Carvey was an SNL cast member from 1986 to 1993. The 69-year-old comedian and actor was an SNL cast member from 1986 to 1993, yet he was notably absent from this weekend’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Other notable former cast members who missed the star-studded event were Bill Hader, who reportedly had a “longstanding scheduling conflict”, and Dan Aykroyd, who also had “prior commitments.”.
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“This telecast is as historical as the next moon landing. Comedy stars of our age all gathered under the aegis of America’s greatest living impresario, my boss Lorne Michaels. People it’s friggin’ Holy!!”. In the sketch, Church Lady labeled 2024 “the most satanic year in history” before calling former MAGA lawmaker Gaetz, played by Sarah Sherman, to the stage. Sherman and Carvey were quick to joke about the situation.
“You were involved in some little sexual peccadillos, and they wrote a whole report about it, but somehow we never got to see it, did we? Isn’t that convenient,” Carvey’s Church Lady quipped. “Poor little Matt Gaetz, you better repent, Matt, there’s only 17 days left in Christmas,” Carvey added. “You had me at 17,” Sherman’s Gaetz said – a reference to the age of the girl at the center of the allegations against him.
