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When she appeared in other hosts\u2019 monologues, McKinnon said, \u201cI usually played the role of \u2018freak next to hot person.\u2019\u201d So saying, she showed off pictures of herself doing just that alongside past \u201cS.N.L.\u201d hosts like Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Jim Parsons and Josh Hutcherson.<\/p>\n
McKinnon added that she generally felt more comfortable wearing weird costumes, except for when she attended her junior prom. She shared a photo of herself from that event and described it as, \u201cThat feeling when your date shows up in a Ren Faire dress and is gay and is me.\u201d<\/p>\n
McKinnon also showed off the old ID photo she took on her first day at the show and welcomed her fellow \u201cS.N.L.\u201d alumnae Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig. Her old colleagues said they spent a lot of time reading their Wikipedia pages which, they claimed, said Wiig had won 12 Grammy Awards and was dating Travis Kelce, and that Rudolph had won 29 Grammys and was married to Jay-Z.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you ever check the name at the top of the page?\u201d McKinnon asked them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s a thing,\u201d Wiig replied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Super troupers of the week<\/h2>\n
Back in 1976, the \u201cS.N.L.\u201d creator Lorne Michaels famously offered the Beatles the whopping sum of $3,000 if they would reunite on his program, and he was not successful in his efforts. Now, 47 years later, would he get another pop supergroup \u2014 the Swedish quartet Abba \u2014 to reassemble on his show? No, he would not. But McKinnon, Wiig, Rudolph and Yang did their best to imitate Abba (and not laugh at each other) in this sketch presented as an infomercial for a (fake) Abba Christmas album. If you\u2019ve ever warbled along to \u201cDancing Queen\u201d a little too loudly, you\u2019ll appreciate this affectionate satire of the band\u2019s Scandinavian accents and their songs about underage protagonists. Mamma mia!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Holiday counterprogramming of the week<\/h2>\n
If you came to this week\u2019s show expecting sketches about Christmas, you certainly had plenty to choose from, including a segment on a TV news broadcast about killer whales attacking elves at the North Pole; and another where McKinnon played a mother who\u2019s especially insecure about the gifts she\u2019d gotten for her family.<\/p>\n
And if you were hoping for something totally random that had nothing to with the holidays whatsoever, there was this music video featuring McKinnon singing about \u2014 well, a pasture that grows a hygiene product you would not expect to grow anywhere. (If you were up early Sunday morning and wondering why the phrase \u201ctampon farm\u201d was trending on your preferred social media, now you know.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n