2026
Comedian Shane Gillis hosted Saturday Night Live on the October 10th episode, according to an opinion column read by DJ.
“comedian Shane Gillis hosted Saturday Night Live on the show's October 10th episode.”
Topic
Saturday Night Live
19 facts from 7 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
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Amy Poehler describes TT and Mario, the married singing duo played by Kenan Thompson and Maya Rudolph, as starting romantic and turning raunchy within seconds.
“And then maybe ten or 15 s in, they start talking about each other's booty and how tight it is.”
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Kenan Thompson says it took five years at SNL before a sketch of his own idea aired, and that Scared Straight was the first.
“it took five years before I wrote something that was like, my idea, on the show, you know? Hm, hm, scared straight was like the 1st thing that actually made it on the show”
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Amy Poehler says that in his SNL audition Kenan Thompson paused before starting and said 'Oh my god, SNL' to himself.
“Where you take a moment before you start and you go, Oh my god, SNL, you said it like to yourself”
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Amy Poehler says Kenan Thompson played a character in the SNL sketch Deep House Dish, a Euro MTV-style show written by James Anderson.
“a character that he did on a sketch called Deep House Dish, which was kind of like a Euro Mtv show and written by the great James Anderson.”
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Amy Poehler describes Ashley Padilla's SNL sketch in which a woman farts when coworkers surprise her.
“her coworkers try to surprise her. They turn on the lights and she farts as soon as she sees them, and it's just like, downhill from there.”
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Amy Poehler says there have been only about 170 to 180 Saturday Night Live cast members.
“I was looking up the number again, cause I always get blown away by the fact that there's only been like 180, 170 something cast members.”
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Ashley Padilla says Party of Three gained momentum and led to an invitation to showcase for Saturday Night Live.
“And then we were in Netflix as a joke, and then it was SNL wants you to showcase.”
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Ashley Padilla says she did an impression of Diane Keaton at her SNL showcase.
“I did Diane, I did Diane, actually, because I was like, I don't do impressions.”
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Ashley Padilla says her SNL haircut sketch came from a time she shaved her hair too short and pretended she meant to.
“That's where the haircut sketch came from, was me shaving it too short and pretending I liked it and that it was what I meant to do.”
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Seth Meyers co-hosted Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update with Amy Poehler, which Will Arnett describes as lasting 8 years.
“He was the co-host of Weekend Update for 8 years with my ex-wife and our old friend Amy Poehler.”
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Ilene Cohen of the SNL talent department saw Seth Meyers perform at a small improv festival, which led to his SNL audition.
“this, uh, woman, Ilene Cohen, who worked in the SNL talent department, came to this tiny little improv festival where my partner and I were doing a 2-person show.”
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Seth Meyers says being head writer of Saturday Night Live is what he is proudest of among his titles.
“the thing I'm proudest of is the fact that I was the head writer in SNL”
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Marcello Hernández says he listened to Always Be My Baby on repeat while waiting for his SNL callback.
“I put headphones in and I listened to Always be my Baby by Mariah Carey”
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Marcello Hernández says Jodi, who runs the SNL hair department, is the only person his mother lets cut his hair.
“she cuts my hair, she's the only person my mom lets to cut my hair”
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Marcello Hernández says he plans to take a sketch writing class because he came to SNL from stand-up and knows sketch less well.
“I'm probably gonna take a sketch writing class this summer”
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Sarah Sherman says Marcello Hernández and Cam Patterson did backflips and stacked chairs during overnight writing nights at SNL.
“him and Cam Patterson will be like doing like backflips. They'll put like all the chairs in on 17 together in like a big tower”
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Paul McCartney says Lorne Michaels went on Saturday Night Live and offered the Beatles $3,000 to perform, a joke offer that the show's viewers saw.
“it was around that time when Lorne had come on and offered us $3,000 to to perform.”
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Noah Wyle says he appeared in a pre-taped sketch with Julianna Margulies on Saturday Night Live and waved on stage while DMX was the musical guest.
“when Giuliana Margulies was the host, I did a pre taped sketch with her, so I got to go out on stage and wave”
Episodes
- 27 Oct 2026Noah Wyle1h 14m
- 13 Oct 2026Paul McCartney1h 18m
- 6 Oct 2026Marcello Hernández1h 20m
- 22 Sep 2026Ashley Padilla1h 13m
- 1 Sep 2026Kenan Thompson1h 5m
- 28 Sep 2026Seth Meyers59m
- 16 Oct 20261069. Andy & DJ CTI: Shane Gillis' Monologue On SNL, Trump Calls Off Livestream Of Fort Hood Attacker & Ilhan Omar Citizenship Probe1h 41m