It’s Monday afternoon and Quinta Brunson, creator, writer and star of “Abbott Elementary,” is about an hour away from walking into 30 Rockefeller Plaza for her first meeting with the writers of “Sa…
She’s been a fan of “SNL” since childhood, watching the series with her family growing up in Philadelphia. Now, on Saturday night, she’ll make her Studio 8H debut with some of those friends and family — many of whom are based on the east coast — in the audience to cheer her on.
As Brunson suggests, it’s been a bountiful season in her career, capped off by this return to her improv comedy roots. She got her start in comedy studying at Second City in Chicago and went on to star in the first season of “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” But she never auditioned for “SNL.” Among her favorite sketches are “SNL’s” riffs on “Jeopardy” . She’s also a fan of some of the 2000s-era sketches like Kristen Wiig’s Target Lady and Molly Shannon’s Superstar, plus the game show spoof “What’s Up With That?,” also hosted by Thompson.
“I ran into her on a plane almost a year ago, and she asked, ‘When are you doing “SNL?”’ and I was like, “I don’t know, but you’ll be one of the first people I tell.’ And then I did,” Brunson says. “And then she told me — we were being very secretive — ‘I’m doing it the week after!’ So it’s really cool.’”“Honestly, my brain has been so wrapped up in the ‘Abbott’ world and the narrative world that it’s cooked,” she quips. “But I so trust the team over there.
“As much as we love for people to view it live, there’s a whole audience of people who observe the ‘Hulu calendar,’” Brunson quips.
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