In tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey replaced an absent Colin Jost — trader Weekend update jokes with Michael Che from the front of the theater, with Tom Hanks, Kenan Thompson, Paul Rudd and the show’s small crew serving as audience.

Considering it’s almost Christmas, Che figured he should start the segment with some good news. “OJ Simpson was paroled two months earlier for good behavior,” he noted. “OJ said, ‘I can’t believe I got out of parole sooner, but I did. I do this.’ “

Fey then noted that Time The magazine named Elon Musk Personality of the Year. “You can read more about it on your phone,” she said, “while your Tesla automatically drives you into a lake. “

Che later mentioned that a judge in Louisiana took time off after being filmed using the N word, “which is the kind of story that makes me wonder, why are I and Kenan the only members of distribution here? “

Fey’s next talk was about a historic mission from NASA, which saw one of its spacecraft touch the sun as it flew over its upper atmosphere. “NASA was finally able to accomplish the impossible mission,” she said unmoved, “by going there at night.”

Fey went on to speak about the firing of Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer hours after being accused of kicking a player. “Worse,” she said, “the player kind of got fired for a touchdown. “

Conclusion of tonight’s edition of Update was Che, who discussed reports that Bruce Springsteen sold the rights to his music catalog for more than $ 500 million. “So I hope,” he said, “he finally has the money to leave New Jersey.”

Tonight’s very unorthodox and audience-less episode of SNL was moderated by Paul Rudd. While Charli XCX was originally scheduled to serve as a musical guest, she was forced to step down from the show due to rapidly changing Covid protocols, with cases on the rise in New York City.