Dan Levy’s opening monologue on Saturday Night time Reside was crammed with references to Schitt’s Creek, COVID-19 security precautions — and a shock cameo from his father.
“Someplace, my 13-year-old self has fainted in like a very needy, melodramatic means,” Levy mentioned earlier than discussing the positives and negatives that got here with the surge in recognition of Schitt’s Creek.
“The great: I’ve been getting stopped on the road by all completely different sorts of individuals, which is new and enjoyable and completely different,” Levy mentioned. “The not so good: these individuals are primarily screaming ‘Ew!’ at me, which was a line I wrote for the present that may now hang-out me for the remainder of my life.
“However in all seriousness, for all the great and the not so good, I’ve one way or the other discovered myself right here on this iconic stage standing in entrance of all of you. And belief me once I say this, it has solely been good right here at SNL.”
Dan Levy’s Monologue! ⭐ <a href=”https://t.co/oUFIljXTQ4″>pic.twitter.com/oUFIljXTQ4</a>
—@nbcsnl
Levy, the Emmy Award-winning actor and director who co-created Schitt’s Creek together with his father, Eugene Levy, started Saturday’s present with a tour of the famed New York Metropolis studio earlier than stumbling upon his father in a see-through field.
“You flew all this fashion simply to observe the present from a bizarre field?” Levy requested his father, who replied: “I did not know concerning the field on the time.”
Eugene! ❤️ <a href=”https://twitter.com/Realeugenelevy?ref_src=twsrcpercent5Etfw”>@Realeugenelevy</a> <a href=”https://t.co/k3XPkBwYw6″>pic.twitter.com/k3XPkBwYw6</a>
—@nbcsnl
Levy’s first sketch featured him as a Common Studios Orlando tour information who reveals some unconventional insights about well-known films.
People, welcome to the Common Studios Orlando Tram Tour. <a href=”https://t.co/n6KFUMor3a”>pic.twitter.com/n6KFUMor3a</a>
—@nbcsnl
He then appeared as a visitor at a Tremendous Bowl social gathering with partygoers who misunderstand pandemic protocols — and subsequently eat chili bare-handed.
Doesn’t get a lot safer than this. <a href=”https://t.co/MHwpwFVnKR”>pic.twitter.com/MHwpwFVnKR</a>
—@nbcsnl
Levy additionally featured in a sensual twist on a industrial for actual property web site Zillow and as an obtuse ally discussing his activism on BET earlier than introducing musical visitor Phoebe Bridgers.
yeah intercourse is nice however have you ever ever gone on zillow <a href=”https://t.co/vOrqTxkYct”>pic.twitter.com/vOrqTxkYct</a>
—@nbcsnl
Levy and longtime solid member Cecily Robust additionally portrayed bartenders with Broadway aspirations who coax patrons at a sports activities bar right into a Tremendous Bowl-themed musical quantity.
Levy additionally appeared alongside Kate McKinnon as wedding ceremony visitors who initially object to their buddy’s alternative of groom earlier than altering their minds. Levy’s flip as host concluded with a sketch that featured a satirical take a look at the It Will get Higher Challenge.
Schitt’s Creek, which aired on CBC and Pop TV, ended its sixth and remaining season final April. The Ontario-shot swept the the comedy class on the Emmy Awards final fall and is nominated for 5 Golden Globes, together with finest TV musical or comedy sequence.
Forward of Levy’s Saturday Night time Reside look, his mom, Deborah Divine, took to Twitter to rejoice her son’s accomplishment.
Mothers. ♥️ <a href=”https://t.co/QC5n2ChfpY”>https://t.co/QC5n2ChfpY</a>
—@danjlevy
The Toronto-raised Levy may also function in an M&M’s industrial that may air through the Tremendous Bowl on Sunday.
