Michael Keaton SNL Sketches Ranked: Beetlejuice, X&Rated Cookies, Alec Baldwin & Tradwife TikTok

Michael Keaton is a pretty quirky guy and he definitely brought that unique energy to a slightly uneven Saturday Night Live. There was no way it could match what last week's Ariana Grande show delivered, which was about as flawless an outing as you could hope for, but there were definitely still many highlights. The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star slid a bit into the background in some of the ensemble pieces, allowing the seasoned veterans to really shine. It was an interesting night, with some of the most popular performers like Kenan Thompson, Chloe Fineman, and even Bowen Yang almost taking a backseat, while others stood up and carried the show. It was as if the show was shifting to fit the unique energy, cadence and delivery of its host, pivoting which players would work best with him. And it was a move that was mostly successful, both in spotlighting some of our favorites in the cast, and allowing Michael Keaton to shine with a youthful vigor and energy that belies his 73 years. On the opposite end, newcomer Emil Wakim got his big chance to shine at the "Weekend Update" desk. He delivered strong material with great presence, but the audience just wasn't sure how to take him. Still, we've now seen moments like that for both Jane Wickline and Emil, and he was definitely more successful in seizing that first-impression opportunity. As usual, we're ranking all the sketches from worst to first, including the Monologue, Cold Open, "Weekend Update" and any sketches that were cut for time but made their way online. We'll skip the musical guests, because they're not usually funny -- unless Ashlee Simpson shows up. We wrap up with a look at the cast-member who had the strongest week. Michael was definitely not comfortable up there alone, leading to a fidgety, awkward, stilted opening few moments before Mikey Day showed up as the first of two Beetlejuices for him to play off of. We appreciated Keaton calling out how Andy Samberg -- who showed up moments later -- is usually in the Cold Opens as Doug Emhoff, with Andy quipping they couldn't figure out how to shoehorn him in there. Did that mean Jim Gaffigan was going show up elsewhere, too? Ultimately, it was a little playful with the Beetlejuices, and the bonus comment about Sarah Sherman's style, but this was definitely a bit of a letdown as far as monologues go. Michael Longfellow and Marcello Hernández were excited about their doctor costumes, until everyone thought they were dressed as the Menendez brothers from their trial. After marveling at how much more popular their new costume are, the boys then started sharing some other classic costumes that are now being completely misinterpreted due to the current political climate and news cycle. We loved that Colin Jost seemed to have no idea where a lot of this was going, but the gags peaked early and we ultimately could see why it wasn't quite strong enough to make the live show. The execution of this could have been a little stronger, but we appreciated the concept of being trapped in your Uber and having to listen to whatever conspiracy theories the driver believed and decided to share with you. Sarah Sherman and Bowen Yang were great as the two different ways a passenger might react to this new "game show," but Ego Nwodim's characterization as the driver wasn't doing much for us, and Michael Keaton didn't add anything at all to the sketch when he randomly showed up halfway through. Mikey Day and Michael Keaton were great as Michael Myers and his monster instructor in this scene about making a murder scene in a Halloween movie. Every choice they made for how Michael should move was wrong and then even more wrong. Andrew Dismukes held it down as the frustrated director, while Chloe Fineman finally started to break as the silliness went on. Luckily, it stopped just before it got repetitive and annoying with an ending as silly as the whole premise. Not a classic, but certainly funny enough. Well, we did not see that coming! This was a great return for the PDD boys with two of them as best friends ready to go skydiving for a birthday surprise only to find out their dive instructors -- well, something just isn't feeling right. Throw in Emil Wakim as their first-time pilot and you've got a recipe for all kinds of second, third, and fourth thoughts about the jump. The rising absurdity was signature PDD, while the culmination of this journey -- well, it was worth the wait. A fun return of this sketch where all the products look like something x-rated -- or "TV-MA" in this case, we suppose -- as Mikey Day and Heidi Gardner are horrified, and the guest is oblivious. It was a little obvious a second zombie eye cookie was coming out, but we didn't anticipate the bonus icing, or the unexpected commentary by the hosts after they finally cut away from Michael Keaton's happy baker. While we weren't losing ourselves with this as much as a good "Delicio