Tracy Morgan totally brought the funny back.
I read an interview with Tina Fey recently where she basically said that she and Tracy Morgan couldn't be more different–like, she is from Earth, and he is from a whole 'nother galaxy. For this reason I sometimes try to resist laughing at him, because I think I might actually be laughing AT him, know what I mean? But then, he says something so funny, and proves himself to be a true absurdist genius without even knowing it again, and I give over and laugh.
Here are a few examples of his (I thought) totally brilliant job hosting Saturday Night Live last weekend.
The setup to the monolog, which needed so little hand-holding from the cast and was so funny all the way through:
Then, a return of "Brian Fellows, Safari Planet," more absurd than ever.
Finally, the other sketch I thought was the funniest, a "Dateline NBC" parody with Bill Heder as Keith Morrison enjoying the bad news a little too much:
I liked this episode so much, it's the first one in a long time I saved in the DVR so I could watch it again.