Class is again in session with “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson, whose April 1 internet hosting debut on “Saturday Night Live” featured a comedic lesson on why she and her character, Janine Teagues, are literally nothing alike.
“I like that persons are having fun with ‘Abbott,’ however I want that they didn’t count on me to be precisely like my character on a regular basis in public. Janine Teagues is a second grade trainer who’s caring and healthful, however I’m the alternative. I imply, I’m not a dirty whore however I wish to have enjoyable,” Brunson joked.
The Emmy winner went on to elucidate how some viewers assume she has an in depth understanding of the general public faculty system primarily based on her function within the present: “I simply need individuals to decrease their expectations of me. I’m nonetheless younger, nonetheless figuring issues out.”
The episode opened with featured participant James Austin Johnson portraying Donald Trump in a political sketch that comes two days after the previous president was indicted by a grand jury. With Trump’s indictment, he’s the primary president in U.S. historical past to ever be charged with against the law.
“Frankly, it’s time that I come clear, admit that I broke the regulation and go quietly to jail,” Johnson mentioned, embodying Trump. “April Fools. That was a prank. I used to be doing a Jim from ‘The Office.’ But make no mistake, what the radical-led democrats are doing to me is worse than any crime I’ve ever dedicated, and I’ve dedicated lots — near 34.”
After delivering the speech, Johnson’s Trump is joined by Kenan Thompson as Don King, the boxing promoter and identified Trump supporter. The two share a heartfelt second on stage singing Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers’ “Islands within the Stream.”
Rapper Miles McCollum, identified to followers as Lil Yachty, additionally made his first-time look on the long-running sketch present because the night’s musical visitor. The two-time Grammy nominee launched his fifth studio album, “Let’s Start Here” in the beginning of 2023.
“Saturday Night Live” stars Kenan Thompson, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman, Punkie Johnson and Andrew Dismukes in addition to Michael Che and Colin Jost, co-anchors of Weekend Update. James Austin Johnson, Sarah Sherman, Marcello Hernández, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker are featured gamers among the many ensemble.
Series creator Lorne Michaels and director Liz Patrick are on the helm of the long-running sequence, which is presently on its forty eighth season. The present is produced by Broadway Video and SNL Studios.
Watch “Saturday Night Live” at 8:30 p.m. PT/11:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
