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The actor delivered the opening monologue from his kitchen.

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00:00And live from Zoom, it's sometime between March and August!

00:04Yay!

00:06This is crazy. Let's do this.

00:09SNL is saying the show must go on.

00:11The NBC sketch comedy show returned this past weekend with a Saturday Night Live at Home special,

00:16swapping the usual live format for a series of pre-recorded, remotely performed sketches.

00:21Kenan Thompson kicked off the show before the usual intro played,

00:24featuring footage of the cast in their houses doing things like juggling canned foods,

00:28microwaving, and having a tea party with dolls.

00:31The episode was hosted by Tom Hanks, who was diagnosed with the coronavirus in March

00:34and delivered the show's regular opening monologue.

00:37It is a strange time to try and be funny, but trying to be funny is SNL's whole thing.

00:44So we thought, what the heck? Let's give it a shot.

00:47He also reassured viewers during the monologue that he and his wife Rita Wilson,

00:50who was also diagnosed, are doing fine now.

00:52The Oscar winner also mimicked the question-and-answer format of a typical host monologue

00:56and fielded questions from himself in costumes.

00:59There were also several political sketches during the special at-home edition of SNL,

01:02such as Kate McKinnon reprising her ongoing Ruth Bader Ginsburg impression,

01:06although without the usual hair and makeup.

01:08Oh, hello.

01:10I'm Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and I wanted to say a heartfelt hello to everyone on the second side.

01:16Larry David recording himself doing his reoccurring Bernie Sanders impression.

01:19Hello, America. It's me, Bernie Sanders. Always a bridesmaid. Never the Democratic nominee.

01:27And Alec Baldwin calling into a remote weekend update, reprising his role as President Donald Trump

01:31to discuss the state of the nation in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

01:35I had to tone down the ethnic slurs after I discovered that everything we need to survive the virus is made in China.

01:42Baldwin's Trump went on to say, despite all the hardships,

01:44there was one thing that could bring the whole country together.

01:46All Americans can agree on one thing.

01:50Carol Baskins definitely fed her husband to those tigers.

01:53Other sketches involved Pete Davidson doing a parody of a Drake song

01:57played over a music video directed by his mom in his home.

02:05A masterclass quarantine edition sketch featuring Chloe Fineman

02:08performing impressions of Timothee Chalamet, Jojo Siwa, and Carol Baskin.

02:12Riding my bike on the big kitty lake around the kitty cat preserve

02:16and I didn't kill my husband.

02:17And a dating show parody, How Low Will You Go?, featuring singles ready to date post-quarantine.

02:22Well, I think it's safe to say none of our ladies were...

02:24Yeah, okay, he's fine.

02:26You don't want to ask him anything first?

02:28No.

02:29Meanwhile, Cold Place Chris Martin served as a musical guest for the evening,

02:32performing a cover of Bob Dylan's Shelter from the Storm.

02:34The episode ended with a tribute to Hal Willner, the show's sketch music producer since 1981,

02:52who died Monday of complications related to COVID-19.

02:56Former cast members including Adam Sandler, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph,

03:01Amy Poehler, and Molly Shannon, as well as the current SNL cast,

03:04contributed pre-recorded messages about Willner, also singing Lou Reed's Perfect Day together in his honor.

03:10It's such a perfect day, I'm glad I spent it with you.

03:19For more on this week's special SNL at Home, head to THR.com.

03:23For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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