Actress and comedian, Cecily Strong, has ended her run of more than a decade as part of the cast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” He joined the sketch comedy show in 2012 as a featured player, and a year later, Strong co-anchored “Weekend Update” with Seth Mayers and then Colin Jost.
Strong has shown himself to be one of the most reliable funny performers on “SNL” thanks to his portrayal of several original characters and accurate celebrity impressions.
The comedian performed his final performance on “SNL” last Saturday, and it featured some emotional moments with the cast. “Elvis” actor Austin Butler hosted the episode and gave Strong his own performance to send him off.
Read on to learn more.
Cecily Strong’s Top 5 ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sketches
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Strong was introduced to ‘SNL’ audiences in 2012 as a featured player, and a year later, he moved on to become part of the show’s cast. Here are some of his most rib-cracking performances on the sketch show.
Cecily Strong performs as Melania Trump in ‘Melanianade’;
She always gave birth as a former first lady;
The one with RuPaul;
This Christmas sketch with Matt Damon made us giggle;
The One With Salt Bae;
Strong earned two consecutive Emmy awards in 2020 and 2021 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, recognizing her work on comedy sketch shows.
Cecily Strong Bids Goodbye To ‘SNL’
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Strong joined the cast of “SNL” again on Dec. 17 for his final appearance as a cast member on the show. The comedian previously announced her decision to leave the NBC comedy show during her performance of Cathy Anne on the “Weekend Update” segment.
During the segment, he said, “I’m a little emo tonight because, really, I’m here to say goodbye.” When Michael Che, his co-host, asked where he was going, Strong, as Cathy quipped, “Turns out, prison!”
The comedian continued to joke about knowing people on the inside, and a photo of former “SNL” co-stars Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant was featured. Both left the series in May, and in the image, they are shown wearing orange prison uniforms.
He continued, “It’s just my time now. But I have a lot of fun here, and I feel very lucky that I have so many of the best moments of my life in this place with these people I love so much.”
She Has Been On ‘SNL’ For 11 Years
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Ask the cast and audience for a more emotional second goodbye in the final sketch of the night. The show is set at Radio Shack and features his co-star, Kenan Thompson, as Frank Lasagna, the store’s boss. He bid farewell to Strong, saying that he had given “eight incredible years” to the show.
Strong replied, “Well, I’ve been here eleven.” “I know. And eight of them are incredible. I honestly don’t think Radio Shack could have lasted this long without Cecily,” Thompson said per Yahoo.
The comedian continued, “Every time he comes to work, he has a new character, or a new accent, or a new impression that will blow you away. He has an energy and joy to his performance that makes you remember why you loved working at Radio Shack in the first place. I know I shouldn’t say this as your boss, but: I love you, Cecily.”
Strong replied, “I love you too, Mr. Frank Lasagna.”
Austin Butler Serenades Cecily Strong
The night wasn’t over, and Butler, the episode’s host, was brought in as “Casual Elvis” to sing Strong’s song. The actor belted out the King of Rock and Roll’s 1957 hit, “Blue Christmas.” Butler sings, “We’ll have a blue Christmas without you / We’ll be so blue just thinking about you.”
Strong joined in the number, saying, “And when the blue snowflakes start to fall / That’s when those blue memories start calling…” The rest of the “SNL” cast, including Thompson, joined in the emotional farewell as the snowflakes fell on set. They all exchanged hugs towards the end of the music performance.
Before Dec. 17, Strong was not a familiar face on the 48th season of “SNL.” The comedian himself is busy with his role in the Off-Broadway revival of “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.”
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