Season 46 Finale Cold Open - SNL 

hands down best comment ever!

did you ever know that you're my herooooooo

That is amazing sir!! Thank you. 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏

Roman J. Israel Esquire

That's who that was? Thank you - i was trying to figure it out

thank you for saying that.. I had no idea who he was.. a legend for sure!!!!

I thought it was Yang in make-up at first. Lol

He's played Mr Sulu in about 5 different Star Trek parodies dating back to 75!

my favorite cast member

Yes! he better get more screen time next season, even if he isn't actually a cast member! 'cuz I'm not completely convinced that isn't the joke- that we can't even tell a rando off the street from a cast member that started this season- because I don't remember seeing him in the opening credits or in the background of any skits or even mentioned in the news as a new cast member.

Akira!!! He’s played Sulu in Star Trek sketches since the 70s. Which isn’t great for reasons but he’s a delight

He’s a set designer!

He wasn't with everyone to say, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!!"

Akira Yoshimura! What a legend.

Agreed.

Me too! I had a moment of panic. 😲😱😵

still might very well be the case

Noooo...they're the best

Kenan's a lifer

Same

That’s true but people like Mikey day and Alex moffatt are amazing too.

@@bluecollarmenproductions Of all people, these two? Not that they are awful but really?

Looked like there were more than 4 to me.

@@bluecollarmenproductions True dat, bro! I don’t miss 🤬, but I do miss seeing his sons on SNL as portrayed by Mikey & Alex!!! 😂🤣😂

@@bluecollarmenproductions They are funny... but not stars.

Yes I did. I was jealous

Is she on Zoloft? How do you know this?

@@ConcreteAngelx3 I think the comment writer was

I felt that, too. I love her so much!

= Instant tear pushing out the corner of my Right eye 😢

It literally made my heart drop

Cecily made me a little sniffly but it was Kate that made the tears come

Hal Willner, longtime 'Saturday Night Live' music producer, dies after showing COVID-19 symptoms. I don't know if more SNL staff died recently

Wierd how perfectly the mood change was timed with the stimulus checks and the totally scientific reopening *coincidentally on Joe Bidens 100 day mark...totally not made for TV.

@@Hanzsolomusic you mean weird? And please keep your farcocta Magat nutjob conspiracy theories to the tinfoil hat Faux News crowd.

@@Hanzsolomusic All your comments are so whiney. Must be shitty being a negative person. Enjoy crying on RU-vid Merkin. Don't worry you can google what that means.

@@FungiRy91 lmfao. i've never seen someone call someone a Merkin 🤣🤣 this is brilliant! i need to use this one

The “apocalypse” is still happening. Shitshow Joe has created crisis everywhere. Where will it end?

WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP SAYING THIS JUST BECAUSE THEY GOT EMOTIONAL RECAPPING AN INSANE SEASON

I haven't actually heard any announcements about cast changes. Usually outgoing cast members get an acknowledgement In their last show..

I hope not!!! It does feel like that!!! 😭

Because its time.

I don't think they'd be that emotional if they didn't know it was their last show. They all have other projects, and it's a large class that's been around for 6-8 years. Can't wait to see what they do next, and can't wait for new cast members to get their chance.

Nobody stays forever ( except Keenan) but Kate really is irreplaceable.

I have a feeling Aidy is calling it quits after this too

Wait whatttt?? This is the end of SNL???? 😱😱😱😱😱😱 whattttt????

@@sasa-ym1eo No. Just the season. They always take the summer off. SNL will probably last as long as NBC does.. they even started showing it Live in prime time on the West Coast a few years ago.

Kate teared up at the end of last season too... I thought she was leaving then. I would hope that when Kate and Cecily and Aidy leave they'll give a sendoff (like they did with Wiig).

I loved that moment, especially after seeing Pete say she never talks to him in the Staten Island Weekend Update

He can finally tell his family what she's like! Lol

@@TheAbnormalMe yeah that felt like a joke but also not really 😂

@@TheAbnormalMe is there some conflict between them?

