Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson departing
from ‘SNL’
Associated Press,
by
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: Muguy,
5/22/2022 8:42:40 AM
Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson are among those departing from “Saturday Night Live,” leaving the sketch institution without arguably its two most famous names after Saturday’s 47th season finale. Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney will also leave the cast after the episode hosted by Natasha Lyonne. The departures represent one of the biggest cast shake-ups in years on a show that has seen unusual steadiness in recent seasons. McKinnon, 38, won two Emmys and was nominated for nine in her 10 seasons on the show, during which her impressions included Hillary Clinton, and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions. CORRECTION*
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Californian 5/22/2022 8:55:35 AM (No. 1162617)
Every so often someone at work claims an episode was really funny and must-see. One skit might be but the rest is humorless. It stopped being funny at least 20-30 years ago.
17 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 5/22/2022 9:00:28 AM (No. 1162624)
Been a fan from the first shows with Chevy, Gilda,Akroyd , et.al.
Don't recognize those pictured in this article as I haven't watched in decades.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
marlon 5/22/2022 9:03:03 AM (No. 1162626)
So I guess Pete sees himself as either a kept man or he's looking to star in some zombie movies. I really don't see other options in his future.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
sciteach 5/22/2022 9:05:39 AM (No. 1162629)
Kate and Pete who??? Neve heard of either one. Actually I'm proud to say I have never watched one minute of SNL.
14 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
jimboscott 5/22/2022 9:32:44 AM (No. 1162656)
There will now be one less talented cast member...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DaddyO 5/22/2022 9:37:26 AM (No. 1162661)
This is probably the last funny SNL:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=saturday+night+live+trump+elected&hps=1&atb=v162-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSHG0ezLiVGc
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DaddyO 5/22/2022 9:39:03 AM (No. 1162662)
Another link, same video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHG0ezLiVGc
2 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
MDConservative 5/22/2022 9:40:39 AM (No. 1162665)
This show lost its allure for me many years ago. If these are the two most famous cast members, the others must be totally obscure. Honestly, I don't know either.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
franq 5/22/2022 9:40:46 AM (No. 1162666)
Never heard of them.
15 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
thefield 5/22/2022 9:42:42 AM (No. 1162670)
Been 40 years since my children watched the bumble bee sections.
3 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 5/22/2022 9:55:29 AM (No. 1162686)
Couldn't pick either one out of a lineup.
10 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
TLCary 5/22/2022 10:01:54 AM (No. 1162689)
They could try to hire Dave Chappelle. That would be fun.
6 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 5/22/2022 10:17:58 AM (No. 1162701)
stopped watching about the fifth time cHEVY cHASE mocked Gerald Ford
1974?
4 people like this.
In my area SNL from the 90's and early 2000's is on right before SNL current shows. What a difference in cast and actual comedy and comedy writing. In the nineties they were moderately funny...now they are just unwatchable.
7 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 5/22/2022 10:33:28 AM (No. 1162714)
Good. Now maybe it will be canceled. SNL hasn’t been funny for 30 years.
12 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
tootall 5/22/2022 10:37:20 AM (No. 1162722)
Too biased for my taste. Look up the definition. Lies are not funny
6 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
downnout 5/22/2022 10:54:07 AM (No. 1162744)
I’m happy to say I’ve never heard of these people.
6 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
red1066 5/22/2022 11:01:06 AM (No. 1162757)
Haven't really watched the show on a regular basis since 1979, so I only know these people from their work outside of SNL.
0 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
ControlFreak 5/22/2022 11:03:00 AM (No. 1162764)
I have never understood the attraction to this guy. What exactly do women see in him?
2 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
earlybird 5/22/2022 11:09:35 AM (No. 1162772)
I cannot recall when I stopped watching. Decades ago when it became flaming Lib and thus unfunny.
5 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 5/22/2022 11:41:47 AM (No. 1162808)
I'm so old that I remember when SNL was actually funny. There were half a dozen really talented comedians and comediennes on that show.
That was long time ago. It hasn't been funny for decades, just mean and politically hateful. That's not comedy.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
cold porridge 5/22/2022 11:47:40 AM (No. 1162815)
Count me as another that hasn't watched SNL since they quit being funny and started being leftists attempting to be funny at least 30 years ago.
4 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
jhpeters2 5/22/2022 11:50:37 AM (No. 1162817)
The SNL down years always have the same obvious problem - way too many writers and no actual talent. This latest incarnation was simply writers in search of movie deals for their unfunny characters. Prove me wrong.
4 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 5/22/2022 12:14:46 PM (No. 1162856)
They will achieve the same meteoric success as Jon Lovitz, Kevin Nealon and Nora Dunn.
2 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
DVC 5/22/2022 12:20:30 PM (No. 1162863)
And Guilda Radner and Lilly Tomlin were some of the best solo standup in the old days. Garret Norris, and Belushi and Akroid in skits...
Back when SNL was funny and comedy giants strode the earth.
5 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
learner 5/22/2022 2:29:49 PM (No. 1162974)
Who are these people and why should I care?
4 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
chumley 5/22/2022 2:40:26 PM (No. 1162986)
If one finds drug humor funny, the earlier stuff must have been a riot. I watched in the 80's and found it increasingly unfunny. Havent watched since and havent missed it.
2 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
NancyD 5/22/2022 2:42:29 PM (No. 1162989)
I think that dude is nasty.
We don't watch SNL and haven't for years. I think the last time we watched was with Dana Carvey and Mike Myers, Waynes world, party time, excellent. ha!
3 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
cor-vet 5/22/2022 7:31:40 PM (No. 1163110)
Loved Belushi, Radner and Curtin! Stopped watching when they were gone and apparently, from the other comments, haven't missed a thing!
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 5/23/2022 11:12:33 AM (No. 1163663)
Liberals are incapable of being funny. SNL is a bad joke.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 5/23/2022 1:17:40 PM (No. 1163774)
Kate is the most unfunny person in America! Has that make a goofy face always like Jim Carey! She can star in some super woke movies as the unfunny comedian!
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This show has gone downhill so much in recent years. McKinnon's Hillary was always entertaining, but the writing is severely lacking making much of the humor unfunny. Rather than watch the show, looking for clips of the good stuff meant no need to watch Saturday Night "live"