Chris Rock Rocked SNL

Also: Andrew Dismukes, Kenan Thompson, Colin Jost, and Michael Che

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And now, the videos you came for:

1. Saturday Night Live is always at its best when a comedian is the guest. Fourth-time host Chris Rock did stand-up about Mike Tyson fighting Jake Paul, Trump's plans for his presidency, and President Biden pardoning his son Hunter. It was great:

2. Rock was also in this sketch where two employees apologize to their coworkers after being fired for sexual harassment. But Kenan Thompson really stole the scene:

3. Andrew Dismukes is always good, but I think this is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen him do. He plays a bald man who drops by Weekend Update to discuss a U.K. judge’s ruling that calling a man bald is a form of harassment:

4. And finally, Weekend Update itself was especially good this week. Colin Jost and Michael Che discussed CEO killer Luigi Mangione and the mysterious drones in New Jersey:

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- Geoff

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