💞 KATE 💞 pic.twitter.com/1Vu7inSjo7
— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) May 24, 2022
Well, there goes my reason for watching any “Saturday Night Live” in the first place. After a decade (yes, a whole damn DECADE) on SNL, Kate McKinnon has left the building. Last weekend was her last rodeo. While we all know the live sketch comedy show is hit-and-many-misses funny these days, there’s never been any question about Kate. She has carried the series on her unendingly talented back — as both its backbone and moral conscience at times — for the past 10 years. (Yeah, make fun of it all you will, but the Hillary Hallelujah touched something deep in all of us who were stupidly blindsided by her loss and thought a better country was possible. And that was even before shit got truly dire.)
Kate is also a source of personal pride for many a queer woman who watched her rise up from the humble pages of that formerly smart queer women’s website that was named after that other lesbian celebrity who just happens to be ending her show this week (and who Kate just happens to be really good at impersonating). Remember her on the vlogs? Oh, we were all so young then. So young and so gay.
But Kate was truly great right out of the gates. On her very, very first show she gave us this absolute gem. Honestly, this and Lucy Lawless skit where she plays Stevie Nicks making a commercial for her fast-casual Mexican restaurant chain are two of my all-time favorites. I mean, this was her first show and she was already this funny.
The season finale was also the last show for Aidy Bryant, another decade-long veteran, who is also great on her own right (have you watched “Shrill?”) and wonderful as a comedy partner to Kate. (Also, the guy who is dating Kim Kardashian left too or whatever.) I believe Kate and Aidy are the perfect comedy work wives. And while they have many, many memorable sketches together, the one where they got Gal Gadot to kiss Kate is truly an all-time classic. First, manifest your own dreams, gay comedy writers, and second, yeah she got to kiss Wonder Woman. Perfect. No notes.
Honestly, it’s fitting Kate and Aidy left together. Now they can finally work on their soon-to-be hit crime drama “Dyke & Fats.”
And they saved Christmas!
Best of luck, Kate and Aidy. Thank you for all the super duper, duper super gay laughs. Happy weekend, all.
Kate deserves to be in the pantheon of all time best SNL cast members
ReplyDeleteShe was that good
Kate McKinnon is truly unique in a sense that no matter what character she has portrayed in SNL, she has almost every time made me smile. She has a kind sparkle in her eyes and amazing sense of humour. I wish her all the best in her next steps in life.
ReplyDeleteAidy Bryant can do anything and everything. She's also been constantly
great in so many sketches.
I'm happy that Cecily Strong has not left the SNL set.
Interesting to see how the show evolves, and who or which comedy talents can fill The Void. -Josander