Even though SNL does a full dress rehearsal just hours before going on the air, cast members are never quite sure how things are going to land. The audience is made up of entirely new people, and they’re going to have different reactions, sometimes for the positive and sometimes for the negative. Last night’s SNL was a good reminder of that, as Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost was so amused by the response to one joke that he stopped and roasted people in the front row for it.
The joke in question was delivered by Michael Che, and it was about an airline seat cushion. The Japanese Airlines version apparently has a cheek splitter designed to go in the middle, which attracted a lot of attention on social media. The Weekend Update anchor showed a picture of it and then turned the curiosity into an unexpectedly graphic joke about Heated Rivalry.
