Tag: Colin Jost

Weekend Update fans were upset that the annual joke exchange didn’t happen in the Christmas episode

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Saw last night Elives Superstar Austin Butler hosts the final Saturday Night Live in 2022 alongside musical guest star Lizzo. It was a great episode that included some fun sketches as well as a heartfelt goodbye to longtime cast member, Cecily Strong. However, there was one thing that didn’t happen in the episode that angered some fans. The old tradition of “Weekend Update” is the exchange of jokes between Colin Jost and Michael Che. The two write jokes for the other and then read them for the first time on…

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Weekend Update sketch roasting Scarlett Johansson embarrasses Colin Jost, but SNL fans love it

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Saturday Night LiveColin Jost has been married to Scarlett Johansson for the past two years. As such, live stage comedies have usually chosen to avoid marriage. That was, of course, until the final episode, when Chloe Fineman revealed her “impression” of Johansson during the show’s weekly Weekend Update segment. The reference came during the short run in which the character of Feynman and her husband starred SNL Mainstay Mikey Day, revealed they managed to bring their live-action after role-playing as celebrities in the bedroom. Suffice it to say, Johansson’s second…

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SNL fans salute Amber Heard’s weekend update, Supreme Court jokes

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Weekend Update often finds itself as one of the most divisive graphics Saturday Night Live, with fans judging entire episodes by the quality of the main bit. Sometimes fans will lash out against hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che and other times, SNL Watchers can’t get enough. The latest iteration of the sketch falls into the latter category, with the segment trending fast on Twitter due to killer jokes relayed by Jost and Che. Much of the clip touched on a leaked draft Supreme Court ruling that had dominated much…

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Saturday Night Live Loving Weekend Update’s Sonic the Hedgehog Jokes

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The weekend update with Colin Jost and Michael Che kicked off this week with a gag about President Joe Biden’s approval rating, coming in at 33% and noting that his rating is half that of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on Rotten Tomatoes. The video game sequel scored 67% on the review aggregator. Just Zinger added another though as Sonic the Hedgehog 2 features the characters Tails and Knuckles, who happen to have the same name as two members of the gang that Joe Biden claimed to have fought in the…

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Saturday Night Live fans are disappointed by the brief weekend update clip

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Another week down and another episode of Saturday Night Live It was released, and fans didn’t get it with the show’s main infographic. Shortly before the show was taking its long spring break before returning to 30 Rock for a series of episodes in May, “Weekend Update” seemed to be cut a bit short — and fans aren’t too thrilled. With the standard update pane, there are usually two separate guests to help cut the diagram into other segments. This week, however, there was only one guest. Shortly thereafter, the…

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Saturday Night Live Star Michael Che Announces He’s Leaving Weekend Update

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Update: Saturday Night Live star Michael Che posted on Instagram That he wouldn’t leave Weekend Update and that the statement was part of a joke he did. The original story is below: Saturday Night Live Star Michael Che is leaving ‘Weekend Update’. Che announced this during a stand-up comedy show in Minneapolis. Che told audiences that this would be his last year on the popular section desk, which he has co-honed with Colin Jost since 2014. Che did not say exactly when or why he would leave the clip during…

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