AVClub: After being hobbled by noted not-funnyman Russell Crowe last week, SNL hailed to the chief this week, building a solidly old school show around returning alum and comedy president Julia Louis-Dreyfus. We got a little Elaine Benes, popping up in the typically pleasant and lukewarm political cold open to ask old Seinfeld boss Larry David (as Bernie Sanders) about how his tax hikes for the super rich will cost people like Dreyfus and David lots and lots of money. Tony Hale popped up in the monologue as himself/his lickspittle Gary from Veep, messing up his boss’ cue cards. (Humorously, Dreyfus calls him Gary, and Hale, after objecting that his name’s Tony, acquiesces to the name change.) The monologue saw Dreyfus, as is her wont, taking swipes at how underused she was on SNL (“the Julia Louis-Dreyfus years”), giving us a clip of her delivering her one line as a secretary in an Ed Grimley sketch. (Bonus points for reminding us she, and husband Brad Hall, were in Troll, and for smacking down Soul Man once more, excusing the film’s use of blackface with, “it was the ’80s, it had only been considered racist for about 40 years.”)
Chillopedia: Sometimes, the most hated characters seen on TV can fall into either side of the spectrum. So, here are 15 of the most hated TV characters of all time.
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Don’t let the cringey awkwardness of The Office fool you: Michael Scott would actually be the perfect boss.
