In a skit on the April 16, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), the DeVry Institute Orchestra were rehearsing for their upcoming performance. Their conductor (Mikey Day) admitted something was missing. As luck would have it, a seedy guy (Chris Redd) entered the room saying he manages his star “flutist” Beverly Gass (Lizzo). […]
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In a skit from dress rehearsal but cut for time from the April 2, 2022 live edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), the parents of a newlywed bride (Cecily Strong) gifted their daughter a huge present for her wedding: a performance from her favorite singer, “international singing sensation” Angelo (Aristotle Athari). Her husband Steve […]
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In the cold open skit on the March 5, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), it was a Fox News “special presentation” of the “Ukrainian Invasion Celebration Spectacular” from the Mar-A-Lago estate in Florida. It was hosted by the cable outlet’s prime time personalities Laura Ingraham (Kate McKinnon) and Tucker Carlson (Alex Moffat). […]
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In a skit on the February 26, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), Chris Redd and Alex Moffat were.hosts of a TV special called “Behind the Slime” which examined the evolution of the green Nickelodeon slime. A running joke throughout its montage of “clips” of the Nickelodeon show “You Can’t Do That on […]
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During the “Weekend Update” portion of the January 22, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), Alex Moffat‘s recurring “guy who just bought a boat” character returned to the news desk just in time. This past week, “SNL” cast members Pete Davidson — a Staten Island resident — and Colin Jost. teamed up with […]
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In a skit on the January 15, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), the “NBA on TNT” studio crew of Ernie Johnson (Alex Moffat), Kenny Smith (Chris Redd), and Charles Barkley (Kenan Thompson) were joined by famous Chinese basketball legend and former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming (Bowen Yang). They reported on the […]
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Parodying the U.S. senator from Texas Ted Cruz‘s recent critique of “Sesame Street‘s” Big Bird advising for young children to get vaccinated to protect themselves from COVID-19, it was time for “Cruz Street” on the fictional news outlet Newsmax for Kids during the cold open of the November 13, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night […]
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The cold open of the November 6, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” featured a parody of Fox News’ “Justice with Judge Jeanine” with host Jeanine Pirro (Cecily Strong). Her guests were Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (Pete Davidson) and Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin (Alex Moffat). Rodgers reiterated his anti-vaccine stance: “People can […]
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Ever wonder how Kim Kardashian would be as “The Bachelorette”? Viewers got some sense of that during her stint as host of the October 9, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” on the mock reality show called “The Dream Guy.” Among her suitors were “Gossip Girl” star Chace Crawford, former “Bachelorette” contestant Tyler Cameron […]