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Quinta Brunson handles every sketch in her SNL debut like she's a seasoned sketch comedy pro (because she is). A recap and review of season 48, ...

[ Longfellow’s performance as Michelangelo’s David](https://youtu.be/basNf0KaOrc) certainly had its moments, Hernández took a subject lingering in the discourse for a long time, short kings, and presented what felt like the definitive take on them. It turns out [ it’s not, though](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3O3bWDVeJU). There’s a lot of funny stuff happening here — from the interplay with Jost to the alternate titles for short kings, to the long list of diminutive male celebrities — and it all gels together in a satisfying way. By the time it becomes clear that, yes, that is indeed what’s happening, the sketch is well on its way to a knockout of a punchline that makes the whole journey worth it. Business Fraud is also what they call the Trump costume at Spirit Halloween.” [indicted last Thursday evening](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/04/donald-trump-has-finally-been-indicted-updates.html), meaning James Austin Johnson and the other writers had just 48 hours to put this sketch together. “That’s a very real thing, very disturbing,” he says when first mentioning “Justice for All,” [ the hot new single by Trump and the J6 Prison Choir](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/03/21/trump-hits-no-1-with-justice-for-all-song-made-with-jan-6-arrestees/?sh=4852389f4dea), and later on, he pauses to say of [ his pal](https://www.thedailybeast.com/report-don-king-still-advises-president-trump) Don King, “ [he murdered a guy](https://www.sportscasting.com/never-forget-don-king-killed-two-people-and-spent-less-than-four-years-in-prison-before-becoming-the-biggest-boxing-promoter-in-the-world/), can you believe it?” Making this sketch all the more clever, though, is that promoting an album with an infomercial feels like a natural next step for Trump after he [ released his own brand of NFT Trading cards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izukxr-SfsM) earlier this year. This week, the two went head-to-head in the same episode. Her palpable excitement during the monologue betrays the fact that she handles every sketch to come like a seasoned sketch comedy pro because she is one. Speaking of pristine whiteness, this silly sketch exists solely to rake caucasity over the coals. Marcello Hernández and Michael Longfellow seem to be locked in some kind of arms race to determine which new cast member can get more and funnier desk pieces on Update. Most of the sketches could scarcely be described in a single sentence.

This week, Brunson, the star and creator of 'Abbott Elementary,' performed hosting duties and showed off her comedic versatility.

“And then I was just like, ‘Oh, I just suck!’ ” “Update” kept going, but the references to the prank kept returning. [they being an unapologetic running gag](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlpwzDyTW7U) in the Jost and Che era of “Update”) about the first woman-owned marijuana dispensary in New York. The best bits include Brunson wiggling in her seat and pointing to make clear she wants the other driver to eat her butt, and Day’s discomfort at his daughter’s gestures that accompany, “You suck!” It’s one of those sketches that is simple in premise, but has enough clever jokes and committed performances for it to work. “Acknowledge the work they do every day and for the love of God, pay them the money they deserve.” Michael Che took the faux war with his “Update” co-host Colin Jost to the next level with an April Fools’ prank. “And instead of not having Black people, it does!” If there’s any downsides to having a successful, award-winning TV show, it’s that people expect Brunson to solve the educational system and to be as earnest and wholesome as her “Abbott Elementary” character, Janine Teagues. Meanwhile musical guest Lil Yachty gave a trippy, autotuned performance of “ [the BLACK seminole.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYdE4HAsXpI)” and “ [drive ME crazy!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrF32zOszgg)” Multiple drug dealers emerge, all promising that their cocaine is the purest and the whitest. In her opening monologue, Brunson took a swipe at “Friends,” describing her own sitcom as being like it, except that it’s about coworkers and it’s in Philadelphia. (Mikey Day) joined in for “Boy’s a Liar Pt. “Very strange, my son, don’t like it,” the elder Trump said. James Austin Johnson sets Trump’s troubles to song for a new album, “Now That’s What I Call My Legal Defense Fund” or “Trump Bopz” featuring “40 covers, all horrible.” Johnson’s uncanny Trump voice works even when it’s being sung, as he mumbles the lyrics of “Hard to Handle” and does duets with Don King (Kenan Thompson) and [Afroman](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/cops-sue-rapper-for-using-raid-footage-in-viral-music-videos/) (Devon Walker), who was recently in the news.

