‘SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas’: Here are the best of the classics – Entertainment Weekly

The best way to experience SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas was to record it and then scan through for the best stuff. I approached this special with some dread, because Kristen Wiig’s giddy imp Gilly is a joke that wears thin fast, so the prospect of the moppet hosting for two hours was daunting.
But Gilly was kept to a minimum — used almost as a live-action cartoon, interacting mostly with Will Forte’s teacher (“Gilly? Gilly!”) in very brief sketches. ..read more

