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Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update host Tina Fey has returned to the iconic set at 30 Rockefeller several times since leaving the long-running variety show in 2006, but on Saturday night, Fey marked a first by appearing on Weekend Update from the privacy of her own home. The writer, actor and comedian returned for the season finale of SNL and gave her take on the ongoing quarantine like only Tina Fey can. Don’t have any flour to make cookies? You can just go to bed.Fey appeared alongside current Weekend Update host Michael Che and hilariously covered a laundry list of topics in less than four minutes, including her commitment to remaining upbeat. "Like so many of us, I'm trying to focus on the positive. This is a historic time, an opportunity to be still and focus on what really matters in life. For example, I'm getting to spend so much time with my passwords: Apple ID, Hulu, Nintendo, Slack, Zoom, Google Hangouts, Spectrum Cable, Amazon, that other stupid Amazon app for watching things,” joked Fey. “All my passwords are a little bit different and beautiful in their own ways and I see that now. Also, my kids are here."[video_embed id='1909384']RELATED: Pete Davidson says he’s outgrown SNL[/video_embed]The mother of two has been struggling like every other parent to remember anything, literally anything from her elementary, junior high and high school years. Fey has even resorted to making up gibberish in an attempt to teach her daughter Latin, which is a homeschooling hack will definitely be copying.As for how quickly things have changed since COVID-19 became a global pandemic, Fey reminded viewers of simpler times. “When the news is too much and I need to laugh, I like to think about three months ago when everyone was so worried about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. You’re free, guys! No one cares who pays for your Vancouver security detail anymore,” joked Fey. “I can’t even remember what they looked like. I think they both had eyes?”Fey closed out her appearance only hours before the start of Mother’s Day in North America by offering a prayer for her fellow moms. "Give us the grace to accept the things that cannot be changed – like the sheets. I've changed them like eight times now. I can't do it anymore,” said Fey.
Fey wasn’t the only former SNL cast member to return on Saturday night. Actor Kristen Wiig had the honor of hosting the Season 45 finale, flashing the camera before settling into a comfortable wool sweater and surrounding herself with candles to deliver her monologue thanking moms everywhere.
Canadian acting legend and comedian Martin Short, who appeared on SNL in the mid-1980s, also returned on Saturday’s episode. Short played a clueless tourist who traveled to Italy to quarantine before accidentally getting on a boat that was smuggling PPE gear out of the country.
Alec Baldwin also appeared on Saturday’s episode to reprise his role as Donald Trump. Josh Gad appeared in a skit that argued for allowing kids to drink and Boyz II Men were this week’s musical guest, performing their classic ballad “A Song For Mama” while images of the cast and crew posing with their mothers played in the background.
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