The thing is, even though Zac Efron's hosting gig on SNL was decidedly
unfunny, part of us wants to give him a pass -- Can we really expect a
person that pretty to bring the funny as well? Isn't it enough for
them to rest on their pretty laurels and let us admire them? But, then
we think, by golly, if Justin Timberlake has accomplished anything in
this life, it's proving that pretty boys can do more than Paul Walker it when it comes to Saturday Night Live.
We're not saying
every sketch has to be "Dick in a Box," but the fact remains that the
bar has been raised, and Efron's got some work to do. His opening
monologue, thanking tweens for his worldwide success, was delivered
with much half-smiling, and two-fingered sweeping of his own bangs.
The underage drinking sketch was bland and forgettable. The real low
point was a high school science fair sketch in which his German exchange student accent
sounded like a cross between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gandalf. Even
the predictable HSM spoof fell flat. By the time the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
were introduced we were wishing Alec Baldwin had gone for number 15...
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