Colin Jost has been at SNL for twenty years and has been in his on-air Weekend Replace function for greater than a decade. Throughout that point, he’s labored with a whole bunch of A-list celeb hosts and outstanding musical friends, and for probably the most half, he’s stored it completely skilled. The truth is, there’s solely been one time throughout his complete tenure at Saturday Night time Reside by which he requested somebody for an autograph. Not surprisingly, the particular person in query was a New York Metropolis sports activities legend.
Jost is a widely known fan of most of the NYC sports activities groups, and particularly, he’s an enormous New York Giants fan. So, when Tremendous Bowl-winning Giants quarterback Eli Manning hosted again in 2012, he couldn’t assist himself and requested the legend to signal a ridiculous 8×10 of him mendacity in a mattress of footballs. Right here’s a portion of the quote he gave Individuals whereas speaking in regards to the autograph…
He simply signed it ‘To Colin, Eli.’ It seems nearly romantic. It is such a humorous photograph.
Luckily for Jost, that wouldn’t be his final interplay with Manning. He’s at present at The Ryder Cup internet hosting a particular three day morning present known as Breakfast At Bethpage. It’s a day by day prepper for the large each different yr {golfing} competitors between The USA and Europe, and it’s being produced by Eli and his brother Peyton Manning (together with NBC Sports activities and T-Cell).
Jost and Manning additionally bought an opportunity to play some golf collectively earlier this week once they competed within the Superstar Ryder Cup. The 2 partnered in a profitable effort alongside teammates Miranda Lambert and Noah Kahan. Assumedly, Jost didn’t ask the quarterback for any extra autographs, however maybe he labored it into the contract he signed w/ the Manning Brothers’ Omaha Productions, which is concerned within the upcoming Chad Powers sequence and had a hand in WWE’s well-received Unreal sequence.
Jost, after all, famously grew up on Staten Island. I say famously as a result of his buy of a Staten Island Ferry Boat alongside buddy Pete Davidson has develop into a daily supply of roasting at occasions, even fodder for SNL sketches. Making an attempt to steer the ship again to profitability has been a piece in progress not not like his beloved New York Soccer Giants, who’ve had precisely one season with a profitable document since 2017. They’ve began this season 0-3, however with fourteen video games left, there’s nonetheless time to show issues round.
Opinions for Breakfast At Bethpage have been fairly optimistic, which shouldn’t come as a shock given Jost’s browsing protection on the Olympics was additionally obtained very nicely by followers. He’s bought a knack for mixing collectively sports activities and fashionable tradition, and at any time when he decides to depart Saturday Night time Reside, that looks like a potential subsequent step in his profession.
You’ll be able to catch Jost when SNL formally returns for Season 51 in early October. He’ll be joined by a ton of bunch of enjoyable visitor hosts, who assumedly, he will not ask to get an autograph from.