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Watching 'Saturday Night Live UK' Is Both Weird And A Fascinating Look Into An Alternate 'SNL' Reality

Mike Ryan

23 Mar 2026 — 4 min read

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Watching Saturday Night Live UK felt like I had gone back in time, righted some sort of wrong, and was confident that I made made it to the past and back to the present undetected. I then turn on SNL to see what Mikey Day, Kenan Thompson and Andrew Dismukes have in store for me this week and, instead, I see ... this. Okay, so Tina Fey is hosting, that's cool. Wait, who is Jack Shep? Hold up, I don't recognize the name Al Nash. Then it hits me: whatever I had done in the past, it has changed the course of the entire world. In this new reality, Ashley Padilla has been replaced by Larry Dean.¹ Also using expletives during the show are not only allowed now, they are encouraged. Good lord, what have I done...

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