Michael Che leaves Coiln Jost speechless after savage joke he sneaked into live broadcast after dress rehearsal (via toofab):
We love when you can tell that one guy has no idea what they other is about to say. We got a great reaction from Jost when Che used a story about Mel Gibson possibly directing a new “Lethal Weapon” to savagely skewer “Weekend Update.” He burned them both, but Jost was definitely more singed on that one! “That wasn’t in dress,” Jost declared through laughter. Black Santa and Queen Elizabeth II jokes were too good to bring up here, but got great reactions.
She was well on her way to possibly taking this week’s title, but then we never saw her again. Instead, an even newer face to the cast surged to the forefront. James Austin Johnson has been impressing with a lot of Cold Open work this season, taking on Biden and Trump and a host of other impressions, and that’s what helped him this week.