Sarah Sherman Roasting Colin Jost Is Certified ‘SNL’ Gold
If Saturday Night Live writers are ever nervous that a given week’s show is short on laughs, they can always fall back on one of their most reliable bits: Trotting out Sarah Sherman to roast Colin Jost on Weekend Update.
One could argue that Sherman owes her SNL stardom to Jost, making her initial claim to fame by ridiculing the guy for being an uncontrollable pervert and other crimes against humanity. On the one hand, it’s a foolproof bit. On the other hand, SNL is smart enough to know that it can’t simply run the gag into the ground through sheer repetition. So on last night’s Weekend Update, Sherman mixed it up by appearing as Jost’s tax accountant Dawn Altman. It was just enough variation to freshen the segment as she once again ripped Jost to shreds.
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While “Altman” is allegedly responsible for getting Jost’s taxes in order, she sounded a lot like Sherman when running through his financials. Here were some of last night’s best burns…
Things Go Better with Coke
“I actually have all of your financial records right here, so let’s go through your budget like you go through an afterparty — line by line,” she said, tapping her nose to punctuate the joke.
At Least It’s Not the Ferry
“Uh-oh. This isn’t good. You’re letting people use your private jet for free? And uh-oh. It’s for... ICE deportations?”
Personal Grooming
“You’re spending a huge amount of money on your taxes. … That’s my own personal abbreviation. Not taxes. Taint waxes.”
Return of the Intern Jokes
SHERMAN/ALTMAN: Colin, you got to cut back on all these expensive meals.
JOST: Wait. I’m sorry. I love to eat out.
SHERMAN/ALTMAN: Thats not what they say on the interns group chat.
Weighty Matters
SHERMAN/ALTMAN: Colin, are you a website? Cause it looks like you've been accepting all cookies.
JOST: Is that a fat joke?
SHERMAN/ALTMAN: Well, it wasn’t a skinny joke.
Sherman ended the segment by releasing her anxieties about the tanking economy, ducking under the Update desk to scream (“Colin, I didn’t know your chair was also a toilet”) and slamming her head through the news set backdrop.
Not advisable, but at least she got to witness more of Jost’s crimes.
“Oh my God!” she exclaimed. “Colin, there are so many women tied up back there!”