{"id":161643,"date":"2022-12-18T21:51:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T21:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/austin-butler-and-snl-cast-serenade-cecily-strong-with-elvis-song-rolling-stone\/"},"modified":"2022-12-18T21:51:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T21:51:07","slug":"austin-butler-and-snl-cast-serenade-cecily-strong-with-elvis-song-rolling-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/austin-butler-and-snl-cast-serenade-cecily-strong-with-elvis-song-rolling-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Butler and SNL Cast Serenade Cecily Strong With Elvis Song \u2013 Rolling Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tjust prior to<\/span> tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Live<\/em>the show’ Instagram account announced that it would be the final episode to feature celebrated cast member Cecily Strong, one of the show’ last remaining veterans.<\/p>\n

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\tOver the course of her 11-year run, Strong would prove to be one of the sketch-comedy show’s most reliably funny performers, introducing new characters like The Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With at a Party and Cathy Anne, the drug-huffing neighbor of Michael Che armed with wild opinions, as well as impersonations of everyone from Lana Del Rey to Jeanine Pirro.<\/p>\n

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\tAfter a cold open featuring Strong’s Kimberly Guilfoyle trying to sell her Christmas album\u2014much to an NFT-hawking Trump’s chagrin\u2014Strong appeared on \u201cWeekend Update\u201d as her Cathy Anne character, telling the audience through tears, \u201cIt’s just my time now. But I had a lot of fun here, and I feel really lucky that I got to have so many of the best moments of my life in this place, with these people that I love so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tBut that wasn’t all. The final sketch of the night featured the cast giving Strong a second goodbye, this one even more tear-filled than the last.<\/p>\n

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\tSet in a Radio Shack, it featured Kenan Thompson as the store boss, Frank Lasagna, saying goodbye to Cecily.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cThis is Cecily’s last day working at Radio Shack after eight incredible years,\u201d said Thompson.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cWell, I’ve been here eleven,\u201d Strong replied.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cI know. And eight of them were incredible. Honestly, I don’t think that Radio Shack could have survived this long without Cecily,\u201d offered Thompson, his voice cracking with emotion. \u201cEvery time she came to work she she had a new character, or a new accent, or a new impression that would just blow you away. She had a power and a joy to her performance that made you remember why you loved working at Radio Shack in the first place. I know I’m not supposed to say this as your boss, but: I love you, Cecily.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cI love you too, Mr. Frank Lasagna,\u201d she said back.<\/p>\n

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\tThen, SNL<\/em> brought out host Austin Butler as \u201ccasual Elvis\u201d to serenade Strong with a rendition of Elvis’ \u201cBlue Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cWe’ll have a blue Christmas without you \/ We’ll be so blue just thinking about you,\u201d he sang in his deep Elvis<\/em> voice.<\/p>\n

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\tStrong herself chimed in: \u201cAnd when those blue snowflakes start falling \/ That’s when those blue memories start callin’\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tThen, Thompson and the rest of the cast joined in on the fun, as snowflakes fell. It was one of the more moving goodbyes the show has ever produced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n