background.
No, he was the editor for the Harvard Lampoon.
Oh, well, yes. OK.
We wanted to also talk about how when we've watched SNL,
they've not only had like a lot of notable
Disney alumni on to host, right?
Like we watched Chaya a long time ago.
Oh, my God. That sketch, this was.
So fucking it was a different time during SNL.
So it might, it might be offensive, but.
Oh, that's hilarious.
So one thing I will say is, like, when I watched Shia on SNL,
it made me wish that he would just go back to comedy, like the even Stevens
brand of comedy, like the broad funny we, like, make people laugh and smile.
Kind of don't think about it, doesn't do it.
Then Miley Cyrus, you know, she she did it, and she's really funny.
Like, I think, like when Miley Cyrus did SNL,
I think everyone assumed, like, oh, you know.
It's going to be blah, blah, blah, blah.
But then she did this really awesome thing.
And I actually think she's done it more than once because she's performs a lot. But
she did a sketch where they did a Hannah Montana
sketch and Miley Cyrus came on and like, did her Hannah to the back.
And I was very, very, very funny.
I mean, look, who better to host
a sketch comedy show
then grown ups who have had their childhoods taken away from them?
No, honestly, I mean, you have plenty of dark fodder to pull
from like people who've had darkness in their lives are typically funny.
Yeah.
Well, comedy, the the the recipe
for becoming a good comedian is having a past.
Like like, for the most part.
Yeah.
Or present, I guess.
Or more.
Yes. Being present. Having a present.
And it's just. It's just true.
I mean, because
what comedians will do really well is find good comedians
is that they will find ways to laugh in any situation.
Yes. Like,
you can literally watch your best friend die and find the comedy in that.
Well, and that's what it it's funny because even in the absence of Disney
Channel hosts,
they'll find ways of taking pot shots at like Disney Channel all the time.
They do. They're going to.
Disney in the Disney Channel.
Acting camp or something. Oh, that was funny.
They do lots of funny rip offs of different IP.
And it's always so amusing to me to see it because it's like, oh,
there's there's their take on like what I did with my life.
But it's and it's not all, you know, it's not all not true what
it is.
It is sort of meant to be broad.
So it's really funny to see their interpretation of that stuff on SNL.
I mean, look what Disney Channel puts out.
You actually have Sue for stardom come from
like adults would consider to be very mediocre shows, right?
But that kids love because they're they're not made really for adults.
They're made for kids.
Yeah. Well, some of them some of.
Them like yours were able to transcend that.
That's what was so great about your two shows,
which obviously were the two best series ever put on Disney Channel.
Everybody knows that.
That's just fact. It's actually just a fact.
Me as an objective writer, like looking at this stuff.
It's just a fact. Thanks.
But the the the superstardom
that comes out of that place is bananas like all from this one,
you know, it's just it's just wild to me.
It is wild. But I think
SNL even though they make fun of Disney Channel, like,
they know that there are undeniable talents that come out of that place.
Yeah, right.
Well, and you know what else I think about it, which I can appreciate about SNL,
is that they're giving someone like Selena Gomez, who up until recently
hasn't really been on social media or like like that much.
She's a reason.
She just was like, I can't do this.
I think it's, oh, social media.
Yeah. Yeah.
Well, I think she's been harassed by and large.
Her whole life with the whole Justin Bieber thing.
And I think she's just. Yeah.
And like that break up, they came up together, broke up.
So it was like one of those things where once you find your being.
A teenager and your entire relationship.
With their twenties and everything like that.
I mean, even from the time they were kids and doing all that, it's like, you.
Know, for a couple of.
Dummies, like, kids are going to get it wrong.
That's what they do.
All kids are.
Dummies, especially when they're clubbing early age, and.
We can't idolize these people like that.
You got to give them time to grow up until your thirties title them.
Well, I think that SNL is giving her a platform to finally be her grown self.
Yeah, that's cool.
And they've done that for a bunch of people.
She was genuinely funny in some of these.
Yeah, like I didn't really know much about her. Yeah.
You know, you. Wouldn't because you didn't watch her.
Like, I didn't watch any.
I've never seen a like, you know,
other than when you and I were like, Let's look at this for research purposes.
Like, I've never seen a Disney Channel show in my life.
Well, it seems she's really doing well on this new show and.
Yes. Yeah, we should watch that show. My brother loves that show.
We should watch it.
And that's what it is.
It's like she's a walking advertisement to invite people to reeducate themselves
on the brand that she is now.
Yeah. It takes a lot of support to do that.
And I'm happy to say that I'm I'm happy that she's able to do that.
I have no idea about who personally who she is.
But I can say that, you know, it's
not easy to make it in the industry, especially as a female over a certain age.
You know, she's getting up there.
I'm up there already.
She's like 25 years old.
That she is she is getting up there.
That's so.
That's so ridiculous.
Go watch Hacks with Jean Smart.
She's crushing. It. Yes. And she's our old.
I watched that woman until the day she dies.
She's incredible. And she's beautiful. That's true.
Yeah, she is beautiful. I'll tell you this.
She was funny.
Her comedic timing, Selena Gomez is comedic timing was sharp.
Yeah.
And some of these and I was absolutely it made I came in skeptical.
Yeah. Always.
And you're and you're always skeptical, as everybody is of the Disney kids
that go on SNL. But but.
She's. She's got. It nine times out of ten.
That's why I think SNL does appreciate the Disney kids
because they come on and they know how to hit their marks.
And Selena, I know you're not watching but you did a good job, kid.
And you did a good job, kid.
Even though you're 25 and you've aged out of the business, where to go,
call and tell us what you thought about our performance.