'SNL' Weekend Update brings back the joke swaps for Season 50 finale

An uncomfortable tradition.
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Tim Marcin
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Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update closed the 50th season with its relatively newfound tradition: Hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost trading jokes.

If you've never seen the bit, it's both funny and wildly uncomfortable. Che typically forces Jost, who looks like the white villain in an '80s skiing movie, to tell jokes about Black people. Jost, in turn, typically tries to make Che uncomfortable, too.

This joke swap was especially personal, however, as Jost took the opportunity to let his wife, host and actress Scarlett Johansson, exact some revenge on Che. It's definitely a joke swap Weekend Update to remember.

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Tim Marcin
Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).


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