# Shane Gillis Swears to Do Better After SNL Firing > Shane Gillis promises to improve after being fired from Saturday Night Live, aiming for a record hosting streak. - Title: Shane Gillis Swears to Do Better After SNL Firing · AV Club - Summary: Shane Gillis promises to improve after being fired from Saturday Night Live, aiming for a record hosting streak. Shane Gillis, a former Saturday Night Live… - Keywords: shane gillis, saturday night live, snl, hosting, james austin johnson, grace reiter, che, jost, weekend update, sneakers, my room now, upfront air conditioning - Source: AV Club — https://avclub.com/saturay-night-live-recap-season-52-episode-3 - Read time: 1 min - Topics: shane gillis, saturday night live, snl, hosting, james austin johnson, grace reiter, che, jost, weekend update, sneakers, my room now, upfront air conditioning ## Shane Gillis Firing Shane Gillis, a former Saturday Night Live host, was fired from the show but promises to do better. > Shane Gillis is moving toward a potential Saturday Night Live record for most hosting gigs subsequent to being unequivocally fired from the show. ## Gillis's Stand-Up Style Gillis's stand-up routines for SNL often feel rough-drafted, with a mix of name-calling and self-deprecating humor. > Gillis didn’t seem quite as uncomfortable in the room tonight as he has in past monologues ## Gillis's Sketches Gillis's sketches often feel like stand-up concepts acted out, with simple premises that become easy to intuit. > What’s up with that Green Eggs and Ham guy, why’s he so pushy? ## Gillis's Impact Gillis's episodes often feel like genuine takeovers, with his unique ability to make SNL episodes feel like his own. > Whether he actually brings in his own writers or not, Gillis has the unique ability to make his SN. L episodes feel like genuine takeovers. ## Weekend Update Weekend Update delivered snappier jokes than in the season’s first two installments, with Che and Jost upping their game. > Che and Jost upped their game this week ## James Austin Johnson James Austin Johnson did a close impression of Kevin O’Leary, swearing nihilistic vengeance upon the world. > James Austin Johnson doing a straight-down-the-middle close impression of Kevin O’Leary ## Grace Reiter Grace Reiter killed on Weekend Update and did physical comedy as a trashy mom in a chess tournament sketch. > Grace Reiter went a little bigger as a mother who couldn’t get (or, from the sound of it, couldn’t retain) a sitter ## Gillis's Weaknesses Gillis's sketches often miss the mark, with simple jokes that don't develop or follow through. > He wants the effect of calling women bitches or whores or saying something racist ## Sneakers Sketch The sneakers sketch features a character who says, 'She’ll never hear you,' implying something dark about his wife. > She’ll never hear you ## My Room Now The 'My Room Now' song parodies cornball country-pop with a dad’s black-mold hallucinations. > The 'My Room Now' song partially served as a parody of cornball country-pop sentiment ## Upfront Air Conditioning The 'Upfront' air conditioning ad features a classist and bullying crew of repairmen. > The litany of unpleasant behaviors demonstrated by a scruffy crew of AC repairmen ## Gillis's Record Gillis is currently the most frequent host of the past five years, potentially setting a record. > This is a specialized stat, but I believe that Gillis is currently the most frequent host of the past five years. ## Next Episode Inde Navarette will host a Halloween episode, and Gracie Abrams will provide music for the next SNL episode. > Inde Navarette gets a chance to show of her horror-lifestyle bona fides ## What Was Off The Green Eggs and Ham sketch and the mom-in-hospital sketch were the least effective sketches of the episode. > I think it was the Green Eggs and Ham riff, which was, if anything, enlivened by the accidental 'fuck' Gillis slipped into it ## Key takeaway Shane Gillis, a former Saturday Night Live host, vows to do better after being fired, potentially setting a record for most hosting gigs post-firing.