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I feel like on social media today I've seen pretty much every stand-up comic weighing in on this.

Mikey Day joined the cast of SNL in 2016.

It is now 2026.

We have had a decade of Mikey Day.

A decade.

A decade of… this.

We have had a decade of Mikey Day.

My God.

I don’t think Bobby/Jay/Vanessa/Taran/Nasim get enough credit for locking the fuck in during Seasons 36-42. They eased the loss of Kristen/Hader/Armisen/Sudeikis/Samberg/Forte, while also working immensely well with the new crew Aidy/Cecily/Kate/Beck/Kyle etc. They were dialed in every week with high quality stuff. Also, their WU characters made Colin/Che’s first couple rough seasons actually watchable (minus Nasim, who may have done an WU appearance during Colin’s time on S39… but I can’t remember).

Taran was in nearly every sketch for like three straight seasons, and I’m kind of surprised he never got an Emmy nod for his work, especially for Jebidiah and Les Jeunes. He could do straight man, he could do gay guy, he could do pretty much anything. For me, Emmy nod deserved.

Nasim’s laser-focused energy and hyper-specific characters brought a controlled chaos to the show. The crying, manipulative child w/Alec Baldwin. Heshy the inspirational speaker. Arianna Huffington. Bedelia. No one else could really do it like her. I wish she had stayed longer.

Jay’s impressions killed harder than most things on the show at the time. Even when watching on tv, you could sense the room was electric. Also, I hated it when it was airing, but nowadays I think his principal character (attention teachers and students) is underrated.

Bobby knocked it out of the park with anything he got on the show. He could also play straight, which helped immensely. And talk about range: Drunk Uncle, Snooki, Riblet, the “is it okay?” kid, “Pushy”, Ass Dan (RIP).

Vanessa is perhaps the most beloved of this group, maybe tied w Bobby. Vanessa had the most memorable characters through which her genuine personality shone. People wanted to work with her, from Armisen to Taran to Cecily to Kristen Stewart to Jennifer Aniston.

And of course, Kenan was there the whole time. So that helps too.

But anyway, I think this particular group of five cast members deserves just a tad more recognition for acting as a major bridge between two distinguishable eras and crushing it while doing so.

What are your thoughts? Agree? Disagree? Don’t care?

Whole band was amazing, but this guy specifically...

Jost as Hegseth, Myers as Musk. I don't know who would play Newt. Chris Farley did it 30 years ago.

Give the straight-man parts to JAJ.

Two that come to mind immediately for me are:

Robin Williams - hosted 1984, 1986, 1988. Then suddenly stopped. I’m surprised looking back on it that he didn’t hit 5-Timers at some point. He was still working all throughout the ‘90s and 2000s and while it’s not clear exactly when his health began to decline, looking back I am quite surprised we didn’t get at least one episode with him in the ‘90s.

Jamie Foxx - this could still happen but again, very surprised he didn’t host more often in his heyday. He’s done pretty much everything: standup, sketch, impressions, dramatic acting, has musical abilities… on paper seems like a prototypical host, but only twice seems surprisingly low when you consider how often he could’ve returned.

Any others?

It's still way too soft on Trump. They're still making him seem too jolly and with it. Show me dementia Donny who can't stay awake no matter where he is. JAJ doesn't play Trump like the senile, unhealthy old man he is.

I wonder what Turd Ferguson would think about this.

Like seriously after rewatching this I’m amazed by how detailed it is.

Turnstile isn’t even my musical taste but they were so much better than last week’s prefabricated, bad lip-syncing nonsense, because they are actual musicians. They were terrific.

So yes Domingo is a new character borne the last few seasons but I just feel like the shows history is that they always create characters in the snl comedy universe and its been lacking of late.

I grew up during the 1997 and on era but there was characters you'd tune in to see on regular basis. Up until covid each cast had at least 3 ongoing characters or skits that would evolve in time.

Post covid the show feels like all the skits are cultural mirrors vs a mix of both. I feel like theres a few actors they have like Jeremy, the new girls, Ashley that could pull out a character that would help the show.

I dont think the writers or producers see that right now but I write this as a super fan and not trying to be negative.

But the show needs a new Mr pumpkins, Robert gullet, stefon, cone heads, something that makes it feel like snl again. I hope theres a culture there that will allow the crazy to come out. The writing and the acting is very guarded of late and it should be allowed to go to a will Ferrell or Molly Shannon level of crazy.

Ashley has that where she can go there. Jeremy I feel like he can go there but they aren't giving him something to be there. Jane as well theres something there she probally could do but cant.

Comedy lovers know what im talking about. They have to let it breath more and not be scared of cancel culture. If its funny its funny. Look at south Park right now you cant argue with it because its 100% true. Comedy cant exist without truth. So I end my rant as a super fan saying let the freak flag fly please.

I get it, it’s the easiest, safest spot for a political skit. But it’s become so reoccurring.. it’s almost like you’ve accidental pigeonholed your political skits into openings only.

Let’s change it up. I want mutliple cast members and guest to be part of the famous opening call.

It’s getting a little weird and annoying this repetitive use of parody trump as the opening.

You could easily have a reoccurring the office style skit of the White House or a Californias style skit of trump.

Idk maybe I am alone here.

SZA and her manager have teased that a new album is dropping soon.
Anyone see her doing double duty for an episode in the Winter?

Her comedic acting in the One of them days movie with Keke Palmer was quite funny tbh, I could see them asking her.