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Standing next to his mother, Kenan Thompson, a 15-season veteran of the show, told her, “Mom, without your help, I would have never it made to ‘S.N.L.’”

She answered, “Kenan, I can’t imagine this show without you. Like, I actually can’t remember when you weren’t on it.”

Thompson asked her, “You like the show, right, Mom?”

She replied, “I do. Except for all the political stuff. We get it.”

Mikey Day reminded his mother about a high school production of “The Crucible” that he had once appeared in. “Oh, right, yeah,” she said. “You know, ‘The Crucible’ is a lot like the witch hunt against President Trump.”