Saturday Night Livecurrent season It’ll look a little different when he returns in the new year, as longtime cast member Cecily Strong announced her final show during the 2022 comedy’s finale episode. She previously opened up about her favorite SNL moments of her own, and she’s also revealed a classic ’90s sketch that served as a go-to for the talent shows she did as a kid.
Cecily Strong was a huge presence at the SNL for 10 years, but her love for the long-running variety series started at a very young age. As revealed to THRwhich spoke to several cast members of the show’s 48th season Their favorite classic cartoon, Strong admitted that she knew she was a very young girl who wanted to be them SNL, so her absolute favorites are too many to keep in mind. However, she did share that she would be recreating the “Bill Swerski’s Superfans” sketch for the talent show, while also sharing her special love for the fan-favorite cast member. In her words:
I’m not sure if there was one sketch I saw that made me think, “Now I want to be on the show,” because I wanted to be on the show the moment I knew there was a show — which must be very young, because I know I was five or 6 when I was fooling the babysitter into thinking my parents totally let me stay up late Saturday nights to catch him. I’ve definitely recreated Bill Swirski’s Superfans sketches for the talent show. I probably imitated Mike Myers characters and drawings too often. I’m sure I’ve had a bad impression of every SNL character at some point in my life.
SNL This major influence on Cecily Strong in her youth is likely an indication that the series will always hold a special place in her heart throughout the years following her untimely exit. But the real question now is whether there are any video compilations from those talent shows that show her taking on the ’90s sketch made famous by stars Joe Mantegna (as Bill Swirski himself), Chris Farley (as Todd O’Connor) and Robert Smigel as Karl Wolarski and Mike Myers in The role of Pat Arnold.
While Strong didn’t mention any of the characters she portrayed during those talent show years, she also spoke to her penchant for impersonating fellow vet Mike Myers, so we can likely assume she was no stranger to playing Pat. Check out one of the most popular super fan drawings, with cheers Legendary George Wendt replaces Joe Mantegna.
At over 30 years old, this sketch is a reminder of the bygone days of both the show and pop culture as a whole. One can only imagine which drawings from the current era would be performed in elementary school talent shows these days.
Cecily Strong is just that latest exit day SNLAnd the After several departures earlier in the season. While the series has always had a rotating cast whose stars tend to cut ties after reaching certain levels of fame, it’s always hard not to miss those who leave. It’s unlikely that Strong will be directly replaced in the middle of Season 48, but we can probably expect some fresh blood for Season 49.
Meanwhile, with her playing and being a part of Shmegadon! ejaculate On Apple TV+, Cecily Strong plays a lot after-SNL. It’s unknown what other projects she’ll be finishing up, but it wouldn’t be surprising if she picked up the role in another series or movie soon. Since she was absent from a few episodes of Season 48 already due to her stage work, fans have been somewhat able to get used to the episodes without her. Fortunately, fans can re-watch her episodes of SNL employment Peacock up To relive her best characters.
SNL It’s currently on hiatus for the holidays, but will return to NBC on Saturday, January 21, for the first show of 2023, and the first episode without Cecily Strong.
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