Jason Kelsey
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That's so cool. Do you have a favorite sketch from your time at SNL? Ooh, I had another one of those questions.
That's so cool. Do you have a favorite sketch from your time at SNL? Ooh, I had another one of those questions.
Yeah, yeah. I would say, during my time, and I've answered this before, but it's the truth, was my favorite to-to-do was What Up With That? Because it was a big cast sketch. It also was one that people started getting really excited about, and we would normally do it after a weekend update. That became its slot. And so they, you know, I mean, you know, you went, where I went, you hosted it?
Yeah, yeah. I would say, during my time, and I've answered this before, but it's the truth, was my favorite to-to-do was What Up With That? Because it was a big cast sketch. It also was one that people started getting really excited about, and we would normally do it after a weekend update. That became its slot. And so they, you know, I mean, you know, you went, where I went, you hosted it?
Yeah, yeah. I would say, during my time, and I've answered this before, but it's the truth, was my favorite to-to-do was What Up With That? Because it was a big cast sketch. It also was one that people started getting really excited about, and we would normally do it after a weekend update. That became its slot. And so they, you know, I mean, you know, you went, where I went, you hosted it?
Yeah, yeah. So, like, how incredible, like... what happens in the commercial breaks, like what that crew, what those men and women do in that amount of time with that amount of intensity and taking things down and putting them up. So when, when they whip that giant ass, uh, weekend update desk and they bring it right down the center pipe there and then they, they're taking down the thing.
Yeah, yeah. So, like, how incredible, like... what happens in the commercial breaks, like what that crew, what those men and women do in that amount of time with that amount of intensity and taking things down and putting them up. So when, when they whip that giant ass, uh, weekend update desk and they bring it right down the center pipe there and then they, they're taking down the thing.
Yeah, yeah. So, like, how incredible, like... what happens in the commercial breaks, like what that crew, what those men and women do in that amount of time with that amount of intensity and taking things down and putting them up. So when, when they whip that giant ass, uh, weekend update desk and they bring it right down the center pipe there and then they, they're taking down the thing.
Then they start putting together the, the what up with that set. Yeah. The crowd would just start getting like, Oh shit. All of us. We all know our function. We all know our role. Everybody gets like a little highlight, a little spot here and there.
Then they start putting together the, the what up with that set. Yeah. The crowd would just start getting like, Oh shit. All of us. We all know our function. We all know our role. Everybody gets like a little highlight, a little spot here and there.
Then they start putting together the, the what up with that set. Yeah. The crowd would just start getting like, Oh shit. All of us. We all know our function. We all know our role. Everybody gets like a little highlight, a little spot here and there.
We'd always we eventually started getting like insane, like like cameos, you know, whether it be Robin Williams or Robert De Niro or just someone or Samuel L. Jackson, like someone who's not going to say anything is only there to be in this show. You know, and then wave goodnight and then come to the after party. Like, it was, that was just so fun.
We'd always we eventually started getting like insane, like like cameos, you know, whether it be Robin Williams or Robert De Niro or just someone or Samuel L. Jackson, like someone who's not going to say anything is only there to be in this show. You know, and then wave goodnight and then come to the after party. Like, it was, that was just so fun.
We'd always we eventually started getting like insane, like like cameos, you know, whether it be Robin Williams or Robert De Niro or just someone or Samuel L. Jackson, like someone who's not going to say anything is only there to be in this show. You know, and then wave goodnight and then come to the after party. Like, it was, that was just so fun.
That was like, that was one of the, out of the recurring ones, I loved, Wig and I, in our first few years together, did these characters called the Two A-Holes, which was really fun, where it was like, you know, a guy, you know, chewing gum, and his girlfriend kind of like, you know, like playing with her hair and chewing gum, and they were just, those were a blast to do and write, and people loved it.
That was like, that was one of the, out of the recurring ones, I loved, Wig and I, in our first few years together, did these characters called the Two A-Holes, which was really fun, where it was like, you know, a guy, you know, chewing gum, and his girlfriend kind of like, you know, like playing with her hair and chewing gum, and they were just, those were a blast to do and write, and people loved it.
That was like, that was one of the, out of the recurring ones, I loved, Wig and I, in our first few years together, did these characters called the Two A-Holes, which was really fun, where it was like, you know, a guy, you know, chewing gum, and his girlfriend kind of like, you know, like playing with her hair and chewing gum, and they were just, those were a blast to do and write, and people loved it.
It was definitely an archetype that people saw in the real world. It still exists. They're still out there. They're doing well. Then a few of my personal favorites that I was involved in. Forte and I had a lot of fun things. We did a sketch called Potato Chip. The very first time we did it was with Taylor when she hosted. Nice. But it didn't make the cut. A young Taylor too. A young Taylor.
It was definitely an archetype that people saw in the real world. It still exists. They're still out there. They're doing well. Then a few of my personal favorites that I was involved in. Forte and I had a lot of fun things. We did a sketch called Potato Chip. The very first time we did it was with Taylor when she hosted. Nice. But it didn't make the cut. A young Taylor too. A young Taylor.
It was definitely an archetype that people saw in the real world. It still exists. They're still out there. They're doing well. Then a few of my personal favorites that I was involved in. Forte and I had a lot of fun things. We did a sketch called Potato Chip. The very first time we did it was with Taylor when she hosted. Nice. But it didn't make the cut. A young Taylor too. A young Taylor.