John Mulaney’s musical bodega sketch was another
The best sketch from the previous season of SNL was, without question, “Diner Lobster.” John Mulaney wrote it years prior with Colin Jost, but it didn’t “past the table.” (Or as Vultureput it, during “the sketch’s first table read a decade ago, nobody laughed. It died a quick and brutal death.”) But “Diner Lobster” went over so well with viewers — nearly five million views on YouTube (it also won an Elly Award from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which is apparently a thing — that it got a spiritual sequel during tonight’s episode.
