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May 29, 2026 / 00:49

This episode features discussions about SNL's production process, including the fake good nights and the weekend update format. Guests share their experiences with the show's behind-the-scenes dynamics.

One guest recounts their discomfort with the good nights segment, highlighting how they were often overlooked while trying to join the host on stage. They mention how Lauren Michaels had to send someone to find them, emphasizing the chaos of the moment.

Another guest comments on the weekend update, explaining how jokes are rehearsed during dress rehearsals but are delivered as if they are fresh during the live show. This reflects the nature of show business and the performance aspect of SNL.

TL;DR

Guests discuss SNL's production quirks, including fake good nights and the weekend update format.

Episode

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It's just like with the good nights on
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SNL. I hated going up there and waving
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goodbye and people would be jockeying to
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get to the front, you know, to stand
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next to the host. I'm like in the back.
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Lauren had to have Marcy Klein come
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running after and he find me. He said,
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"Lauren, wants you on the stage." And
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I'm like,
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>> People don't realize there's a dress
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show and we do the good nights, a fake
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good nights, 2 hours before. And then we
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got to do it again like, "Oh, hugging.
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Oh, I can't believe it."
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>> Get out there. Lauren wants you. I'm
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like,
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>> [laughter]
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>> There's no way Lauren was out there.
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Somehow figured out I wasn't there yet.
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I said, [laughter] "I
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stayed." And I believed it every time.
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I'm like, "Lauren?"
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>> Uh,
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I mean, it's same with the weekend
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update, you know, you do all those jokes
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in the dress. It's an act. And then you
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do it in the live show and you laugh in
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the same places like that's the first
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time you've heard it.
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>> It is a show business.
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Get it?

Episode Highlights

  • The Fake Good Nights
    The behind-the-scenes reality of SNL's good nights, done two hours early.
    “People don't realize there's a dress show and we do the good nights, a fake good nights, 2 hours before.”
    @ 00m 14s
    May 29, 2026
  • The Weekend Update Act
    The routine of performing jokes in dress rehearsal and live shows.
    “You do all those jokes in the dress. It's an act.”
    @ 00m 35s
    May 29, 2026

Episode Quotes

Key Moments

  • Urgency00:23
  • Performance Reality00:44

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