SNL's secret to winning? Miley Cyrus!

Saturday Night Live was strange this week. It was actually pretty awesome. Not only was it a good week for topical humor, thanks to an injection of tiger blood, but the writers actually seemed to know how to write for the host. It probably also didn't hurt that Miley Cyrus seems totally game for anything that seems like good clean fun, whether it's Biebering it up or making fun of herself and her dad. For all of you SNL apologists out there, this is your proof that the show can be awesome, even if it has to rely on fake celebrity talk shows and fake commercials most of the time. Of course, even Miley couldn't save every sketch.

Best: Duh, Winning!
Thanks to the cold open, we are forced to ask ourselves just why it is that Charlie Sheen doesn't have his own talk show yet, considering the amount of time he spent on everyone else's last week. It's just too bad they couldn't get Jimmy Fallon to be Sheen instead of Bill Hader, but at least there's a nod to our previous favorite celebrity, Gary Busey.

Best: Miley's Monologue
Song and dance numbers in the monologue are usually overdone and feel like they last way too long, but Miley kept it short and sweet. It also doesn't hurt that she can actually sing.

Best: Disney Channel Acting School
This sketch could have been awesome any week with Vanessa Bayer playing her Miley character, but Miley herself already has every Disney Channel nuance down so well that she makes even looking at a watch in disbelief funny.

Worst: Beastly
Has our love affair with Andy Samberg ended? There's so much to poke fun at Beastly about, and instead he just went with a strange Napoleon Dynamite/Gene Hackman(?) man-child character? It's like he wasn't even trying.

Best: The Miley Cyrus Show
One of the best reoccurring sketches already, this week it feel like it could have been a real show in Fringe's parallel world.

Best: Our Time
And we thought we were the only ones who wondered why these guys were in the Black Eyed Peas. Bonus: Abby Elliott's Khloe Kardashian impression, which is only marginally less annoying (albeit intentionally) than the real thing. And where can get a subscription to Vaguely Asian Monthly magazine?

Worst: Cruise Ship Entertainer
As generic as the people it was making fun of, this is the only time all night Miley sang too much.

Best: New Products
Some of you may hate this clip, but only because it's on SNL. Surreal, and with some far-out expressions and big hair on Miley and Kristen Wiig, the combination of products is never explained, nor can it be.

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Source: televisionwithoutpity.com