After more than a month off the air, Saturday Night Live returned with a special episode filmed remotely. In a major surprise, America’s dad and COVID-10 survivor, Tom Hanks, appeared as the unannounced host of the episode.
Hanks delivered his monologue from his own kitchen. He began by acknowledging how it was “a strange time to try and be funny, but trying to be funny is ‘SNL’s’ whole thing, so we thought, ‘What the heck?”
He then commented on his own recent battle with coronavirus and joked, “Ever since being diagnosed, I have been more like America’s dad than ever before since no one wants to be around me very long and I make people uncomfortable.”
“Will it be weird to see sketches without big sets and costumes? Sure. But will it make you laugh? Eh, it’s ‘SNL,’ there will be some good stuff, maybe one or two stinkers, you know the drill,” Hanks went on the add.
He closed his monolog on a more serious tone: “Stay safe. We are in this for the duration, and we are going to get through this together. We are going to thank our hospital workers, our first responders, and all of our helpers… the men and women who are keeping this country going when we need them more than ever. We’re going to take care of them, and we’re going to take care of each other.”
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Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Hanks! #SNLAtHome pic.twitter.com/jCmEnBjSzq
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) April 12, 2020
