Season 48, Episode 7: Keke Palmer/SZA
Airdate: December 3, 2022
- "Cold Open": Mitch McConnell and Herschel Walker prepare for the Georgia runoffs.
- "Forceington's Ridge": An old episode of a fictional soap opera.
- "Big Boys": A group of women sing about how beneficial it is to have a "big" boyfriend now that winter has come in.
- "Drake PSA": A group of women unite against the rapper Drake for his exploitation.
- "Hello Kitty": New Sanrio employees learn some uncomfortable truths about Hello Kitty.
- "Kenan and Kelly": Keke ropes Kenan into a reboot of Kenan & Kel.
- "Arby's: Customers raise questions about Arby's advertising.
- "Ultrasound": A pregnant woman goes in for her final ultrasound and sees what her twins are up to.
- "Choir Practice": A new student immediately proves talented at choir practice.
- "Hawaii Flight": Two flight attendants hit their millionth miles on a flight to Hawaii.
Weekend Update guests are Michael Longfellow as himself and Sarah Sherman as the Peppa Pig fanclub president. SZA performs "Shirt" and "Blind".
Tropes:
- '80s Hair: Alexia's poofy 1984 hair in "Forceington's Ridge" is lampshaded as a "brave hairdo".
- Bad Vibrations: Parodied at the beginning of "Big Boys". The slender men are carrying some hot cocoa, but it starts to ripple as the plus-sized men approach and carry them away.
- Beautiful Singing Voice: The joke in "Choir Practice" is that the mediocre queen bees at a choir are totally outclassed by the golden-voiced new girl, and immediately try to overcompensate.
- Bestiality Is Depraved: The Sanrio employees played by Palmer and Yang are aghast that Hello Kitty is a human girl, her boyfriend Dear Daniel is a cat, and they're "clapping cheeks bareback". Their bosses rebuke them for the sex talk, but don't deny the Interspecies Romance.
- Chubby Chaser: The premise of "Big Boys" is that plus-sized men are more attractive in winter because of their warmth, strength, and stashes of food.
- If It's You, It's Okay: In "Big Boys", even openly lesbian Punkie Johnson isn't immune to the charms of plus-sized men in winter.
- Reboot Snark: The reboot of Kenan & Kel pitched in "Kenan and Kelly" is corny and full of bad camera work and overacting. As Kenan himself quotes, "not good". (He thought he would get to work with Jordan Peele.)
