Over the summer, the 2024 Paris Olympics were eventful, to say the least. Between falling in love with the Men’s Gymnastics team (yes, we’re looking at you Pommel Horse Guy), the viral breakdancer Raygun , and Tom Cruise’s wild stunt to close out the games , a lot happened. And as former Saturday Night Live cast member Andy Samberg made apparent, too many of them happened without a parody on Weekend Update.
So, of course, he has amended this on Late Night With Seth Meyers . Andy Samberg Takes Over Late Night With Seth Meyers To Parody An Olympic Moment Andy Samberg visited his fellow Saturday Night Live alum and real-life friend while promoting one of the latest 2024 movies , Lee . In the middle of the interview segment, Samberg shared he wanted to “hijack” the whole show by working through a Weekend Update idea he had inspired by the 2024 Olympics.
Check it out: Andy Samberg will not let us forget the French pole vaulter with the “giant dong.” As many of the TikTok commentators spoke to, this was giving major Jake Peralta energy from Brooklyn Nine-Nine , and I’m howling with laughter. Samberg basically did a jump scare Weekend Update segment by running out of the interview before coming back in as a stereotypical Frenchman to make all the dick jokes about the viral pole vaulting video that had Anthony Ammarati missing out on the gold because he hit the crossbar with his crotch.
Or, as Samberg’s parody put it, with his “gift”, leading him to tumble to th.