‘SNL’: Bill Hader Returns as Stefon, Cracking Up as He Jokes About ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’ and ‘Call Me by Your Name’ — Watch
New York’s hottest show is “Saturday Night Live.” It’s got everything: Bill Hader, “The Californians,” “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” references. The longtime “SNL” member returned to his old stomping ground last night, as did one of his most famous characters: Stefon, whose habit of appearing on “Weekend Update” to dish about the city’s utterly bizarre nightlife endeared him to many over the years. Watch that triumphant return — which also features references to “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” and “La La Land” — below.
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“If you’re drunk in midtown doing cheap coke off your laundry card, I have just the place for you,” he informs us. “New York’s hottest club is Gauche, Inspired by True Events. This former CVS — which became a Chase Bank, and then became a CVS again — has a familiar yet troubling feel, like when Larry King would play himself in a movie.”
It’s here that he starts uncontrollably laughing for the first of many times throughout the bit. “This place has everything: desk sets, key fobs, kale chips, ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.” — a recurring theme at New York’s hottest club these days, it seems, as the drama starring Denzel Washington is present elsewhere as well.
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At one point he’s interrupted by “Weekend Update” co-hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost, and so he decides to respond to them as “Moonlight” and “La La Land,” respectively. Upon being called Stefon by Jost, he has a simple request: “call me by your name.”
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