‘SNL’ Video: Cecily Strong Goodbye Sketch, Leaving — Watch

Although Cecily Sturdy‘s exit from Saturday Evening Dwell has been within the playing cards for some time, most had been stunned by the announcement simply hours earlier than tonight’s broadcast that this is able to be her final episode. She acquired a correct sendoff, although, with two sketches referencing her departure.

The primary was the return of Cathy Ann, a multitude of a lady always making an attempt to gentle her cigarette, on Weekend Replace. She’s headed to jail for, amongst different issues, “drug use, trespassing, destruction of property, (crack), impersonating a police horse, (meeeeeth and crack).” Jail, right here, was a thinly-veiled metaphor for leaving the present; she shared an image of two of her associates on the within — Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon, who each left the present earlier this 12 months.

Horrifying tales of her intercourse tape with Michael Che and her plea cut price (seems, life with out parole is a reasonably whole lot, all issues thought-about) quickly gave method to Sturdy partially dropping the character to speak about what a good time she had doing SNL. It was a touching phase. (Press PLAY above to look at the sketch.)

However Sturdy’s second farewell was one of many extra affecting on-screen goodbyes the present has ever executed. Within the type of a few of her greatest work — like her clown character speaking about abortion — an deliberately skinny premise of a Radio Shack vacation get together overlaid Kenan Thompson (with one of many all-time nice unhealthy sketch names, Mr. Frank Lasagna) saying some very actual and transferring issues about Sturdy’s time on SNL.

It ended with host Austin Butler singing “Blue Christmas” as Informal Elvis that grew right into a full forged rendition. Sturdy broke slightly as she saved from crying through the efficiency, and it was a stupendous adieu for one of many present’s mainstays.

We love you, Cecily pic.twitter.com/XmQUpOOqgD

— Saturday Evening Dwell – SNL (@nbcsnl) December 18, 2022

Enjoyable reality: With this episode, Sturdy units the document for many episodes by a feminine forged member, exceeding the earlier document holder — Kate McKinnon — by one. Now that’s a Sturdy end.

Watch Sturdy’s last SNL sketches above, then grade the episode.