{"id":648147,"date":"2026-05-17T06:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/648147\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T06:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:49:08","slug":"molly-shannon-surprises-in-snl-cameo-during-will-ferrells-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/648147\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly Shannon Surprises In ‘SNL’ Cameo During Will Ferrell’s Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIn a lengthier sketch featuring a majority of the Saturday Night Live cast members, Will Ferrell<\/a> portrayed an eccentric and mean-spirited high school theater instructor. And what\u2019s better than a problematic teacher played by Ferrell? Two \u2014 the second of which is played by none other than Molly Shannon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe two SNL<\/a> classmates (both are alumni from the mid-\u201990s through the early millennium) reunited in a winding bit that tracked the anxieties of the theater program\u2019s students, who were fretting over the new cast list for the spring musical, Grease. The sketch is a resurrected one previously cut-for-time during Ferrell\u2019s last hosting stint in 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tFeatured player Jeremy Culhane, donning a felt hat, portrayed a student who recently booked a Cheerios commercial as a background actor \u2014 a role Ferrell\u2019s teacher is clearly envious of. Meanwhile, Veronika Slowikowska featured as a nerdy student who often quipped \u201cgirl boner!\u201d whenever discussing everything from Jacob Elordi\u2019s latest project to Mikey Day\u2019s TA character.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAmong the funniest lines of the night was Ferrell\u2019s character\u2019s assertion that his \u201call white\u201d take on The Color Purple was \u201cbrave,\u201d despite detractors\u2019 negative reactions. <\/p>\n

\n\tAfter Kenan Thompson also briefly showed up as choreographer, wheeling out a protesting Sarah Sherman (whose character faced animosity from Ferrell\u2019s for being in a wheelchair), and Marcello Hern\u00e1ndez and Kam Patterson reunited their dynamic duo of nonchalant jocks, bursting through the door came Shannon, as music director and choir teacher Ms. Peebles.<\/p>\n

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\n\tShe took center stage, dismissing claims her character was \u201ctoo handsy\u201d with the boys. Maintaining that her \u201ctough as nails\u201d style yields results, she invited another featured player, Tommy Brennan, to demonstrate his highest vocal range. At this point, it becomes pretty easy to telegraph where the bit is going when she asks him to sing, but that doesn\u2019t diminish the comedic return when Shannon pantomimes giving him a wedgie and cupping his crotch to get him to sing higher.<\/p>\n

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