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# ‘Do you really need pickles right now?’ Veronika Slowikowska joins Shane Gillis for his ‘SNL’ promo
- URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-shane-gillis-promo/
- Published: 2026-10-07T22:53:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T22:53:02.000Z
- Description: For the second week in a row, ‘SNL’ ditches its long-running promo style for a series of quick bits.
- Author: Bill Kuchman
- Tags: The Cold Open • Host Promo, The Cold Open, SNL, #PROD, Shane GIllis, Veronika Slowikowska

**The host:** Shane Gillis

**The musical guest:** Rosalía

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**Cast members in the promo:** Veronika Slowikowska

Oh, I guess we’ve just given up making cool *SNL* promos for Wednesdays now. For the second week in a row, the show skipped doing the fun sketch-style promos that have been the standard for years.

After **Dakota Johnson** and **Ashley Padilla** [teased last weekend’s episode](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-dakota-johnson-promo/), the duo of **Shane Gillis** and **Veronika Slowikowska** made the pitch for Gillis’s return to *SNL* through a series of quick bits. I’m not sure why we got [a full promo for the **Jalen Brunson** season premiere](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-jalen-brunson-host-promo/), but it’s a bummer to see SNL abandon that format now.

It’s funny that right after I called out the push to feature Slowikowska’s singing talents in [my review of Johnson’s episode](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-dakota-johnson-review/), this promo immediately goes to the *SNL* sophomore singing.

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