Saturday Night Live has been on for decades and, in some ways, the show has to be a well-oiled machine at this point. However, for those who have worked on the show, it’s more of an environment of “controlled chaos.” Recently, the historic sketch comedy show’s costume designer Tom Broecker sat down with Kenan Thompson to discuss the show during its hiatus from the 2023 TV schedule, and they got real about “the big pill” you have to swallow if you want to sign on for the show.
Broecker and Thompson clearly don’t do the same exact work, but in a lot of ways they have plenty in common. They know the ins and outs and behind-the-scenes chaos of working on the fly. They know the hustle of starting at 9 a.m. on a Monday morning and having just six days to creative a full show to air live on Saturday night. The know what it means to be at the whims of a celebrity guest.
