Although the pandemic isolation has made Colin Jost appreciate more than ever the routine of working in the 30 Rock studio of “Saturday Night Live”, the co-host of Weekend Update is still unsure if next season will be the last.
Appearing remotely on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM show, Jost was unable to give a definitive answer when Stern asked if he would be leaving the long NBC comedy series after this season.
“I’ve been talking to Che about that in general,” Jost said, referring to his weekend update co-host, Michael Che. “I’m not sure. The COVID stuff has really affected how I feel about it because, you know, being away from the people that make you laugh at work that way for so long, really makes you appreciate not only work, but also the routine of being at work. “
Jost, whose new memoir “A Very Punchable Face” was released this week, said being isolated has taught “how much joy of work is proximity” to colleagues.
The comic, who joined SNL as a writer in 2005 and took over the weekend update desk with Che in 2014, suggested he knows the risk of leaving the show. He quotes show creator Lorne Michaels saying that even “the people you love who used to be cast members on ‘SNL’, the funniest they ever were on ‘SNL’, even if they did a brilliant job afterwards.”
“Will Ferrell has made such fun movies, but there is something about the first glimpse you have of Will Ferrell screaming at the table, it’s like a pure thing,” Jost said of a classic Ferrell “SNL” sketch.
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