aired its experimental "Saturday Night Live At Home" special on April 11, swapping the usual live format for a series of pre-recorded, remotely performed material and sketches in the wake of COVID-19 safety measures.
"It’s beautiful to see all my castmates," Kenan Thompson said at the top of the show as the cast appeared in the format of a Zoom video call. "It’s sometime between March and August," Kate McKinnon said. The usual intro played, featuring clips of the band playing remotely as well as footage of the cast in their own homes doing things like juggling canned foods, microwaving food and having a tea party with dolls.
The episode was hosted by Tom Hanks, who was diagnosed with coronavirus in March. "It is a strange time to try to be funny," Hanks said in his opening monologue, filmed in his home. He added that he and his wife Rita Wilson, who was also diagnosed, are doing fine now. “There’s no such thing as Saturdays anymore,” Hanks said.
He explained that the whole show had been filmed by the castmates in quarantine. He then mimicked the “question and answer” format of a typical host monologue and fielded questions from himself in costumes. "Stay safe," Hanks said at the end of his monologue, thanking healthcare workers, delivery workers, grocery workers and the folks who have been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response.
Nice Green Screen Tom. Trying to make everyone think you're at home, when you're not. Hollywood is toast. Nobody buys or believes their crap, or cares for their politics or bad films anymore. 70% of box office revenues come from outside the US. Americans are tired of Hollywood!
Did anyone watch
Lame with a capital 'L'.
Go back and self quarantine
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Nobody gives a shit about Hollywood
Demon
No Saturdays and no leftovers either...
Thank God we had Tom Hanks say it how could we prop white liberals even further.
Not entertaining. Frankly, boring AF. Bad enough that talk shows are doing 'from home' feeds now we've got monologues from the kitchen? Ugh.
I’ve been strong so far through this pandemic, saw a commercial about the coronavirus & just broke down. My husband came over & hugged me tight & then you guys came back on & had me laughing again, Thank You! Sooo much! I think you guys did Great! Rock On! Saturday Night Live!🥰
Live from prison?
Loved the sky news segment!
It looks like a D.U.M.B. kitchen....
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You know that’s the kitchen like adjacent to the workout studio in the basement or something ... that’s the kitchen in the guest quarters, or the kitchen in the pool house ... no way is that Tom Hanks Kitchen kitchen
He can do no wrong! 🤩
Did we get a full shot showing off his ankle bracelet?
I don’t believe for one second that this is his actual kitchen.
No hair system
Please never use the laugh track again on SNL news...
They are doing a great job! The Ruth Bader Ginsburg skit was so funny, as was the Masterclass skit!
22 minutes in and blahhhhh
I want chefjoseandres to host from his kitchen or any WCKitchen site.
Loving it!
This is soo bad I can’t stop watching 😟
Ingenius writing. Truly innovative and funny. SNLAtHome
when did tom hanks morph into jk simmons? is that a side effect of the virus?
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I don't think that's his kitchen. I think that's his mini-kitchen next to his home theater.