Video: SNL's HOBBIT OFFICE

Martin Freeman (The Office, The Hobbit) was the guest emcee of this past weekend's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, and the highlight was the sketch I've embedded above. It's beautifully simple: what if the characters of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth saga were employees of an Office-style mockumentary? Freeman amalgamates Bilbo Baggins and Tim Canterbury from his two biggest pop-culture hits, with support from Bobby Moynihan (Gandalf/David Brent), Taran Killam (Gollum/Gareth), Kyle Mooney (Legolas), and Kate McKinnon (Tauriel/Dawn). It's rare for a SNL sketch to make me laugh, but this one managed it.