Let's revisit some of the best moments from the April 1 episode of Saturday Night Live. Live from New York, it's Quinta Brunson!

But Netflix is ready to pull back the curtain on one of the most horrific, pervasive, and psychologically and emotionally damaging cults in the United States: being a bridesmaid. Leave it to Rocko (John Higgins), Tabby Cat (Martin Herlihy), and Domnhall Trump (Ben Marshall), three of the least New York New Yorkers roaming the city streets. Bowen Yang and Quinta Brunson square off in a medical sketch that is so odd and hairy, you can’t help but giggle at the premise. The Emmy juggernaut is [currently in its second season](https://collider.com/abbott-elementary-season-2-review-quinta-brunson/) and has been renewed for Season 3. (Yes, this is a real thing that happened.) Well, David is finally ready to break his silence on the egregious claims. The series, which has been repeatedly credited as “reviving” the network sitcom, is a love letter to the place she grew up and to her mother and all the other hard-working teachers that inspire so many students every day. David has been in the news recently because, according to some people in the Florida school system, his image is “pornographic” and should be banned from schools. Brunson continued “flirting” with comedy when her mother, a teacher of 40 years in Philadelphia, brought home a Mac laptop, something that would prove to be “game-changing” for Brunson's then-nonexistent comedy career as she would make and edit funny videos on iMovie. Leave it to featured player extraordinaire Sarah Sherman to make things incredibly weird and uncomfortable in the best way possible. Quinta Brunson discovered the power of the laugh as a child when she’d try to amuse her older siblings by saying lines from their favorite shows such as In Living Color and Martin. The [Wednesday](https://collider.com/tag/wednesday/) and [Scream VI](https://collider.com/tag/scream-6/) star did not disappoint, as she went on a road trip with the Please Don’t Destroy boys and reunited with her Wednesday co-star and [SNL alum Fred Armisen](https://collider.com/fred-armisen-best-snl-moments/). [SNL icon Molly Shannon](https://collider.com/molly-shannon-best-snl-skits-sketches/) is set to host next week with Blonde star [Ana de Armas](https://collider.com/tag/ana-de-armas/) taking the stage the week after.

"Abbott Elementary" creator and star Quinta Brunson hosted "Saturday Night Live" and brought her brand of wholesome comedy to Studio 8H.

Much of her show’s success has come from its ability to find comedy in the dynamics of an underfunded public school and the work that teachers are forced to do in order to provide an education with limited resources. “Please, remember how important teachers are,” she said. [Quinta Brunson](https://www.indiewire.com/t/quinta-brunson/) made her “ [Saturday Night Live](https://www.indiewire.com/t/saturday-night-live/)” hosting debut last night, bringing her signature brand of wholesome comedy to studio 8H as the beloved sketch show returned from a month-long hiatus. Early in her monologue, she poked fun at the fact that “Abbott Elementary” has essentially made network sitcoms cool again after years of watching streaming and cable projects dominate the television landscape. “I never quite looked at it that way, but that’s very true. “It’s a network sitcom like, say, ‘Friends,’” Brunson said.

The Emmy-award-winning "Abbott Elementary" star hosted "Saturday Night Live" for the first time and crushed it.

Quinta also described teachers as dishwashers — trust me, it’s funny — and asked everyone to “remember how important” they are. Aside from delivering incredible one-liners, Quinta also took the time to talk about the struggle public schools and teachers face. Abbott Elementary has attracted a cult following in just the two seasons it has been on the air. “We’re so proud of her but really proud of you. Instead of New York, it’s in Philadelphia and instead of not having Black people, it does.” “So instead, I just created my own TV show, made sure it became really popular, won a bunch of Emmys, and then got asked to host.

