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, 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. Sure, Black talked about his own monologues — which are legendary! — but he wisely went with Macdonald for his actual pick.
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