Taran Killam Shares His Favorite 'SNL' Moments from His 6 Years on the Show | The Rich Eisen Show

50th year of Saturday Night Live it's coming up is there is there any sort of reunion I don't know what's out there but there there is a there's yeah there's a couple events that they're planning that happen at the early part of next year okay yeah yeah so I'll be in New York around February I think Seven Seasons you did there I did six six seasons yes all right I gave you one more I gave you the extra point I'll take it I wish they would have no no no no was there when you who was there when you first arrived when I first got there um I don't know if you're listening to to the Seth Meers and Lonely Island uh podcast but if you're not and you enjoy SNL it is a great listen um and they're breaking down all of their digital shorts chronologically okay um and as Seth likes to say theirs was an Golden Era of SNL and I I do agree with him so I came in at the tail end of that Golden Era um and it was Seth it was Fred armison Jason sedus Andy Samberg Kristen wig um bill haer um and then Bobby moan was there Abby Elliott so you walked in and you're you're the Newbie in this whole situation yeah it was me and Jay faroh and Vanessa Bayer and Paul Brittain were the new crop in 2010 Jay phoh was sitting in that very chair last month and just doing Jay Pharaoh things did he do Impressions he sure did he did he's very good at them he's maybe the best at them right off the top of his head as well he is the level of impression where if you close your eyes it might be the person yeah you can't tell for sure what what which is your favorite character that you portrayed or or skit that you were in if you could choose one go oh man I mean there there's many for many different reasons um the first sketch I ever got on that I was a co-writer on was were these sketches that we just called French dance which were these sort of absurdest uh silly physical comedy pieces um and the first one we got on was with Emma Stone and we did that five or six seven or five or six times I think um maybe the most meaningful sketch was also in my first season with Jim Carrey hosting because he's my hero he's number one for me and we did a sketch called The marville Brothers where we were sort of possessed animatronics on a carnival ride um which is really fun because I'm a big Disney fan anyway too but at dress rehearsal I just one of the most special moments was like you know I'm newbie like you said and I'm I'm part of this new of this really impressive cast and I got this sketch on and my heroes next to me and Bill haters to the right of me and we do this anim Ric thing and it's sort of done and you know we come up and down several times but after the first one we duck down behind this plywood wall and we got an Applause break and that felt great cuz I had not really achieved that yet but also like to get an Applause break on your dream job and look to your left and see your hero go like it's awesome man way to go you know it was like you got the man best feeling possible that's pretty cool it was cuz I was going to ask you which uh which host were you most excited to have met and that your answer right there Jim Carrey with a bullet and and speaking of of anniversaries the 40th I was in a sketch with him there I got to be a small part in the Family Feud they brought that back with with yeah with Will and Daryl and Norm as Bert Reynolds it was it was surreal that whole week was surreal I did I did the Family Feud sketch and I did the Californian sketch too which had like Betty White and Bradley Cooper and Taylor Swift in it it was just surreal moment after surreal moment yeah turd F Ferguson yeah it's funny for not my name him just chewing gum like like Bert Reynolds like that what a what a great sort of way to send up you know the late Bert Reynolds by having just the the gum chew the way he would chew gum and justy Gump right and then The Californians is an incredible big hat it's funny that's I remember that too no it was crazy and and Jim Carrey played MCC in the Family Feud and like you wouldn't not it know it notice if you watch it but there's like a little stumble that he does live special and so it's me and Jay Pharaoh talking to him backstage and he's like you know yeah I sort of tripped up we're like dude you're great nobody's even going to notice he's like yeah you wish I could get it back you know it's a beauty of live television and and like it was great and it was this vulnerable moment of him like kind of like beating himself up slightly and I just seized that opportunity to go like look you know I try to play it cool but you are my guy and I saw every movie and I'd show up and you know recess the next day quoting every line and to get to be here with you is so special to me he's like I know exactly how you feel I looked down that hallway and I go that's Bill effan Murray and I was like this is the coolest and then he gave Jay and I a ride in his car to the Afterparty of the plaza it was like one of the greatest nights ever which I showed up to cuz after I was done with my two sketches started drinking immediately so by the time I got to the plaza I was pretty tipsy and I walk in and my wife's meeting me there cuz there were no like Plus ones of spouses for the current cast at that point so she I'm waiting for her to show up I walk into this plets everybody famous ever and I go straight up to the bar and I see wi Butler of Arcade Fire talking to Rihanna and Rihanna is like big time Crush for me so I go up and I go whenit how are you buddy hello Miss Rihanna what a show can you believe this and they're like yeah yeah it's great it's really fun to watch and how are you doing I'm well you know the show's on got a couple drinks just waiting for the wife to show up sorry Rihanna missed your chance and she grabs my shirt and she goes you're stupid I was like yes ma'am yes wow I am forever stupid what a night it was a good night it was a great night you're stupid I'm stupid get that by Rihanna you know what stupid I'd love to see that perfume commercial you know what I mean if her just like pulling on me and like poking me and stuff and she go you're stupid by Rihanna that sounds like a digital short yeah it should be it should be oh my God too funny and where did uh Before I Let You Go jebadiah Atkinson come from yeah that was a gift that was that was like gifted to Me by The Weekend Update crew Seth I remember it like it was one of those pre-tapes I was in a digital shorter pre-tape the night before that got me home at like 6:30 a.m. and I wake up at 12: to a text of Seth going like there's this funny idea we have for you come by update on Saturday MH and so I go up there to the to the writer room on nine and and we just read through it it's really funny because of the actual story is that a newspaper finally you know whatever it is almost 300 years later retracts a negative review of the Gettysburg dress one of the most beloved political speeches in history American history this is a real that actually was a moment and so they said let's we're going to have you play the guy who wrote the bad speech and it was just the guy who is historically wrong about every beloved thing in arts and culture of all time and was so fun was so fun to perform so like the worst critic in the history of critics to the point where a publication in the 21st century felt the need to issue a retraction of the bad review of the gettysburger in the subjectivity of criticism this is the guy who is objectively wrong every time and is so angry about it what was what what are some of the things that they made you I remember there was you know we did like Christmas special and he hated Charlie Brown Christmas he like hey Charlie you've got a pube on your forehead next while you're dressed in 1860 basically yeah yeah yeah 1 18 yeah 1860s uh velvet Garb I mean it's so cool that they thought of you they like hey we got a character those are like I mean like that is you hope for that opportunity cuz it's cuz it's on you to come up with something good every week and so when someone goes like I think I have something for you and it and it connects it's it's a great gift hey and everything connects in life Taran killum I don't think you would have gotten that if it weren't for the Locka elective that's exactly right you had no idea you were prepping yeah you had no idea they could sense my setup and punch line abilities and to hell with all the banners they could have hung yeah if you had stuck to basketball only student able to make a layup Banner hanging in the locks of gymnasium the the the the Polaroid of the banner raay at the Lock of gym it just got fuzzier and fuzzier with each elective for standup you can get Josh grovin to sing the national anthem lock Alum is that right yeah Alum he was my buddy he he graduated a year before me he's 99 what's his group Hoops game like two grin were a two-man game grin's very funny grin I don't remember if groin took the standup class but 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