As 'SNL 40' turns the decade page to 'SNL 50,' the 'Weekend Update' joke swap between Colin Jost and Michael Che is one of the show's best creations.

Jost and Che previously closed out SNL's Weekend Update in December 2024 with a joke swap, where they wrote jokes for each other and read them live — despite never having seen them before.

“Weekend Update” hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che capped off the week of President Trump’s inauguration on “Saturday Night Live,” joking that it appeared Trump didn’t actually place ...

Jost and his “Weekend Update” co-host Michael Che have made a joke swap tradition by writing jokes for each other. On the Christmas episode, which aired on December 21, Che wrote a joke about ...

The Weekend Update co-host found himself ... Jost and Che have a tradition of swapping jokes that they write for each other that the other then has to read aloud. In this year’s episode, which ...