"This year's SNL50 anniversary special was one of the most star-studded televised events outside of the Oscars, with the likes of Kim Kardashian, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Cher, and Eddie Murphy all making appearances. But for a certain contingent of comedy fans, the most exciting celebrity sighting was former cast members Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney, who played singing-and-dancing groomsmen in a "Domingo" sketch. Who cares that Pedro Pascal and Sabrina Carpenter were right next to them? The boys were back in town!"
"Bennett and Mooney have been creating and performing comedy together for decades. They first teamed up in college, went on to form the sketch-comedy team Good Neighbor alongside Nick Rutherford and Dave McCary, and then joined Saturday Night Live in 2013. But since leaving the show - Bennett in 2021 and Mooney a year later - both comedians have branched off into different projects. In the past year alone, Bennett was in Superman and was outed as the most popular guy at SNL,and Mooney directed A24's Y2K and toured a new album of original music. But there's just something magical about the two of them together; no other duo could pull off a sketch like "Brothers.""
"How did this come together? Beck Bennett: We were tossing around ideas, and we didn't really have anything. We were like, We could start a podcast, but why would we be starting a podcast? Kyle had the idea that we could start a podcast where we were trying to figure out what our podcast was, and that guests would come on and give us an idea, and then we would give it a shot. That became what it was about."
Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney reunited on-screen at SNL50 as singing-and-dancing groomsmen and generated excitement among longtime fans. The two formed Good Neighbor in college with Nick Rutherford and Dave McCary and joined Saturday Night Live in 2013. Bennett departed SNL in 2021 and Mooney in 2022, after which Bennett appeared in Superman and Mooney directed A24's Y2K and toured original music. The duo is launching a Headgum podcast titled What's Our Podcast? where guests pitch episode ideas and Bennett and Mooney experiment to discover and improve their podcasting approach.
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