After opening the show as a beaver-toothed Merrill Sister in a Lawrence Welk send-up, Melissa McCarthy hosts, dances (sort of), and plays roles as a woman hit on by a Lothario at a bar, a love-struck office worker, a 30's Mae West clone, and an approval-seeking woman testing new products for Hidden Valley Ranch. Jay Pharoah riffs as Chris Rock performing in Broadway favorites, and Kenan Thompson channels Tyler Perry on Weekend Update. Lady Antebellum performs. In a faux commercial, Lil Poundcake dolls deliver HPV vaccines.
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