Finest moments from Dave Chappelle internet hosting ‘Saturday Night time Reside’

“SNL” returned for the eleventh episode of its fiftieth season on Jan. 18 with host Dave Chappelle and musical visitor GloRilla.

SNL recap: Dave Chappelle hosted the Jan. 18 episode of “Saturday Night time Reside” with musical visitor GloRilla. Rosalind O’Connor/NBC

By Kevin Slane

January 19, 2025 | 9:48 AM

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“SNL” returned to the air for the eleventh episode of its fiftieth season on Jan. 18, with veteran comic Dave Chappelle as host and GloRilla as musical visitor.

The “Saturday Night time Reside” writing workers is little doubt at the moment onerous at work on the three-hour fiftieth anniversary particular set to air on Sunday, Feb. 16, so having Chappelle as host should have been a aid.

That’s as a result of Chappelle, showing for the fourth time as host, is all the time good for an extra-long standup monologue.

Certainly, Chappelle’s standup set stretched for 17 minutes, solely leaving time for 4 post-monologue sketches. One among them, “Immigrant Dad Discuss Present,” was a reprise of a 2019 sketch, and one other, “Pop the Balloon,” was carried by characters from Chappelle’s influential sketch collection “Chappelle’s Present” — player-hating pimp Silky Johnson (Chappelle) and moisture-starved initiatives legend Ashy Larry (Donnell Rawlings)

Take a look at the movies under to see highlights from the newest episode of “SNL,” together with Chappelle’s button-pushing monologue, GloRilla performing a pair of songs, and the entire friends visiting Colin Jost and Michael Che on the “Weekend Replace” desk.