During the “Weekend Update” portion of the January 21, 2023 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), anchor Colin Jost introduced two guests to discuss what it is like working for a local government: the still-cynical April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza) and her cheery, optimistic boss from Pawnee, Leslie Knope (“SNL” alum Amy Poehler) — of […]
During the “Weekend Update” portion of the November 12, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), anchor Colin Jost introduced a Cuban man named Jose Suarez (Marcello Hernandez) who expressed his intentions to be the first Latino-American President of the United States. Suarez’s campaign slogan is “Everything Is Basically Fine. So Relax, Okay? It’s […]
During the “Weekend Update” portion of the April 16, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), anchor Colin Jost admitted that in an inebriated state, he had promised his limo driver Cesar Perez (Melissa Villasenor) a spot on the show to do comedy. Cesar then appeared and began telling a joke about his nephew […]
During “Weekend Update” on the March 5, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), Kate McKinnon guest appeared to provide her reaction to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill recently passed in Florida. McKinnon initially approved of its passage, referring to what she recalled from her youth where kids described an odd or negative thing […]
During the “Weekend Update” portion of the January 29, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning appeared as a guest on the night prior to the NFL Conference Championships. While anchor Colin Jost asked Manning of his thoughts about the Divisional Playoffs from the previous weekend, Manning instead […]
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 […]
During the “Weekend Update” portion of the January 22, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), rookie cast member Sarah Sherman again dropped by the news desk this season to comment about how cozy she gets every winter. However, much like her very first “Weekend Update” appearance, the segment quickly transitioned in to a […]
During the “Weekend Update” portion on the January 15, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), “Sesame Street” character Elmo (Chloe Fineman) appeared as a guest to discuss his recent viral moment. It was a clip of him back in a 2004 episode of “Sesame Street” getting upset at a rock named Rocco who […]
Sarah Sherman is among the three new cast members to join NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” for its 47th season. During the November 13, 2021 edition of “Weekend Update“, it was her first chance to shine. And she delivered. Sherman was tasked to recap this show’s first six episodes of the season thus far. She wondered, […]
