-We're here with Michael Che, everybody!
[ Cheers and applause ] Congratulations.
"SNL" received multiple Emmy nominations.
I know that's what you care about more than anything.
-Nah.
-But you and Colin hosted the Emmys last year.
And, then this year, they announced
they're going hostless.
-Right. We broke it.
-What do you think about the idea of going hostless?
-I think it's a great idea, honestly.
-I do, too.
-Yeah, you know, people think they want comedy,
when they don't.
-They don't really, no. -Really don't.
Like, as a stand-up, you get, like, corporate gigs
and you get gigs for all types of places.
And they think, "Oh, then you go out and you do comedy,
and then we'll do our awards," or whatever.
And it's never a good idea. -Yeah.
So you've had comedy go badly at corporate shows.
Is it true you that once did -- Because, sometimes,
people will ask you to do comedy at a birthday party.
-I've done a birthday party where they asked me --
Literally, it was in a club.
It was for drug dealers. -Did you know ahead of time?
-No. I knew as soon as I looked at them.
I knew the way cops know. -Okay.
What were some of the dead giveaways?
-Well...
See, if I say it, then I'm the bad guy.
-Alright, we'll leave it at that.
How did the comedy for the drug dealers go?
-It went bad, man.
Drug dealers do not have a sense of humor.
-Yeah.
-The deejay actually asked me, "Hey, do you want me to
turn the music off while you're performing?"
I was like, "Yeah." And he was bummed.
He was like, "Oh, what am I supposed to do?"
Yeah, it sometimes happens that way.
-You had a another big thing you did with Jost,
which was WrestleMania.
-Yeah.
-And this was really fun, because --
-That was a dream come true. -A dream come true.
Here you guys are walking out to WrestleMania,
about to wrestle.
-Yep. -This should be noted.
This is full heel behavior by Jost,
who's wearing a Beckham Jr. Browns Jersey
after he left the Giants.
And this was in MetLife Stadium, right?
-That's right.
-So they were -- Everybody just hated Jost.
-Oh, they booed us mercilessly. -Yeah.
-And I don't know if you've ever been booed by 80,000 people,
but it is not as -- It's fun until you make eye contact
with somebody and then you can hear specifically
what they're saying about you.
And this is Jersey, so it's not nice.
-It's not nuanced criticism. -No.
-I have not seen this photo before.
This really, I think, encapsulates where you were at.
-I thought that was "Family Matters" or something.
It was like Urkel.
-How did you -- In the moment, though,
do you feel any fear, physically?
-Oh, no.
Well, once your bowels loosen, there's a calm that --
-It's still a big guy. It's still, like...
And -- -Yeah.
-But when it was over, how were they to deal with?
Were the wrestlers -- I could only imagine the level of
professionalism you have to have to do a job like that.
-I mean, I was blown away.
Like, coming from "SNL," you know, like, it's very similar
to the work ethic and the professionalism and all of that
stuff in that --
[ Laughter ]
Don't laugh.
-I mean, I worked there for a long time
and I even didn't know.
I'm like, "Is this praise?" -No, no.
It's actually -- It was, like, so awesome to do.
And a shout-out to Seth and Triple H
and everybody that let us do it.
It was great. It was so much fun.
-You're doing something August 29th which will be
a lot of fun but also has
something very serious and sad behind it.
Tell us about LugerFest this year.
-My good friend Kevin Barnett, a.k.a., "Bird Luger" --
that was his nickname -- he passed away
earlier this year, in January.
And he was so loved in the comedy community.
And we're doing a benefit show for his family August 29th.
It will be Michelle Wolf and me and Jerrod Carmichael
and Jermaine Fowler, the Lucas Brothers
and Lil Rel Howery.
All of us that were together that kind of started together
and made the rounds together.
We lost a great, great, funny guy,
but, also, this will be a fun night.
-And that's fantastic.
And that's August 29th in Brooklyn.
And then "SNL" premieres in the fall.
And thank you so much for being here, buddy.
It's always such a pleasure. -Thank you.
-Thank you so much. -Michael Che, everybody.