LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY!
♪♪♪
>> THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
OH, WOW. MAN, THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
WEEK, FOLKS. MASKS ARE COMING OFF.
LIFE IS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. AND I AM HOSTING "SNL!"
WHAT? I HAVE BEEN -- I HAVE BEEN A
SUPERFAN OF THIS SHOW EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID.
I GREW UP A BLOCK SOUTH OF EIGHT MILE ROAD IN DETROIT AND I USED
TO SNEAK DOWNSTAIRS TO WATCH "SNL" EVERY WEEK.
AND IF YOU HAD TOLD -- IF YOU HAD TOLD THAT KID
THAT ONE DAY HE'D BE STANDING HERE ON THIS STAGE, HE PROBABLY
WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO BUSY STEALING YOUR WALLET TO HAVE
HEARD WHAT YOU SAID. BUT -- BUT I'VE COME A LONG WAY
SINCE THEN AND I AM SO HONORED TO BE HERE.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT I AM GOING TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
♪♪♪ ♪ I'M GOING TO DO IT ALL
TONIGHT EVERY SINGLE SNL THING
TONIGHT ♪ ♪ SKETCHES AND VOICES AND
SONGS TONIGHT LIKE THE ONE I'M
SINGING NOW ♪ COSTUME CHANGE!
YEAH. I MEAN, I KNOW, IT'S THE SAME
OUTFIT, BUT -- BUT COME ON. IT'S A REALLY GREAT TUXEDO.
♪ I'M GOING TO HAVE A BLAST TONIGHT
GOING TO KISS EVERY MEMBER OF THE CAST TONIGHT ♪
♪ AND THINGS WON'T BE COMPLETE TONIGHT
TIL I GET A TATTOO FROM PETE TONIGHT ♪
>> ALL RIGHT, I'M READY, MAN. TAKE YOUR PANTS OFF.
>> OH, MAYBE WE DO THAT AFTER THE SHOW?
>> OH, THAT'S WHAT ELON SAID, MAN.
♪ I'M GOING TO GO FOR BROKE TONIGHT
REALLY HOPE THAT I DON'T CHOKE TONIGHT ♪
♪ BUT IF I DO IT'S OKAY TONIGHT
BECAUSE I'M STILL GETTING PAID ♪
>> HEY, KEEGAN. >> CECILY.
I WAS SO WORRIED THEY WERE GOING TO SEND SOME BIG CELEBRITY TO
HELP ME WITH MY MONOLOGUE. >> NO, JUST ME.
I JUST CAME OUT TO SAY, WE HAVE A TON OF SHOW, SO, MAYBE JUMP TO
THE FINALE.
>> OH, OKAY, YEAH, YEAH. ♪ INTERESTING IDEA THANKS FOR
THE SUGGESTION BUT WHAT IF I INSTEAD LET THE AUDIENCE ♪
♪ ASK ME A QUESTION ♪ YES, YOU SIR.
>> OH, HI. BIG FAN.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE WINNING AN OSCAR FOR "GET OUT?"
>> OH. SO CLOSE.
YEAH, YEAH. TRY AGAIN.
>> UM -- WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE CAST MEMBER?
>> OH. ARE MY EARS BURNING?
>> OH, KEENAN, ARE YOU JOINING ME TO SING A VERSE?
>> ACTUALLY, NO. I JUST WANTED TO STAND NEXT TO
YOU SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE WE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT NAMES -- >> THAT'S TRUE, I AM KEEGAN WITH
A "G." >> I AM KEENAN WITH AN "N."
AS IN KEENAN HAS BEEN ON "SNL" FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
>> SO, NOW THAT WE'VE LEERED THAT UP, LET'S BRING IT HOME.
♪ HE'S GOING TO DO IT ALL TONIGHT
SKETCHES AND VOICES AND SONGS TONIGHT ♪
♪ NOTHING CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG TONIGHT
EVERYTHING'S COMING UP EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ♪
♪ EVERYTHING'S COMING UP KEEGAN
NOW LET'S START THE SHOW ♪ WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT. OLIVIA RODRIGO IS HERE!
STICK AROUND. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!