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Whether theyre willing to admit it or not, sports fans are addicted to drama.
This is one of many ways in whichSaturday Night Liveis like a sport.
This weeksSNLhappened to have one of those metanarratives going into it, and it was juicy.
SNLhas been inviting star athletes to host the show for decades but less so in recent years.
It turns out he can.
Straight Male Friend
Heres a prime example of anSNLsketch perfectly tailored to the host.
Just not as well as it works with a jacked party animal of the Jason Momoa ilk.
Its a huge credit to those writers, though, that the extra length didnt feel like padding.
(And one joke about how she wants to bang Peter Falk.)
Especially when it leads to incredible casting finds like the Russian rouletteplaying older lady fromthis episodes PDD sketch.
The tech team did some incredible work with the undetectable tear-spraying squibs on Gardners face inthe ex-girlfriend sketch.
Thank God theyre not, though.
