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Saturday Night Live Fans Loving Michael Longfellow’s New Weekend Update Character

Michael Longfellow’s newest character, an old fashioned Cigarette, is a hit with audiences.
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Michael Longfellow is a sudden Saturday Night Live favorite. Having joined the live sketch comedy prior to the start of Season 48, Longfellow has spent two years as a feature player on the series. Now, his latest character is making waves across social media. On the episode that aired on Saturday, December 2nd, Longfellow played an “Old Fashioned Cigarette.”

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In the first and only feature during the episode’s “Weekend Update” segment, Cigarette and Update host Colin Jost bantered about Australia potentially banning disposable vapes across the country. With many of the show’s other sketches falling flat with audiences, Longfellow’s “Weekend Update” feature was a star of the night.

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Cast members for Saturday Night Live season 49 include almost the entire cast from season 48 of SNL. Returning stars include Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, James Austin Johnson, Punkie Johnson, Colin Jost, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, and Bowen Yang. Featured players that are part of the cast include returning stars Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker, plus the show’s only fully new cast member for the year, newcomer Chloe Troast. The comedy troupe Please Don’t Destroy, made up of Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy, are also a recurring part of the series.

Saturday Night Live Season 49 is ongoing now with new episodes airing on both NBC and Peacock, starting Saturdays at 11:30 PM ET. All 48  seasons of Saturday Night Live are also now streaming on Peacock.