Every once in a while “Saturday Night Live” surprises me with its songs. Giving Sarah Sherman (better known to the alt-comedy community as Sarah Squirm) a spot on the list was one example, while Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett’s 2013 casting is one of the best choices Lorne Michaels has ever made.

Back in 2007, the duo founded the comedy group Good Neighbor, along with Nick Rutherford and Dave McCary, and created some of the biggest cartoons ever to hit the internet on their “GoodNeighborStuff” YouTube channel. Mooney, in particular, had a disturbing sense of magic that was not all that removed the rebellion that was at the heart of one of the gems of comedy of the 2000s: “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job” – it was relaunched in 2007. , both Mooney and the star of ” Awesome Show” Tim Heidecker later starred as a leather-jacketed comedian. mentioned, by Mr. Mooney Bruce Chandling eventually appearing in several episodes on “SNL” (Heidecker’s “An Evening with Tim Heidecker” is on Hulu now and is worth checking out).

Fortunately, during his nine years on the show, Mooney was given the opportunity to bring his unique sense of humor, even reprising Good Neighbor sketches such as “Inside SoCal.” But while it was nice to see that kind of humor shine through, it also felt like, in some areas, it was hung up. After all, unlike “The Incredibles,” “SNL” isn’t a cartoon drawn by a dedicated cult, it’s popular culture right now, and it can’t be a fan of the alt-comedy flavors of its original-garde works.

That’s why it’s interesting to note that Mooney earned his spot on the show’s roster by acting as one of the most annoying and obscure characters, even using “SNL” impresario Lorne Michaels for the punchline.

Between his years on the sidelines and joining “SNL,” Kyle Mooney produced episodes of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “Sports Show with Norm Macdonald,” playing a hard-to-communicate man who constantly stumbles over words and jams the microphone while working on a special event. Most of these episodes are available only on Mooney YouTube video and it’s not close to wisdom, it’s a joke somewhere playing very funny social anxiety disease laugh.

It’s the kind of thing that’s been called “anti-comedy,” with Mooney reveling in the discomfort that comes with interacting with people. But there are really no such things as anti-comedy – if something is funny, it’s funny – and Mooney’s character is an endless example.

However, it’s not the “SNL” type of thing that’s known today, and the show should have a lot of interest. That didn’t stop Mooney from embracing her neurotic boyfriend on the show, though. The actor, who recently directed Rachel Zegler in the 100% inaccurate drama “Y2K,” spoke about his audition on the four-part episode of “SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night,” where he revealed that his performance went awry, particularly when he mispronounced Lorne Michaels’ name as part of the act. “I was like, ‘Oh, I want to open my credits like I’m hosting ‘Saturday Night Live,’” he said. “I was like, ‘Wow I can’t believe I’m here on 30 Rockers front. and Lonnie Mickers,’ and he didn’t answer, and that was the first thing I did, and I was like, ‘Oh, no!’

Kyle Mooney isn’t the only cast member who has spoken out about how he thinks he failed the “SNL” audition. In fact, almost every member who reported their readings has the same story with other jokes or got nothing from the producers. But it’s clear that Mr. Mooney is taking part in the research and was impressed by Lorne Michaels and co., which just goes to show that not trying to follow the show’s logic is the best way to communicate.

Sarah Sherman talked about a similar experience on “Be with Kelly and Mark” show, telling the hosts how worried he is about rehearsing because his stand-up routine is “a little dirty.” He continued:

“I was worried, like, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t do this in front of future employers,’ but I just did everything, I just went, it was crazy and when they hired me I was like, ‘I think they’re crazy.’

All of this raises the question of why “SNL” doesn’t let actors like Sherman and Mooney do more of their own. During their time on the show, all of the comedians were given the opportunity to showcase their unique ideas, with Lorne getting himself one of the Mooney’s. digital shorts when he called the actor “Kevin.” But these moments are always anchored in the middle of the visuals that would have benefited from the power of members like Sherman and Mooney bring. For example, the 50th season of that season was one of the most difficult in the history of the series, Leaping over and ruining the brilliant Jean Smart.

In addition, when we saw the interview of Mooney several times during his nine years on the show, there is something sad to see some of the segments that are written “cut time” on the “SNL” YouTube channel – like, you cut. this is saving”Real Housewives of Santa Fe?“Besides, we have ‘SNL’ to thank for giving Mooney a platform to go out and create.” The wonderful play “Brigsby Bear” and “Y2K,” without which we would no longer have Mooney’s commercials movie.