The creator and star of hit sitcom Abbott Elementary makes for a solid host of a mostly funny episode involving Trump's indictment.

It’s good to see the PDD guys veer from the standard template and try something new, although this installment peters out a little too quickly. But it picks back up for the closing segment, a new Please Don’t Destroy in which Ben, Martin and John play a trio of obnoxious New York transplants who host a local travelogue show called Street Eats. Che then invites on Michelangelo’s David (Longfellow, shirtless and covered in grey paint) to discuss the recent parental outrage caused by a picture of him being shown during an art lesson at a Florida school. Inspired by the success of a new rally song he recorded with a choir comprised of jailed January 6 insurgents (“Very real thing, very disturbing, very disturbing”), he’s decided to put out an entire album: Now That’s What I Call My Legal Defense Fund (aka Trump Bopz). Two clubgoers (Andrew Dismukes, Devon Walker) looking to score some blow field offers from an eavesdropping bathroom attendant (Marcello Hernandez), janitor (Punkie Johnson), and pair of pro dealers (Brunson and Keenan Thompson). Things start off predictably frothy, until one seemingly harmless question causes Thompson’s happy hubby to divulge his greatest fear to his wife: “That you’ll fall down the stairs and get hurt so bad that I have to give up my dreams and spend the rest of my life caring for you.” Each subsequent question and answer combo peel back further layers that lay bare his troubled psyche.

Saturday Night Live's cold open sees Donald Trump raise money for legal costs with a fake album of bad song covers.

Check out the [Saturday Night Live](https://collider.com/snl-editor-strike-averted/) cold open below: [Saturday Night Live had some great bits recently with pop culture references](https://collider.com/snl-aubrey-plaza-avatar-sketch/). [Miley Cyrus' "Flowers" on the charts](https://collider.com/miley-cyrus-endless-summer-vacation-backyard-sessions-disney-plus/). It was just, [in general, a great funny take on a fake album](https://collider.com/saturday-night-live-best-fake-movies-and-parodies/). [Quinta Brunson joined Saturday Night Live as host](https://collider.com/snl-quinta-brunson-promo/) with musical guest Lil Yachty and the episode as a whole was pretty fun and had Brunson showing us just how good she is. He's proven himself time and time again as a great addition to the cast of Saturday Night Live and this cold open was just one of the funnier starts to the show in a long time.

Saturday Night Live has had countless funny, pants-wetting sketches over the last 48 seasons, making it one of the longest-running shows on TV.

This sketch is so absurd, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone that doesn't even crack a smile at their antics. This sketch is based on a local Chicago eatery with the same attitude and offerings called The Billy Goat Tavern. While his inability to deliver lines without laughing is a point of contention for many fans of SNL, this sketch is only made sillier by Fallon's constant break of character. This sketch is hilarious because of the juxtaposition of their experiences and the blatant ignorance of Sharon and Doug, and is arguably the best of the Ms. This has actually been one of the problems with SNL — our political reality has become so absurd, that it makes its own comedy and is thus hard to satirize. In this particular installment, idiotic metalhead friends Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) have Garth's cousin Barry (Tom Hanks) on their public radio show because Barry promises to bring the members of Aerosmith with him. In the midst of an AA meeting led by Bowan Yang, he encourages Jesse (Jack Harlow) to speak up about his struggles with addiction. Another bit in the sketch that is funnier to watch now than when it came out is the joke about Davidson's Bumble lawsuit as his playboy behavior has escalated tenfold since this sketch came out. The song in the sketch has garnered so much popularity, it is featured as an audio "Diner Lobster" feels like a fever dream in the best way. Rafferty to work in the reindeer stalls after being dragged by a dog sled to the North Pole. Bethel (Aidy Bryant) and Cardinal Hansen for their miraculous and not-so-miraculous encounter with the thought-to-be imaginary Santa Claus.

"Saturday Night Live" tackled Donald Trump's indictment during the iconic sketch comedy show's cold open on April 1.

