The great, veteran character actor J.K. Simmons, better known to pop culture at large as "Juno's dad," or "J. Jonah Jameson from the good Spider-Man movies" is nominated for an Oscar for playing an "intense" music teacher in Whiplash, which means he got to host Saturday Night Live this week with musical D'Angelo. We're very happy about that.
Mostly because he didn't even make it through the monologue without channeling his Whiplash character and insulting the crap out of the cast (and it gave them a reason to bring back Fred Armisen, again).
Oh, and he was Nas. Yes, a 60-year-old white dude became Nas. Yes, that Nas.
Here's everything you need to see from last night's episode:
MONOLOGUE
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THE JAY-Z STORY
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The last thing anyone expected Simmons to do as host was to play Nas in a sketch, but it's raw, it's gritty, it's 100 percent accurate. "The Jay-Z Story" is the "fully accurate biopic that is the final word on the subject."
TEACHER SNOW DAY
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What do the city's teachers do on a snow day? Light blunts with your homework and take off their pants. This is probably the closest that SNL has come to Lonely Island levels of funniness with a music video since Andy Samberg left.
SUPER BOWL SHUTDOWN
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It's Super Bowl weekend, so you knew Marshawn Lynch and Richard Sherman would show up, and they're not happy with NYC Mayor Bill Deblasio for shutting down the city for that "blizzard."
D'ANGELO "REALLY LOVE"
A few months ago we didn't know if we'd ever even see or hear from D'Angelo again, and now the dude is the musical guest on SNL? Insane. Not only that, but he killed it too.
