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The <em>Saturday Night Live</em> Sketch That Sums Up All Online Discourse

Matt Damon and Leslie Jones screaming at each other about the relative merits of Weezer was cleverer than it might sound.
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Comedy often thrives in specificity, and that came late in the most recent episode of was the perfect example, mining laugh after laugh from the minutiae of the band Weezer’s discography. Three couples, all neighbors, get together for dinner, and Weezer’s of Toto’s “Africa” randomly comes on the playlist. Two guests, played by Leslie Jones and the episode’s host, Matt Damon, have very strong opinions about the song, and about Weezer in general.

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