Lady Gaga pokes fun at herself while pulling double duty on 'Saturday Night Live,' roasting her last hosting gig and 'Joker: Folie à Deux.' She also brings her singing chops to the sketches and performs two songs off her latest album,

Instead, she’s made one of her most sonically challenging and uniform albums yet: a mix of Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, Prince and her Fame Monster -era self, rolled into the year’s strongest pop release yet.

Speaking of “Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga may have pulled off the ultimate “Saturday Night Live” magic trick during her two musical numbers in this week’s episode: dancing furiously and singing live. That combination is not for every “SNL” musical guest,