@@irenewong5378 There is no conflict between them, they're referencing an earlier joke Pete made in a News Update. (For the joke, watch from 0:40 onwards in this video - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RWYE1Ka11y0.html)

I don't think Keenan is leaving. He's been there 19 years so that would be major news. He didn't even leave when he had his own sitcom.

@@Balletified cecily is leaving. i believe the others are remaining.

Kenan is the highest paid on the show I doubt he would leave lol

@@douglaslowe5 actually he still has the sitcom nbc renewed Kenan for a second season witch I’m happy about cause kenan is so funny

I hope Kate cecily and kenan don’t leave even though Cecily might leave out of the 3 but I have been ready for Aidy Bryant to leave for years now cause she isn’t funny in my opinion and most of the characters she has played on the show have been pretty much the same characters being varying degrees of awkward and never worked her size has nothing to do with it it’s like she has taken advice from melissa mccartney during her multiple times hosting the show about finding a shtick no matter how many times if fails and run it into the ground and ignore any constructive criticism and keep on doing it

When you said Bowden, it made me think about the possibility of Bowen Yang playing Joe Biden. Now I can’t stop thinking about it.

Yes! 🤣🤣🤣

Good thing Mike O'Brien (Uber for Jen) didn't pick him up, he would have never got there. 😅

Yup!🤣

@@why-even-try-brotendo 2222 2yuuuyuyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyuy2y2y26yy6y2

@@edenjohnson4 I concur

The only thing “unique” about this season was zero skits humiliating shitshow Joe.

@@ZepFan01-rs5xc shhh

@@marylevin9262 I will not shh. SNL is a sellout. Not like the days when they weren’t afraid to offend or take a jab at the president. Why is shitshow Joe off limits? Must be because everyone on the planet (except democrats) know he’s a weak, lying, plagiarizing POS.

@@ZepFan01-rs5xc waaaaaah

@@ZepFan01-rs5xc or maybe none of the skits they had for him were funny

Just like how at first we were told not to wear masks bc hospital workers didn't have enough. Feels like an eternity ago

I remember taking deep breaths outside my back door and then holding my breath for ten seconds because the person I worked for emailed me a list of things to combat covid. Lots of hot tea and vitamins as well.

Cecily and Kate too

Yeah, feels like her and Kate might be leaving alright. And Pete's weekend update segment looked like a possible goodbye.

who is Cecile? sorry i’m the worst with names

@@brookerichardson3566 It’s Cecily, Cecily Strong. She’s the woman with the black hair and white spotted shirt in the opening shot.

@@DDub04 oh ok! thank u!

Here here! Lol

Say it louder for the ppl in the back!!!

Wait who got murdered!?

No! They must stay like Kenan! LOL!

Pathetic

D demo...right on- and Great Idea 😁🤨😄!!

That just made me cry, and I made it past Kate tearing up!

SNL is being cancelled. This season showed its lowest ratings ever. Except for the Musk episode. Lots of people tuned in for that!!

Oooof fingers crossed for cancellation

VERY NERVOUS

I was thinking that too but it’s also been one hell of a year. I’m over here crying too

@@Samueldonovan2007 as big as snl is (even if it isn't as funny as it once was)... i dont think it will ever be cancelled. Its a show meant to be timeless... by doing things like updating its cast and crew

SNL will never be cancelled. It's a cash cow for NBC.

Double masking is like a kid with a pacifier, and you don't want to take it away. Even though I'm fully vaccinated, my mask is a political statement, a protest symbol.

You’re not even exaggerating lmao

@@billyzee261 what

@@corklj14 seriously. Nobody is wearing a mask as a political statement, unless you are insane.

Agree. I got the same vibe. That sucks if it is so.

Yep they all deserve spinoffs or sitcoms they are all too big now.

Does snl always do these finale thingies?

We can only hope. Maybe SNL will be funny again when all the “woke” are gone.

