Tina Fey and Amy Poehler guest starred in this “Jersey Floor” sketch that aired on last night’s episode of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” I probably would really like this if (a) I didn’t hate NBC’s video player, (b) I didn’t have to sit through a commercial to get to the skit, and (c) it didn’t go on for an interminable NINE MINUTES. Don’t get me wrong, Fallon’s DJ Pauly D impression is downright uncanny, but it’s not worth sitting through five minutes of just to get to the part where Fey and Poehler finally show up.

However, it IS worth watching after Fey and Poehler appear, just for the inexplicable wonder of how good Tina Fey looks. She’s 40, pregnant, and done up in a wig, fake tan, and excessive eye makeup — yet she’s never looked hotter to me. The lesson here, ladies, is that men will like you more if you dress slutty. Even if you’re pregnant. Especially if you’re pregnant.

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Funny or Die, as the Internet’s YouTube service for famous people, has a lot more “Die” than “Funny.” But this promo skit for “Parks and Recreation” — in which a foul-mouthed Rob Lowe goes off on the rest of the cast when he learns he hasn’t been on television in five months — is absolutely terrific. Watch the video:

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In addition to being underwhelming from a humor standpoint, “Saturday Night Live’s” season premiere also featured two sketches that were strikingly similar to skits previously aired on other shows.

In SNL’s “Ladies Who Lunch,” Amy Poehler removed a small cowboy hat to reveal an even smaller hat, a joke that was done in a sketch called “Tiny Hats” that appeared on Adult Swim’s “Tim And Eric Awesome Show: Great Job!” Furthermore, SNL’s “Hair Restoration” used the exact same gag as “Pubic Hair Club for Men” that was on HBO’s “Hardcore TV” in the ’90s (video of all four sketches below).

Anyway, this has opened up a big can of worms about whether SNL stole the jokes, drew “inspiration” from the earlier incarnations, or even created them organically without being aware of the predecessors. If that’s the sort of discussion that sounds like fun to you, then you can read more at the A.V. Club and at Vulture. If anyone needs me, I’ll be over here watching chimpanzee farts.

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Amy Poehler hosted the season premiere of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, and it was okay, I guess. I forgot to DVR it, so I ended up watching most of it on Hulu, except for Katy Perry’s musical performances, because if I wanted to make my ears bleed I’d just jab these ice picks into them.

Anyhoo, I suppose there was some okay stuff, like the hair restoration pubes and cameos from Justin Timberlake, Tina Fey, and Jimmy Fallon in the opening monologue. But the whole reason for writing about this episode at all is — of course — Katy Perry’s God-crafted tits. In the Bronx Beat sketch (featuring Poehler and a guest appearance by Maya Rudolph — video below), Perry poked fun at her “Sesame Street” controversy by playing a teenager with huge jugs in an Elmo shirt. Great, thanks a lot, Katy Perry. Now I can’t watch “Sesame Street” without wanting to give Elmo a facial. More than I already did before, I mean.

What’s that? You want animated GIFs of jiggling tits? Well, it just so happens that’s in my job description. My parents are so proud!

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This weekend’s Betty White-hosted “Saturday Night Live,” which featured musical guest Jay-Z and former female cast members like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Molly Shannon, was the highest-rated episode of the show in a year and a half. Some thoughts:

• People are raving about how great this episode was, and I can’t help but attribute that to the Internet’s knee-jerk tendency toward hyperbole. So many subpar episodes get dismissed as the “worst ever” that when a pretty good episode comes along, it gets elevated to “AMAZING!” I mean, I enjoyed it, but let’s not lose our minds here.
• The presence of Fey, Poehler, et al. highlighted how bad the non-Wiig women are in the present cast. I never much liked Maya Rudolph when she was on the show, but she’s light years beyond the atrocity of Jenny Slate.
• Jay-Z is probably the coolest human being on the planet. And Bridget Kelly, who sang Alicia Keys’s hook on the “Empire State of Mind” part of his 8-minute medley, is welcome to wear that black dress to my apartment any time she wants.
• I will say this for Betty White: For the first time ever, I watched the entirety of a “Scared Straight” sketch.
• I thought the “Census” sketch (embedded below) was a smart and fitting follow-up to the Christopher Walken classic.

That’s about it. I could bitch about the lousy skits (Latin talk show with dancing), but there’s always something like that to complain about. Also embedded below is video of the “Debbie Downer” sketch that was cut due to time constraints. It’s nothing special, but it’s not like you’re too busy to watch. “Oh, I’ve got just enough time to read blogs, but I can’t be bothered to watch a video.” Yeah, sure thing, Doctor. The president’s on line two.

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