British SNL On Ed Sheeran, Diana Book

 

We're going across the pond for a "Weekend Update" from the British version of "Saturday Night Live," in its second season now (our SNL begins its new season next Saturday, btw).  Hosts Ania Magliano and Paddy Young burn through the Ed Sheeran/ Macklemore/ Robert Kraft free speech kerfuffle before some quick hits on Earl Spencer's new book about his sister, Princess Diana, and Buckingham Palace's response, all in 3:25.  As a side note, Sheeran has issued an apology and has spoken about what happened with his artist cancellations and what his feelings are about Israel, the Palestinians, and Gaza, FWIW.

London Calling

 

The UK version of Saturday Night Live premiered last night on Sky TV with a cold open satirizing their wishy-washy PM Sir Keir Starmer who's trying to avoid upsetting our Malignant Fascist. (Our own SNL is on a break, just like Ross and Rachel, as "Starmer" would say.)  George Fouracres played Starmer, his deputy PM David Lammy is played by Hammed Animashaun, and his Gen Z advisor is played by Jack Shep.  Best line: "It just goes to show, while we may not agree with everything America does, we can still be civil and embrace their wonderful, unproblematic culture." Jolly good.