Ms Cool Gemini 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

It wasn’t an insurrection. There are 400,000,000 guns in the US, almost all owned by Trump supporters. And you think they all just left their guns at home when they decided to “violently overthrow the government”?? That’s really stupid

@@bidmcms3 here’s a concept, enough stupid people in large masses can still try to overthrow a government without guns. Either way it still wouldn’t work but hey, make your voices heard I guess

​@@bidmcms3 Nothing but a straw man. 1) There have been violent insurrections throughout history far before guns were invented. 2) The insurrections weren't smart or well organized; it was obviously a violent insurrection nonetheless. 3) In fact, it almost succeeded. If the timing was slightly different, or police failed to hold some areas, many lawmakers (and various staff) would had been taken hostage/beaten to death by the violent mob either at once or within hours after the insurrections were in control of the area (at least temporarily before more troops could arrive). The Sedition Caucus (most of the GQP) would then have taken the EC votes and destroyed them. Then it would of demanded emergency powers be put into place recognizing that 45* was the "real" potus and unless that happened, members of congress, on both sides, would start to be executed. If the dems/non-Sedition Caucus repubs gave into this, out of some false hope of making it out of DC alive, the GQP and 45* would have assumed power indefinitely (and canceled any incoming troops seeking to thwart the insurrection because they were "rightfully" in power) and purged Congress of all dems before at least jailing them as "enemies of the state". 4) There actually WERE some guns and other weapons of mass destruction like bombs found in possession of the insurrectionists that day. One reason there wasn't a lot of guns is, contrary to what gun nuts think, gun laws do work and thus prevented many in the crowd from openly carrying large military style weapons. Those types of guns are generally banned in the DC, and specifically all guns were banned for the Jan 6th rally. A openly armed mob would have never been allowed to get that far into DC, much less attend a incitement rally, with those type of weapons being obvious. Thus why they weren't carried or at least on display. *You're confusing success with intent: one need not have a very good plan to commit a crime, or be successful at a crime to have still committed a crime. And an insurrection can be, and often has been, a spur-of-the-moment thing anyway. So even if there wasn't advanced planning here with appropriate weapons, or only inchoate/incompetent planning, a violent insurrection took place. Period.* And I know I'm probably talking to a bot (and if you're not, then shame on you for attacking truth and hating America this much!), but even disinformation from bots needs to be exposed for the unAmerican lies it is.

@@dHolbach77 thank you! Failed insurrection is still an insurrection. Like attempt murder, it is still a crime that requires investigation.

@@bidmcms3 Soooooo, by your logic, guns are needed for an insurrection to be one? Did you get your political science degree at Trump university?

genuinely have no clue where anyone is getting that from.

@@billyt8868 lmfaoo same, I read the news and came to this video and honestly don't see why people think they're leaving..

@@Astralkiller47 too good for the show perhaps..if we keep saying how good they are SNL won't be able to afford them.

@@billyt8868 They all have 7 year contracts which normally should expire this year, which is why a lot of people are leaving. The only confirmed leave is Mellisa Villaseñor so far. (That could change but for now)

@@possumbasement Melissa is not guaranteed to leave, but she got drunk and said she was. She clarified that she became cocky and that’s why she posted it, but she isn’t sure if she is or not. By that logic, I think that she probably will. I hope she does what she wants, because I actually do like her.

I've always liked Kenan, but yeah, I doubt he's in the majority of viewer's top four favorite snl cast members of all time.

This show has been in toilet for a decade. Literally anyone is better

@Jon Wills most viewers nowadays weren’t even alive when those guys were on lol I doubt you were either 🤷‍♂️

@@TrevJ91 I was gonna say that lol. I only started watching SNL in the 2010s. After that is when I learned so many actors I grew up watching were once cast members. And I’m sure other viewers have similar experiences.

Kenan could do this forever

@@bjw4014 nothing's been announced so duno!

Pete might leave too. It really sucks cause Kate carries most of the sketches. 😥

Wow I didn’t realize he was 56 😳 that’s pretty amazing

I don't know, but his jaw line gets stronger with age. I hope I age like him.

