For the primary 5 weeks of Saturday Night Live‘s current, 50th season, Jim Gaffigan has been part of the celebrity guests, playing Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz alongside Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris.
However with Harris and Walz dropping the 2024 presidential election final week, Gaffigan’s time taking part in Walz has seemingly come to an finish. And the weekly late-night sketch collection didn’t function both Rudolph’s Harris or Gaffigan’s Walz throughout its post-election chilly open over the weekend.
“It wasn’t the expectation that Maya and I were gonna continue on the entire time,” Gaffigan mentioned.
And although he needed to “cancel some [tour] dates,” to make the weekly appearances work, Gaffigan stays extremely appreciative of his time on the “awe-inspiring” comedy establishment.
“It was such a cool thing, so I don’t necessarily feel bad,” Gaffigan mentioned of not having the ability to proceed his Walz take on SNL. “I feel more gratitude that I had the opportunity and to, like, swim in that pool with all those talented people. You can’t consider modern American comedy and not include SNL in the discourse. And it’s such a unique show, the way it’s produced, so there is something really fun but also awe inspiring about it.”
The 18th annual Stand Up for Heroes occasion featured comedy from Gaffigan, Jon Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld and Mark Normand and musical performances from Norah Jones and Bruce Springsteen.
Going down at New York’s David Geffen Corridor at Lincoln Middle, the occasion, offered by the Bob Woodward Basis and New York Comedy Competition, raised greater than $29 million for the Bob Woodruff Basis to assist veterans and army households.
