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# Jack Black honors an ‘SNL’ great with his pick for best monologue
- URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-rundown-jack-black/
- Published: 2026-05-27T21:58:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-27T22:11:45.000Z
- Description: With five monologues under his own belt, Black knows what makes the segment work.
- Author: Bill Kuchman
- Tags: The Cold Open • Extras, The Cold Open, SNL, The Rundown, Jack Black, Norm Macdonald

The latest edition of *The Rundown* debuted today, giving **Jack Black** a shot at picking the monologue for the perfect episode of *SNL*. 

Black, who has plenty of experience giving a monologue now that he is [a member of the Five-Timers Club](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-jack-white-review/), dug deep into the show’s history to choose which host should be given this prestigious honor ... 

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“These are all great, but the reason I picked Norm’s is he just makes me laugh the hardest,” Black said as he explained why the monologue from **Norm Macdonald**’s Oct. 23, 1999, episode belonged in *The Rundown*.

With each new episode of this digital series, it gets funnier and funnier that **Dana Carvey** straight up picked a sketch of his own when [he was on *The Rundown*](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-the-rundown-dana-carvey/). Sure, Black talked about his own monologues — [which are legendary!](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-jack-black-sketches/) — but he wisely went with Macdonald for his actual pick.

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