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Saturday Night Live: Gyllenhaal Name Game, Marshmallow Peeps & More

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After a slightly later than usual look at read-thru yesterday, NBC's Saturday Night Live promotional machine is back to burning the engines once again. Following up on actor/comedian Jerrod Carmichael (Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel) & musical guest Gunna (check out our thoughts here), this week brings Jake Gyllenhaal (Ambulance) as host, alongside musical guest Camila Cabello. And since it's Thursday, that means it's time for the on-stage promos for the weekend (coming off a week where we got kinda ripped off with only one). This time around, SNL cast member Bowen Yang joins in on the festivities, though right from the start there seems to be some confusion on Gyllenhaal's part on how to pronounce his own name. From there, it looks like Yang's convincing love for Marshmallow Peeps could lead to a lucrative franchise come Summer 2023. Finally, it looks like Yang might need to talk to his agent (or Lorne Michaels) about that whole "paid for promos" thing.

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Now here's a look at the trio rolling out the red carpet for this weekend, followed by a look back at Gyllenhaal at read-thru on Wednesday night (and here's hoping we get some more behind-the-scenes from the SNL cast- not sure why those stopped):

 

And don't forget that we have Lizzo (Watch Out for the Big Grrrls) doing double-duty as host & musical guest on April 16th. Now here's a look at the official SNL "welcome" video for Gyllenhaal and Cabello:

During a tour behind-the-scenes of SNL's show night with CBS Mornings host Gayle King for his Kennedy Center honor before the end of the year, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels revealed that he had been thinking of retiring and thought it was a "really good time to leave." But first and foremost, his commitment is to see the show make it to that milestone. "I think I'm committed to doing this show until its 50th anniversary, which is in three years. I'd like to see that through, and I have a feeling that'd be a really good time to leave," Michaels explained. "I won't want the show ever to be bad. I care too deeply about it. It's been my life's work. So I'm going to do everything I can to see it carry on and carry on well," he continued. And while Michaels was loathed to discuss details on something that wouldn't happen for three more years, he did admit when it comes to who would take on the role next that they had "a sense of where we're headed with that."

NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 47 cast includes Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, and Bowen Yang; feature players include the returning Andrew Dismukes and Punkie Johnson, as well as new players Aristotle Athari (Future Man, All Rise), James Austin Johnson (Silicon Valley), and Sarah Sherman (The Eric Andre Show).

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Ray FlookAbout Ray Flook

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.
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