SNL’slongest-tenured cast member stopped byEW’sThe Awardistpodcastto chat with editorSarah RodmanaboutSNL’ssocially distanced shows from this past spring.
“I’ve kept my home life kind of to myself.
But what I liked about the experience is that each week got better.

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The next week, they sent us more equipment.
We had, like, green screens and stuff so we could do music videos.
It just started escalating.”
to the origins of John Mulaney’sLes Miserablesparody, “Diner Lobster.”
“He had been in there for a while!
So I was like, ‘Oh snap, let me follow him back!’
Now I get to look at his life and stuff like that.