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29 Cast Members and Writers’ ‘Welcome to SNL’ Moment
“When I realized they were seriously trying me out as Biden on my first episode.”
We asked dozens of writers and cast members who worked on the show across decades the following question: “What was your ‘Welcome to SNL ’ moment — the first time you thought, Holy shit, this is my job?! The next morning, rehearsals started, and I was handed a makeup brush, and in the Beyoncé send-up of “Single Ladies,” I had to powder her face and then sit on Justin Timberlake’s lap. For some reason, the moment where it really sank in for me was the first week when a bunch of writers and cast were at Del Frisco’s together, and as we were splitting the check, I was like, Holy shit, I’m doing co-worker things with people who work at Saturday Night Live.
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