As I sit at my desk writing this article, it is 75 degrees and sunny in Los Angeles… but I’m fully aware that things are not nearly as comfortable presently in many other regions of the United States. The streets of New York, for example, are covered in ice and snow, and pedestrians have to bury their heads in their jackets to protect from the freezing wind whipping between skyscrapers. In that kind of cold, you welcome anything that helps get you warm… and I suppose that might include watching heartwarming acts by Saturday Night Live stars.
Each week before a new episode of the long-running sketch show, fans line up outside 30 Rockefeller Plaza in the hope that a spot in the audience will open up and they’ll enjoy an in-person Saturday Night Live experience. A seat isn’t guaranteed, and a person might get stuck waiting outside in the cold for absolutely nothing, but I suppose it would be worth it if it meant getting to meet Kenan Thompson and having him give you a copy of his new book:
