Willem Dafoe joined the whole 'SNL' cast for a deranged NYC apartment tenant meeting

Is this the low-key funniest lineup 'Saturday Night Live' has assembled in years?
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A still from "Saturday Night Live". A woman wearing a grey hair wig and old-fashioned clothes stands at a podium holding up a piece of paper with an angry expression on her face.

I've been thinking about the Saturday Night Live cast lately, and how the show has low-key assembled one of the strongest squads of performers it's had in years. Sketches like this one prove it.

The latest episode, hosted by Willem Dafoe, delivered a sketch featuring New York City apartment tenant meeting where pretty much every member of the cast not named Colin Jost or Michael Che got a moment to show off their comedy chops. (No Cecily Strong either, sadly.) There's no one highlight to pull out here because everyone brings a little something different to their moment.

Newcomer Sarah Sherman makes her saltiness over an unexpected bill hilariously and loudly clear. Veterans Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson get big laughs from subdued moments as an elderly cat-hoarder and a very sexually active ladies man. Pete Davidson and Aristotle Athari both put on funny accents and find the comedy in their unique brands of weirdness. Even Dafoe gets in on the fun as the building's resident "pain in the ass" who longs for the days of a more dangerous and chaotic NYC.


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Adam Rosenberg

Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.

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