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I like to go to lunch with the new cast members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Not only are these new cast members starting a new job, but they are working on Saturday Night Live<\/em>, which can certainly be nerve-wracking. Johnson taking them out to lunch probably makes them feel more at home and get to know one another before they jump into the craziness that is SNL<\/em>. And this tradition apparently goes back to at least when Johnson started on the show:<\/p>\n\n\n
Kyle Mooney did that for me, and Sarah Sherman, and Aristotle (Athari) when we started on the show, and I was always touched by that. And that was like a really kind of, you know — because it can be a lot at once when you come on to the show. It’s a big platform, and it’s a lot of new, crazy stuff. We’re like the only show that’s like this. So, it can be a lot to take on. So, I like to just kind of help everybody know that it’s like ‘Hey, we’re all hanging out, and we’re all comedians. We’ve done this before, you know what to do.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I\u2019ve always wondered how the new cast members on SNL <\/em>acclimate to being on a show like SNL <\/em>that is so big and so chaotic. Mooney initially taking out Johnson, Aristotle Athari, and Sarah Sherman for lunch and helping them get used to this new world. Johnson carrying that on to make other new cast members feel better might be my favorite thing about Saturday Night Live <\/em>now. It\u2019s even better that all the cast members know what it\u2019s like to be new, so they probably have some wise advice for how to navigate the show.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, SNL <\/em>vet Larraine Newman, who was on the first five seasons, told CinemaBlend her thoughts on seeing new cast members<\/a> joining the show, revealing that she\u2019s seen some of them in The Groundlings, a theatre school in LA. She\u2019s watched them develop there, and it\u2019s \u201calways exciting\u201d for her when they join SNL<\/em>.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s always exciting when SNL <\/em>gets a new crop of cast members, and seeing their first sketches or Weekend Update appearance. And since Season 51 just started, there will be much more to come from Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson, Tommy Brennan, Veronika Slowikowska, and Ben Marshall, whom fans know from Please Don\u2019t Destroy. The Season 51 premiere is now streaming with a Peacock subscription<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n