The Saturday Night Live cast members are very used to doing sketch comedy in front of a live audience, but the same cannot be said for all of the hosts. Some of them would come in quite nervous, and if the monologue and first few sketches don’t go well, it could turn into a long and uncomfortable night. Fortunately, during his tenure on the show, longtime Not Ready For Primetime Player Pete Davidson got really good at lying. In fact, there was one lie he used over and over again.
Davidson recently appeared at Netflix Is A Joke alongside stand-up comedian and longtime SNL writer John Mulaney. The subject of host monologues came up, and they were very open about how most of them suck. Mulaney estimated that 8 out of 10 of them go poorly but said he’d reassure them afterwards that it went well.
