Colman Domingo made his “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut Saturday night — and should you’re unsure where you already know him from, he’s got a couple of guesses. Probably several.
Kicking off his monologue, Domingo acknowledged that after three a long time within the business, his resume might be a bit hard to pin down. The reply to where you’ve seen him, he suggested, is largely all over the place — rattling off credits including “Fear the Walking Dead,” “Sing Sing,” “The 4 Seasons,” “Lincoln” — after which a couple of he didn’t appear in.
“I used to be Carly in ‘iCarly.’ I used to be contained in the C-3PO suit in ‘Star Wars.’ And I’m also your uncle.” He pauses. “You saw me at your cousin’s wedding in 1994.” The purpose, he said: “I’m practically in every thing, like raisins at a Caucasian cookout.”
He added that he can often tell which project someone knows him from. “When you’re a Latin bro, I’m like, oh, ‘Fear the Walking Dead.’ But when it’s a woman under 20 or a creepy dude over 30, that’s ‘Euphoria.’”
With the credentials established, Domingo pivoted to his actual agenda for the evening: vibes. Specifically, the type he said he serves once you come to his house. “Tonight, I’m going to make you are feeling such as you’re at my house,” he said — then proceeded to direct the whole production toward that end.
He called for music and lighting “that’s extremely flattering for people of color.” Once satisfied he turned to the cameras and issued his next directive: “Can I get an attractive slow push on this?” Then he quipped, “Also, I’m 56 so boom up the hell up.”
Forged member Jeremy Culhane, summoned into the monologue, was directed to gaze into the camera. What followed was a wide-eyed stare into the unsuitable camera that, once the crew found the best angle, devolved into an unsettling mog.
Domingo then took to the audience, working the group with the convenience of somebody who has, in actual fact, been doing this for the reason that ’90s. When he asked one woman what brought her to the show, she said she’d gotten tickets from someone who worked there. “Inside connection,” Domingo said approvingly. “That’s hot.” He asked if it was someone within the solid. “No,” she said. “It was a author.” Domingo turned back to the audience jokingly upset. “Don’t tell those that.”
By the top, the vibe had apparently gotten away from him barely — a pair within the audience was making out. “They’re straight,” Domingo joked. “You don’t see that every single day.”
He wrapped things up the best way he said he at all times ends a celebration at his place: by telling everyone to get out so he could take a fiber pill and go to bed — but not tonight. “We’ve got a show to do, so boom up!”
Watch Domingo’s monologue below.