Michael Che on his SNL future: "My head has been at leaving for the past 5 seasons" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 05-13-2022, 08:28 PM

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/a...e-snl-hbo.html

Che, Saturday Night Live's co-head writer and second-longest serving "Weekend Update" anchor, was asked in a New York Times profile about his comments reported in March that this is his last season. “Who doesn’t say they’re going to quit their job when they’re at their other job?” he said, continuing to play his comments as a joke. “I’m sure Biden says that twice a week.” In a more sincere tone, Che said: “My head has been at leaving for the past five seasons.” Che added: "I do think that I’ve been here longer than I’ll be here. This show is built for younger voices and, at some point, there’ll be something more exciting to watch at the halfway mark of the show than me and dumb Jost.” Meanwhile, SNL boss Lorne Michaels, who produces Che's HBO Max sketch comedy show That Damn Michael Che, said he hopes Che stays. “If I had my way, he’ll be here,” says Michaels. “And I don’t always get my way. But when you have someone who’s the real thing, you want to hold on as long as you can.”

70s show watcher · 05-13-2022, 08:48 PM

I did not care too much for him at first but he has really grown on me and also I know that I may take some flack for this but I really think that he raiseid the quality of the writing compared to what it was under seth meyers

if he does leave I will miss him a lot but I wish him well

05-13-2022, 08:28 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,548	Michael Che on his SNL future: "My head has been at leaving for the past 5 seasons" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/a...e-snl-hbo.html Che, Saturday Night Live's co-head writer and second-longest serving "Weekend Update" anchor, was asked in a New York Times profile about his comments reported in March that this is his last season. “Who doesn’t say they’re going to quit their job when they’re at their other job?” he said, continuing to play his comments as a joke. “I’m sure Biden says that twice a week.” In a more sincere tone, Che said: “My head has been at leaving for the past five seasons.” Che added: "I do think that I’ve been here longer than I’ll be here. This show is built for younger voices and, at some point, there’ll be something more exciting to watch at the halfway mark of the show than me and dumb Jost.” Meanwhile, SNL boss Lorne Michaels, who produces Che's HBO Max sketch comedy show That Damn Michael Che, said he hopes Che stays. “If I had my way, he’ll be here,” says Michaels. “And I don’t always get my way. But when you have someone who’s the real thing, you want to hold on as long as you can.”

05-13-2022, 08:48 PM	#2
70s show watcher Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 20, 2008 Location: between point place and studio 8 h Posts: 4,549	I did not care too much for him at first but he has really grown on me and also I know that I may take some flack for this but I really think that he raiseid the quality of the writing compared to what it was under seth meyers if he does leave I will miss him a lot but I wish him well