> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theomnicosm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Bruce Willis starts the ‘Boy Dance Party’ and delivers a strong ‘SNL’ - URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/bruce-willis-starts-the-boy-dance-party-and-delivers-a-strong-snl/ - Published: 2013-10-13T14:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-10-20T19:12:02.000Z - Description: A republished recap of the Oct. 12, 2013, episode of ‘SNL’ hosted by Bruce Willis. - Author: Bill Kuchman - Tags: The Cold Open • From the Archive, SNL Season 39, The Cold Open, SNL, The Cold Open • Episode Reviews, Bruce Willis *I wrote* SNL *recaps for the original version of Popculturology from 2012 to 2015\. The opinions voiced in these recaps may be outdated based on the events that have occurred since their writing. This article was originally published on Oct. 13, 2013.* Welcome to Edition No. 24 of *Sunday Morning Live*, **Popculturology**'s look at the latest episode of *Saturday Night Live*. All of your questions about the **Bruce Willis**\-hosted episode will soon be answered. ### How'd Bruce Willis do? **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** Willis has been doing this acting thing for a long time, so I wasn't worried about whether or not he could pull off *SNL* hosting duty. Of course, it's been a long time since Willis last hosted (1989!), a point that the actor addressed during his monologue. *SNL* really missed an opportunity to toss in a "During that time I raised three daughters and **Ashton Kutcher**" line during this part of the monologue. *SNL* kept Willis busy during his episode, making him do everything from wearing a centaur costume to get his man dance on. ## Sign up Join the hundreds of ****Deep SNL Thoughts** subscribers who already get free editions including the episode recaps, news and more. Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. ➕ Already a ****Deep SNL Thoughts** subscriber? ****Please consider becoming a supporter** by [****upgrading your account**](https://www.popculturology.news/?ref=theomnicosm.com#/portal/). 🍿🍪 Wanna add ****Popculturology** and ****Snackology** to your subscription? ****Update your email preferences** [****on your account page**](https://www.popculturology.news/?ref=theomnicosm.com#/portal/). ### What were the best sketches of the night? *Boy Dance Party* stole this episode. It's not often you get a sketch that requires every male castmember to participate, but this one made that happen. In the post-Lonely Island age of *SNL*, *Boy Dance Party* may have been the most Digital Shortish of any of the Pseudo Digital Shorts. Also, way to work a twerk reference into an episode not hosted by **Miley Cyrus**, *SNL*. **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** Last season's **Justin Bieber** episode is a moment of *SNL* that I'd love to forget, which made it kind of a shocker that the show turned that episode's Glice sketch into a recurring bit. While I don't think the joke was done as cleanly as it was the first time, watching **Taran Killam** mercilessly mock Willis' character for accidentally saying "chon" instead of "children" or "son" is a sight to behold. While Killam's *SNL* power has been growing over the past season or so, this episode was all about him. Killam was everywhere last night. It's clear now that *SNL* has turned the page from **Jason Sudeikis** or whoever else was once its leading man and handed over the keys to the franchise to Killam. Not bad for a guy who was once on *MADtv*. On the flip side, **Nasim Pedrad** has all but disappeared from *SNL*, with pretty much everyone who joined the show after her now getting more airtime. I'm pretty sure she was only in this sketch because she played the sister in it the first time they did it. Why hasn't Pedrad ever been able to catch on at *SNL*? **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** I love this sketch. I know that it was kind of polarizing the first time *SNL* did it (almost exactly a year ago during **Daniel Craig**'s episode), but I think it's brilliant. Like *Alien* during the first installment of this sketch, *SNL* tricked us into thinking this sketch was going to be an *Armageddon* spoof, only to pan out and reveal **Bobby Moynihan** sitting by the spaceship window. If I ever get a cat (I won't), I'm going to name it Fuzz Aldrin. **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** "Is your butt screaming?" This sketch has to be the first time that question has ever been asked, right? I bet **John Milhiser** never thought he'd wind up that close to Willis' butt when he joined *SNL*. **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** While Killam is *SNL*'s new leading man, newcomer **Beck Bennett** got the very Sudeikis-esque role of playing the commander in this sketch. I do appreciate the fact that Willis can deconstruct the ridiculousness of the action movies he's made a career around. There are some actors out there who wouldn't be able to appreciate that. ### How about any Pseudo Digital Shorts or commercials? In addition to the *Boy Dance Party* short, *SNL* rolled out an additional short and a commercial this week. **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** Like last week's **Miley Cyrus** sex tape short, *Sigma* hinted at the direction *SNL*'s shorts will be taking under the influence of guys like Bennett and **Kyle Mooney**. The duo played frat bros explaining their very elaborate and child-friendly rules to beer pong. When a beer pong house rule is "You’ll have to design your ideal roller coaster," you know you're in for quite the game. **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** Guys, *SNL* snuck a Third Eye Blind joke into this commercial. Fantastic. Thanks to that, I would totally buy those blinds. ### How are things over at Weekend Update? Just three weeks into anchoring, and **Cecily Strong** already looks like a *Weekend Update* pro. Thankfully *SNL* ditched the dumb girl routine they stuck Strong with during the season premiere. In fact, when Strong dropped the line, "Buckle up, NBC pages, cause mama's gonna be dropping a lot of pencils," I was struck by how much she sounded like **Tina Fey** at that moment. That's gotta bode well. **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** This was **Brooks Wheelan**'s welcome-to-*SNL* moment. Playing himself, Wheelan went on a self-mocking screed against getting tattoos to just get tattoos, pointing out several meaningless tattoos that he himself had. I'm not quite sure if Wheelan really has those tattoos, though. *SNL* took the lazy route to closing out the episode, replaying the e-meth commercial from Fey's episode. There's a scene in that commercial where Wheelan is pretty much naked, and I didn't see the large side torso tattoo that he claimed to have. **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** Kudos to **Kenan Thompson** for nailing it as a Capitol chaplain praying for a resolution to the government shutdown. The most impressive part was that Thompson appeared to have the entire thing memorized, reciting prayers about Skittles and Biblical flooding of the Potomac River with his eyes closed. ### Anything else worth noting? *SNL* had two sketches that had promise but puttered out at the end. This happened to them frequently last season, but the show had so far avoided it this year. Is combining *Gravity* with NASA employees getting furloughed thanks to the government shutdown low-hanging fruit? Yeah, it probably is, but had *SNL* gone somewhere with it, it would've been worth it. Sadly, the biggest laugh during the cold open came when Killam asked Strong's astronaut, "Why don't we make this asphyxiation an erotic one?" **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** This one seemed to have the right pieces in place, but didn't really know what to do with those pieces. What was the punchline? Also, was it safe for **Jay Pharoah**'s barber to drink the blue liquid they keep the combs in? *The Lady Gaga Talk Show* paled in comparison to the show's legendary *The Prince Show*. Once again, what was the point here? **Vanessa Bayer**'s **Lady Gaga** impression was pretty straight forward, and Killam's DJ Sebastian is no DJ Jonathan Feinstein. **Kate McKinnon**'s impression of **Penelope Cruz** has to be one of *SNL*'s most disconnected impressions, kind of like **Chevy Chase**'s version of **Gerald Ford**. If this impression seemed familiar, McKinnon first introduced it when **Sofia Vergara** hosted two seasons ago during a Pantene shoot sketch. ### Did musical guest Katy Perry show up in any sketches? Shockingly, no. Considering **Katy Perry**'s infamous Elmo-shirt sketch from her last stint as the musical guest, I thought for sure the singer would show up during a sketch. **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** Last week's *SNL* had Moynihan in a teddy bear costume. This week's episode had band members in animal costumes and Willis in a centaur suit. Is *SNL* on some kind of furry kick right now? What's it like to be the guitarist in the giraffe costume? I can only imagine the conversation he had when he was interviewing for the job. "I have a master's in guitar theory — what do you mean I have to wear a giraffe costume? **Keith Richards** never had to wear a giraffe costume. I do need to feed my family this month …" ****Deep SNL Thoughts** is written and produced by ****Bill Kuchman**. 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