This weekend, Ramy Youssef became the first Egyptian named Ramy of New Jersey be a host sometime Saturday night liveand one of the night's standout sketches took aim at a beloved cultural mainstay: NPR's Tiny Desk concerts.
The sketch featured Youssef as the leader of a band that “rocks” the Tiny Desk, and even had his cellist (Chloe Troast) playing a milk carton as a stirrer for the occasion. However, as they begin to perform, they are interrupted by Bowen Yang (playing a 35-year-old intern attending “SUNY Newark”), who asks them to “keep the commotion under control” because “some of us are working.”
The band, confused that their booking to touch Bob Boilen's iconic desk in the NPR office went wrong, tries to continue, but is again interrupted by Yang's character (who is on a “Major Zoom” to “Glass and Gross”). in the other room). When other employees try to protest the interruption, saying that the Tiny Desk is “the most important thing” at NPR, Yang responds: “I'm brave enough to say it, that desk is not small.”
Next, Yang's character says, “It just feels small because it has a lot of junk,” before adding that the Tiny Desk performance “could have been an email.” At this point, Youssef's character breaks down and laments that the band is always interrupted, which ultimately earns Yang's sympathy. An impromptu podcast about the outage begins (in classic NPR style, of course) and the band eventually ends their set by writing a theme song for the show. Check out the sketch below.
Beyond Youssef's host, the one from last night Saturday night live featured a musical performance by Travis Scott. Next week, SNL Alum Kristen Wiig will host the show, with musical guest Raye.
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