His first appearance was in 2008. He did not appear again until 2010. We came dangerously close to losing Stefon, but thank goodness we didn't. Thank any god there ever was or is or will be or might be that Stefon was brought to us by way of Weekend Update. He's appeared nineteen times since then and each time is more hilariously amazing than the last. He once sat beside Derek Zoolander. He once sang a song with Bobby Moynihan's Snooki and Fred Armisen's Governor David Paterson. Bill Hader as Stefon (or, Stefon Meyers, if you will) has had a very interesting life. He almost married Anderson Cooper before Seth Meyers swooped in and stole him away at the last minute. His father is David Bowie and he lives in a garbage can. The fact that Bill Hader had to list nonsense like, "homeless weightlifters that look like the Croods, "Menorah the Explorer," and "Sidney Applebaum as the Jewish Dracula" is made doubly better by the fact that he was pressured to break character by the conniving John Mulaney and the stoic Andy Samberg. He only didn't break once. New York's hottest city correspondent is Stefon.
(This post is dedicated to Jebidiah Atkinson.)
Could have guessed this character. He is hilarious and always makes me laugh. The Applebaum bit is endlessly amusing.
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