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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Tackles Election & ‘Gladiator II’ And ‘Wicked’ Releasing The Same Day: “Get Ready For Glad-Dicked”
This week's 'Weekend Update' tackled the results of the 2024 election and 'Gladiator II' and 'Wicked' releasing the same day.
This week’s “ Weekend Update ” on Saturday Night Live was a sprawling one — tackling the results of the 2024 presidential election and joking about the next “Barbenheimer.” Elsewhere during the program, Jost joked about cinemas’ goal of recreating “Barbenheimer,” the double-feature release of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in summer 2023: “Theater owners around the country are hoping to recreate the box-office success of ‘Barbenheimer’ when Gladiator II and Wicked are released on the same weekend. Also featured on “Weekend Update” were guest appearances by Ego Nwodim’s “woman who can’t find something in her purse” on how to be a good, active listener, as well as Kenan Thompson’s neighbor Willie, whose unfailing optimism belies the darker natures of his life.
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