Bowen Yang had a unique imaginative and prescient for the way his closing sketch at Saturday Night Live would go.

Earlier than he bid a tearful farewell to the present final month, Yang had wished extra solid members and extra chaos in his closing sketch, he shared on his Las Culturistas podcast. The Emmy nominee mentioned that "ideally the complete solid" would have been within the "Delta Lounge" sketch, which noticed Yang enjoying an eggnog machine operator at an airline lounge wrapping up his closing day on the job.

The comic co-wrote the sketch with former SNL author Celeste Yim, who had departed the present earlier in 2025. Of their unique thought, Yang mentioned they’d deliberate on the eggnog machine malfunctioning and spraying in every single place.

"It did simply come all the way down to logistics… It bought to be an excessive amount of," he mentioned.

The Depraved star mentioned that castmates Mikey Day and Sarah Sherman have been supposed to wash up the spilt eggnog. Kenan Thompson and Jane Wickline, who made the ultimate lower of the sketch, have been initially going to get splashed.

As an alternative, Yang mentioned that SNL boss Lorne Michaels approached him after costume rehearsals and inspired him to "play into the emotion" of the goodbye. He took the observe and made the adjustments, ensuing within the bittersweet sketch.

"Lorne Michaels is aware of how you can produce," Yang mentioned.

The Hearth Island actor additionally revealed {that a} household reunion sketch that includes Cher was shelved. His podcast cohost Matt Rogers teased him for nonetheless getting lower on the finish of his run, though Yang mentioned even a veteran like Thompson can't escape the chopping block.

Yang revealed that there was really an unofficial "designated Bowen spot" within the weekly rundown of sketches, which was a part of the explanation he determined to go away the present.

"That's additionally my cue to go away, like I are not looking for the footprint to be edging out different individuals," Yang mentioned.

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The podcaster gave his closing reflections on his 7-year tenure, getting emotional recalling his time on the present.

"I can't imagine I set to work there," he mentioned. "And I mentioned within the sketch, that’s the factor that I’ll like maintain saying, prefer it feels prefer it occurred to another person. I'm so glad it occurred to me."

Hearken to the total episode of Las Culturistas under.

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