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00:00I will say the only thing that I've started to feel a little bit is just sketch fatigue or idea

00:07fatigue in the way that at this point after doing Groundlings and SNL for so long I'm like

00:12I've written a lot of sketches and you know you just get scared and it does happen some weeks

00:19where I'm like I do not have an idea. Just six months ago Heidi Gardner opened up to Craig

00:24Ferguson on his podcast Joy about the pressure of working at SNL. She's now the biggest name

00:29to be leaving the NBC show ahead of season 51 after eight seasons of hilarious characters.

00:35Oreo cheesecake that ain't gonna work there goes my Easter Sunday. Why would there go your Easter Sunday?

00:43And do do do do I'm screwed. Although the post has confirmed Heidi's exit she has yet to address the

00:51latest news herself. Last week was a bloodbath for the cast as news kept pouring in. Devin Walker,

00:57Michael Longfellow, and Emil Joaquim are all departing what Devin called the sometimes toxic

01:03as hell show. The firings were apparently to make room for five new featured players including Ben

01:08Marshall. TV viewers will already be familiar with his face as one-third of SNL's digital shorts team.

01:15What's it like looking like the last three guys a lesbian sleeps with before coming out?

01:19Nice. Gonna have to do a lot better than that. This is my impression of the only line people will care

01:24about this show. Ladies and gentlemen Justin Timberlake. Wait what'd you say? Sorry I was just

01:29looking at your movies 42% on Rotten Tomatoes. The trio also wrote and starred in the 2023 feature film

01:36Please Don't Destroy The Treasure of Foggy Mountain. However Ben's co-stars were not promoted to the cast.

01:55Martin Harrelly will stay on as a writer and John Higgins will be departing the show. Deadline reports

02:01the real-life friends who met at NYU will remain a comedy group but their videos will no longer be

02:07a show staple. The other four newly added featured players include Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane,

02:13Cam Patterson, and Veronica Slowakowska. Tune in October 4th to see these new faces and many of your old favorites.