Sadness occurred on February 1. Seth Meyers departed Saturday Night Live to take over Late Night and turn it into Late Night with Seth Meyers. He hosted his final Weekend Update, but it was a wonderful affair because old friends returned. To say goodbye and take him to the other side, Stefon (Bill Hader), Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, David Paterson (Fred Armisen), and, of course, Cecily Strong, bid Seth farewell. It truly was one of the best moments in the history of, not just Weekend Update, but of Saturday Night Live, as well. It was a standard Weekend Update with great quips from Seth and Cecily, plus a visit from Atlanta resident Buford Calloway (Taran Killam). Until Seth told his final joke and Cecily became choked up saying goodbye to Seth and introducing Amy and Stefon.
Fred was reprising his role as Paterson, which he used to say goodbye to Amy also. Amy and Seth pounded on the desk just one last time. Andy sang that it was so hard to say goodbye. The best moment was not another Stefon-ism (although, those were great), but when Seth was saying goodbye, you could clearly tell he was on the verge of tears, but looking at his co-anchors, dear friend, and husband, they were also crying.
Seth Meyers will forever live as one of the greatest SNL and Weekend Update members in history. I cannot wait until he makes a cameo appearance!
Well, on to the future. Hope he does well on the new show!
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