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May 13, 2022 · Michael Che Mulls Over ‘SNL’ Exit, Has Debated Leaving ‘for the Past Five Seasons’
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Sep 17, 2024 · Almost a decade later, Michael Che is still a little heated over a joke Colin Jost wrote about salsa. Last week, the “Weekend Update” cohosts were interviewed by “ Saturday Night Live ” alums Dana Carvey and David Spade on their “ Fly on the Wall ” podcast.
Jun 8, 2022 · Howard was curious about two hilarious-sounding Che bits which never made it to air, “Half a Viagra”—concerning a pill men take to impress other guys at the urinal—and “Wet Coma,” which featured guest host Owen Wilson moaning in a hospital bed during a never-ending wet dream.
Sep 16, 2024 · To Che's surprise, the joke killed. "He did it on air and it destroyed. And I was so frustrated. I was so frustrated. I was like, 'I don’t even know what we do anymore,'" he admitted. Jost, ever ...
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Though comedy felt natural to Michael, he quickly realized there was far more to it than writing funny jokes. Like all up-and-coming comics, he was thrown up on stage without so much as a training manual or orientation seminar. Thankfully, he received sage advice early on from legendary funnyman Tracy Morgan. “Tracy has been an awesome kind of ment...
Che once again faced a steep learning curve after “SNL” hired him as a guest writer. “I thought I was getting coffee and bagels,” he told Howard with a laugh. “A ‘guest writer’? I didn’t know what I was doing. I thought I was parking cars.” While one of Michael’s sketches did make it to air his first week, the writers’ room remained “extremely inti...
For millions, Eddie Murphy’s “Saturday Night Live” return last December was a Christmas miracle. For Che, it was nerve-racking. “I can’t go back home if that show’s bad,” he told Howard. “Literally, my family will be more mad at me than Eddie, you know. ‘You ruined Eddie Murphy on “Saturday Night Live!”’ Yeah, it was crazy.” Michael wrote a lot of ...
Howard, like many “SNL” lovers, is a big fan of Colin Jost and Michael Che’s running “joke swap” gag in which the “Weekend Update” anchors write edgy jokes for each other and then read them—for the very first time—live on the air. “For Colin, I like to kind of go past the line,” Michael laughed. Howard was curious about the segment’s origins. “We h...
Considering Jost recently married to A-lister Scarlett Johansson and “SNL’s” Pete Davidson famously dated pop star Ariana Grande as well as actress Kate Beckinsale, Howard wondered if Che felt left out. “Are you like, ‘Fuck, I gotta marry someone [famous, too]?” he asked. “Absolutely not,” Che laughed. “You can have them all.” “Famous relationships...
Jun 10, 2022 · 17. Michael Che has a “Weekend Update” on why he’s sticking around “Saturday Night Live.” The “SNL” player and co-head writer told Howard Stern this week why, despite telling “Saturday Night...
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Mar 28, 2022 · Saturday Night Live (1975) Comedian Michael Che corrects reports that he's leaving SNL's Weekend Update, which was reported based on a joke in his live stand-up act.
