This week's SNL Holiday Flashback is from Season 40 of Saturday Night Live (2014) and features Cicely Strong, one of my favorite SNL cast members, in a parody of the investigative podcast Serial. In this clip, Serial looks at the story of Kris Kringle, who, according to legend, circles the globe each December 24 to leave presents for hundreds of million of children. But what evidence is there to back up this longtime story?
As luck would have it, tonight's episode of SNL will be hosted by Steve Martin and Martin Short, whose successful Hulu series Only Murders in the Building features its own parody of the Serial podcast stylized as "All Is Not OK in Oklahoma" with Tina Fey playing the role of Serial host Sarah Koenig that Cicely Strong plays in this week's flashback. I've just about given up on this season of SNL but as a longtime fan of Martin and Short I'm planning to tune in at 11:35 tonight. Whether I'll still be awake by the time Weekend Update begins is anybody's guess!
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