He did a interview with some magazine, which includes him showing off his abs The amount of freakin jealousy….

Probably called “not eating a bunch of shit food”

This entire new cast is so *good*

The fits are legit

I could be wrong, but I thought they were wearing their own clothes in this segment.

🤣

that's either really sweet of really annoying

@@drartemisa21 I think they might think its sweet...

I soooooo agree with you! The best & most clever opening “ever!” Love how they all come together, throwing their arms around each other at the end of the opening sketch! Just touches your heart & seemed like a “real family!”♥️

Duh it wasn't sketchy enough for a sketch.

100%

You didn't see the first season in 1975. I mean, yeah, that season doesn't really hold up well, but I do like the Richard Pryor episode.

@@canaisyoung3601 I didn't discover SNL until 1976. ✌😎☘

So true!!

This show sucks and that cast is creepy, they dont make me laugh they just weird me out.

@@nikolanebulus7259 I thought this was the best season in a long time. I love this cast !

and sad

They aren't saying they're leaving though, it was just an emotional recap of the season dealing with the pandemic

@@danielleking262 ok good

Ditto from the Oregon Coast. Well said, Jamie

Political satire? Why didn’t they have any skits slamming shitshow Biden? There’s plenty of material that writes itself, but they didn’t take the opportunity. Why is China Joe off limits? Since 1975 SNL has made fun of every president, but not ol’ precious dictator VonBiden. I bet you laughed your old ass off while they were bashing Trump on every episode for four years.

@@ZepFan01-rs5xc If you actually watched, you'd see that they do make fun of Biden- about him being forgetful, tripping on the airplane, of his dog biting everybody, etc. Granted, Trump was a comic's dream- almost too easy from the orange spray tan to the bleach drinking, but they've roasted Biden too (and like you said, every other President since the show started). Actually tho, I usually muted the Trump skits- I'd had enough of him in real life. I will miss the Trump brothers skits tho.

@@roselieber who could watch that crap. Ya, it took 67 days to do a sketch or two, but mostly it was just poking fun of him on Weekend Update.

My pets are going to be upset when I go back to work.

yeah it was often nice but then the election was the week from hell, followed by two weeks of hell waiting for the inauguration and sure things would explode.

It's really seemed to me for awhile that Keenan was eventually going to take over for Lorne. I don't really base that off anything, just that he's been on so long (almost 20 years) and would make an excellent replacement.

@@dHolbach77 totally agree!

They were talking about staff members they had lost this year.

Nice to see Kate in another emotional state than that fake as hell smile she has stapled on her face.

Lol...& I made sure not to even watch that clip

And Pete Davidson too. :c He’s not as prominent a cast member but I still love seein him here.

Cicely Tyson and Pete Davdison are leaving. Aidy might leave too.

@@MrPent9295 Tyson?

They couldn't be thinking of their own pets, otherwise 85 million people in America wouldn't have pets if they didn't like them. This line was obviously written for Cecily by people that don't have pets and don't understand the close owner/pet relationship. Their loss.

Kate McKinnon is the one of the most overrated cast members in history. She has benefitted so much from being on some of the weakest casts ever.

@@thejanglezclan Kate is so brilliant, and can nail the smallest details of Anyone..male or female + especially Fauchi sp. and Guiliani...who she mimics!!!!! 😁😊🌟😍🤩..the BEST ✌👌👍👏💐🥂🎉🎁🥇🃏🌆🌉🌌! THX🏞!!!!!

@@thejanglezclan Q isn't real, Trump lost- deal.

Me too

I think they see the writing on the wall and jumping ship .

I think Kenan was just there bc he's been there longest along with them

@@losangeleskingsfan15 What writing on the wall? The ratings for this season were the best in 4 years and the first time in history that it was the #1 rated among all comedies.

Maybe...and bc she ended weekend update. That was her best..🤣🍷

I also wonder if Lauren Holt will be back - she was barely in any sketches.

You mean phots and pans?