Script to Scene: 'PEN15' Co-Creator and Star Details "Tough Episode" Where Maya and Anna's Friendship Is TestedAnd I can’t believe that I had the most meaningful season I’ve ever had. I thought it was just going to be, “Well, if we manage to physically get through it, it’ll be something,” but it turned out to be … “favorite” is not the right word but definitely the most meaningful.
Anchor Colin Jost, Cecily Strong as Judge Jeanine Pirro, and anchor Michael Che during “Weekend Update” on Saturday, May 22, 2021.But so many people I’ve spoken to since it ended have said, “Thank you. It was such a bright spot in a dark time.” And I didn’t think of it that way at the time. It just felt like, “Oh, we’re doing our show and we have masks on and it’s weird.” Then to hear that it meant something to people … and it meant something to me, too.
I’ve heard the table reads have been compared to U.N. meetings, with everyone masked and seated far apart. What was it like to try to figure out what was funny in those conditions?Bad? No, it was a mix of feelings. Normally we’d see each other on Monday and Tuesday, and in this scenario Wednesday was our first day coming into the office. So it was very nice to be in the room with other people and to see people perform. That felt like a privilege.
holtzylover MCKINNON I’m going to Australia [for three months] to shoot something now, and so I’ll see what it’s like to come back. Does that mean she expects to come back to SNL? That would be more than wonderful!