Martin Brief lately examined optimistic for COVID-19 after recording the Saturday Evening Stay fiftieth Anniversary Particular, requiring the rescheduling of his excursions. Steve Martin, Brief’s long-time comedy collaborator, introduced on Thursday, February 20, that Brief and fellow SNL solid member Maya Rudolph had certainly come down with the virus.
Martin revealed the brand new tour dates accompanied by an image of Brief and Rudolph having fun with a heat second and a kiss backstage at SNL50, the place each have been among the many quite a few A-list celebs and alums who got here again for the milestone present. The February sixteenth anniversary particular drew 14.8 million viewers on NBC and Peacock.
He wrote on Instagram, “Maya had Covid. Marty has Covid. I’m wondering why? The SNL fiftieth Covid curse is actual. Sadly, we now have to reschedule our offered out Durham and Knoxville dates to 10/17 Knoxville and 10/18 Durham.”
“So sorry for the inconvenience. I feel we’ll be funnier then, anyway,” he added.
Talking of the ‘COVID curse’, within the Weekend Replace section of the present, co-host Colin Jost joked concerning the medical hazard of getting so many seasoned comedians in a single space. He referenced how there have been rising circumstances of COVID-19, RSV, and norovirus, joking that having leisure legends older than 60 in proximity to one another could not have been the perfect choice.
Jost joked, “Well being specialists are going through elevated stress, this winter within the face of outbreaks of COVID, the flu, RSV, and norovirus, which they’re calling a quad-demic. So we did the sensible factor and packed each beloved entertainer over 60 into one tiny house.”
Martin, 79, hosted the opening monologue of the particular, his newest look, having beforehand hosted 16 occasions in his intensive historical past with Saturday Evening Stay. Brief, 74, was a one-season solid member from 1984 to 1985 however has continued to be a daily contributor.
In the meantime, Steve Martin and Martin Brief consequently have canceled their subsequent The Dukes of Funnytown! tour dates in Knoxville, and Durham. The re-scheduled reveals are to happen on October 17 and October 18 in each locations respectively.
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