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Tina Fey delivers opening monologue on SNL UKSaturday Night Live UK, Sky TV
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00:00So why do a UK version of SNL? Well like so many large-scale American operations
00:06these days no one really knows why but here's what this is okay it is a sketch
00:13comedy show there will be a different celebrity host each week there will be
00:18music performances and the show is truly live so things may go wrong things may
00:25have already gone wrong my pants were supposed to be full-length and I'm so
00:30excited for you to meet your cast they are wonderful I can't even begin to
00:35understand them when they speak one boy is either Scottish or choking but their
00:43energy is a plus and I'm gonna stay out of their way tonight as much as possible
00:48I'm just here as a longtime SNL employee to help out and to answer like any
00:55questions anyone might have a what to oh hi yeah Nicola Coughlin
01:04it is lovely to see you but my question is if this is SNL UK then why are you the
01:12first host like shouldn't it be like a British icon like David Beckham or or Judy
01:16Dench or or like Shrek wait Shrek is British Scotland is in Britain
01:23educate yourself well that is a valid question why an American host and the
01:30way it was explained to me was that for this first episode anyway how do I put
01:35this politely none of you would do it does that make sense
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