Former ‘SNL’ Member Bobby Moynihan Says Last Year Felt Like a ‘Different Show’
I’m of the opinion that Saturday Night Live helped to bring America kinda-sorta together in the turbulent times surrounding the presidential election. And Bobby Moynihan agrees, saying it was different from the prior eight seasons he was part of.
“I felt like I was on one show for eight years and another show for one year,” he told reporters at the Television Critics Association’s press tour Tuesday. “It was a completely different machine last year. … There were times where they were rewriting cold opens or brand new cold opens on Saturday morning. We’d come in, and [Donald Trump] had done something the night before or that, you know, it was a whole new ballgame. But I’m so thankful that I was there for that year.”
Such memorable characters as Alec Baldwin taking on Trump, Kate McKinnon playing Hillary Clinton, and Melissa McCarthy impersonating Sean Spicer went viral nearly every week.
“The day you get SNL, you start worrying about your exit from SNL,” he said. “You’re auditioning for the show every week for nine years. You think, ‘Oh no, I have to keep going. This is my life’s dream. What do I do after this?’”
Bobby now has his own show Me, Myself and I on CBS: