Live From My Couch

If you were home Saturday night (I mean, you’d better have been home Saturday night – unless you are an essential worker at work working in which case I’m sorry and thank you), you might have caught the self-quarantine version of “Saturday Night Live.” The cast, and some famous alumni, popped up from their homes in self-recorded videos. It was strange and strangely moving at the same time. I truly laughed and cried – like that old cliché of a compliment. There was a tribute to their late music director Hal Willner, who passed away from COVID-19. And while some of the skits worked better than others, there was a refreshing weirdness mixed with shared melancholy that made it feel truly personal. We’re in this terrifying weirdness together. May we be so thankful for those still working tirelessly in the face of so much risk to keep our lives as normal and safe as possible.

And, in an only somewhat unrelated note, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Kate McKinnon’s impersonation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg must be protected at all costs during this time.