Former Saturday night live Cast member Kate McKinnon was joined on stage Saturday by a co-star SNL alums Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig, and the trio pitched one SNL spin on “I'll Be Home for Christmas.”
McKinnon, who spent a decade on the late night show until her departure last year, began by noting how “weird” it felt to now have her own monologue.
“I don't really like talking in my own voice. That's why I got into this racket in the first place,” joked the actress, who picked up a pair of Emmys for her impressions. SNL.
“Since I left this job because my skin was reacting badly to the prosthetics, I've been trying to put together a human personality and so far I have a hat. It's a good hat. It's a strong hat,” he continued. “But yeah, basically I've never monologued myself before. I usually played the freak next to hot people.”
McKinnon then showed several examples of her appearance in one outlandish costume or another alongside SNLhis guest hosts.
McKinnon's role in Barbienoted afterwards, it also fit.
“I played a character called Weird Barbie. I walked in the first day and they were like, “Oh my God. You look perfect.” And I was like, “These are my clothes.”
McKinnon then turned to a tiny keyboard, saying she would sing the message she left SNL Audio message from creator Lorne Michaels after being asked to introduce the show's Christmas episode.
“I'll be home for Christmas / I live close by, it'll be easy for me
Feed me figs and make me wigs / reactivate my identity.”
McKinnon noted that she appreciated seeing old friends again, so Rudolph and Wiig appeared and the three exchanged pleasantries. They then joked about what everyone has been up to since they were last on the show – according to Wikipedia.
“He said I was in over 38,000 sketches here!” Wiig remarked, adding that she has also won a dozen Grammys and is dating Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs.
The three former cast members closed with more verses:
“Christmas Eve will find us / where the light of love shines
We came home for Christmas, it's time to start the show”
Later in the show, McKinnon, Rudolph and Wiig teamed up again in a Christmas skit with music as members of the Swedish band ABBA.
With Bowen Yang as the fourth, the newly discovered 1978 Christmas album is promoted by a public service announcer (James Austin Johnson). Songs include “Santa Queen”, “Who's that Baby (It's the Baby Jesus)” and “Frostititita”, during which all four sing very close to each other's faces.
