Zach Galifianakis provided a bright spot in an up-and-down season of Saturday Night Live, critics agree. The star of The Hangover brought his stoner demeanor and—for most of last night's episode—bounteous beard to Studio 8H. Some reactions:
- The opening monologue "was pretty much just Galifianakis doing his stand-up," Annie Wu writes for TV Squad. "But his stand-up is fantastic, so no complaints here."