Quinta Brunson Hosts ‘SNL’ With Benson Boone And Sabrina Carpenter
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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — Episode 1882 — Pictured: (l-r) Musical guest Benson Boone and host Quinta … More Brunson during Promos in Studio 8H on Thursday, May 1, 2025 Rosalind O’Connor/NBC via Getty Images This week, Quinta Brunson hosted Saturday Night Live for the second time. The Abbott Elementary star previously hosted an episode on season 48. She also appeared in the 50th Anniversary Special as part of a Q&A segment with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Brunson was joined by first-time musical guest Benson Boone. Cold Open In this Cold Open, James Austin Johnson appears as Donald Trump to sign executive orders on his 100th day as president. He is joined by Mikey Day as Stephen Miller and Marcello Hernández as Marco Rubio. Trump’s orders include making girlfriends young again and stopping piercing the ears of Latina babies. Like many of the recent Cold Opens, this sketch is carried by the sheer force of Johnson’s impression. Monologue Brunson uses her monologue to sing a throwback song about being short. While short jokes feel like low hanging fruit for the 4’11 star, the song is very cute. There is something deeply hammy about the performance which works better than it should. Brunson is joined by fellow short icon Sabrina Carpenter (when will she be hosting? It is time!), Hernández and NBA star Dwyane Wade (yes, he is 6’4, but that is short for professional basketball.) Will & Todd’s Radical Experience This Bill & Ted-style stoner comedy gets complicated when Harriet Tubman (Brunson) and Frederick Douglass (Kenan Thompson) want to stay in 1987 instead of going back to the 1800s. This is a really entertaining sketch that is elevated by solid performances and impressions. Radical! OnlySeniors Married older couple (Brunson and Thompson) have found a new kind of life insurance policy:…
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