Since the song brought in so much money, Johnson’s Trump says he will be releasing an album, hilariously titled Now That’s What I Call My Legal Defense Fund (aka Trump Bopz). 2” (another duet with Donald Trump Jr.). In the sketch, Johnson’s Trump notes that he’s been opening his rallies with the song “Justice for All,” a recording by Trump and the J6 Prison Choir. That was a prank, I was doing a Jim from Office.” Frankly, it’s time that I come clean, admit that I broke the law and go quietly to prison. “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me,” Johnson’s Trump says, quoting the song’s lyrics.

Bowen Yang and Quinta Brunson star as a midwife and doctor, respectively, who come into conflict in a sketch from last night's SNL.

[truly transcendent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BONhk-hbiXk&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive), a [sketch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dzOLoOEToc&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive) that suggests [a rich world of depth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAX9knVUfdY&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive) beyond what can be conveyed in four minutes. “Midwife,” from [last night’s episode](https://www.vulture.com/article/saturday-night-live-snl-season-48-episode-16-recap-quinta-brunson-lil-yachty.html) hosted by [Quinta Brunson](https://www.vulture.com/2023/04/quinta-brunson-sarah-sherman-debut-as-the-penis-brothers.html), is one such sketch. Every so often Saturday Night Live produces a sketch that is

Donald Trump was skewered on SNL after being indicted by a New York City grand jury on charges of falsifying business records.

"You're evil!" Jost screamed at Che following his April Fool's Day prank. "That's the meanest thing you've ever done to me. I'm covered in sweat."

"You're evil!" One audience member even called out, "You stink!" His second joke referred to

No one is ever safe on April Fools' Day, and this year that included hapless Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost.

Jost told Che, “You’re evil!” in the middle of Che’s next joke, and when the camera returned to Jost, he was barely keeping it together. Lil Yachty was the musical guest this weekend. “I was truly like, ‘Am I not mic’d?!’” Jost exclaimed. The “SNL” episode was Brunson’s hosting debut, and her highlights included a spoof Netflix documentary trailer about aggressive He then interrupted himself twice, letting everyone know that he was “covered in sweat” and “shaking.” “And then I was like, ‘Oh, I just suck.’”

A seemingly throwaway sketch set a scene that captured the age of social media: people, stuck in their cars, gesturing furiously at one another.

It was an idea that was echoed, in a roundabout way, in “Traffic Altercation.” Road rage has endured as a cultural preoccupation because it captures the fragility of the most seemingly basic social compacts. They were yelling at each other, and then they were yelling with each other, and then they were simply having a conversation. Brunson created and stars in a sitcom that is an exploration of squandered possibilities. It was Brunson’s character who wouldn’t budge, in the end, and that made the sketch’s conclusion all the more effective. The decade that brought all of those stories about road rage was the same one that found people acclimating to the web; they called it a “superhighway.” We are still caught in its traffic. Online, people interact in roughly the same way they do in their cars: anonymously, from a distance, with speed and swerve and stakes that tend to be very high.

Two minutes into Weekend Update, hardly anyone laughed at Colin Jost's jokes. Until anchor Michael Che revealed why. As part of an Aprils Fools' Day prank, ...

This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. As part of an Aprils Fools' Day prank, Che had told the audience not to laugh. Until anchor Michael Che revealed why.

A "Saturday Night Live" sketch spoofs Netflix documentaries and the "cult-like horrors" of being a bridesmaid, starring guest host Quinta Brunson.

"And then, all of a sudden it was over. Don't worry, I'm gonna be such a chill bride," Brunson says. Like where am I going that calls for a floor-length, light blue chiffon gown with a modest neckline?” Brunson says. In one scene, she even hits one of her friends with a clipboard. I sold my car to make it happen." "They sell you on the big day.

'SNL' comedian and writer Colin Jost will make a stop at San Antonio's Majestic Theatre in June for his upcoming stand-up tour.

[San Antonio fans of SNL's "Weekend Update"](https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/snl-texas-mom-hocus-pocus-17515077.php) can count themselves lucky since co-host Colin Jost has the Alamo City on a list of upcoming stops for his tour.