Saturday Night Live Season 26 Episode 12 Sean Hayes/Shaggy
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- February 17, 2001
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6.3 (81)
Saturday Night Live season 26 episode 12 features host Sean Hayes, best known for his role as Jack McFarland in the hit TV show Will & Grace, and musical guest Shaggy, a Jamaican-American singer and rapper.
The episode opens with a sketch entitled "The Good Times Are Over," in which Hayes plays a college football coach who's struggling to motivate his team after they've lost their previous game. The sketch is a commentary on the state of college football and the pressures that coaches face to win.
In the next sketch, Hayes plays a member of a boy band that's trying to make a comeback in the year 2021. The sketch is a parody of the boy band craze of the late 90s and early 2000s and pokes fun at the members' attempts to stay relevant in a world that has moved on.
Another sketch features Hayes as a lawyer representing a man who's suing a fast food restaurant for giving him a "hot coffee" burn. The sketch is a satire of the infamous McDonald's coffee lawsuit from the early 90s and highlights the absurdity of some lawsuits in modern society.
One of the most memorable sketches from the episode is a digital short entitled "The Falconer." The sketch features Hayes as a falconer who's constantly getting into bizarre and dangerous situations with his hawk. The sketch is a parody of action movies and TV shows and is a fan favorite.
In addition to the sketches, the episode also features a number of Weekend Update segments, in which co-anchors Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey deliver humorous takes on current events and news stories. The episode also includes a musical performance by Shaggy, who performs his hit song "It Wasn't Me."
Overall, Saturday Night Live season 26 episode 12 is a solid installment of the long-running sketch comedy series. With Sean Hayes as host and Shaggy as musical guest, the episode offers a mix of topical humor and satire, as well as some memorable sketches that have become fan favorites.