One of the funnier memoirs I’ve read this year. I loved the callouts to just how damn white he is (I also glow in the dark) and hearing more about SNL behind the scenes is always fun. I agree with his mom though, maybe he should stop going to Central America on vacation, something always seems to go wrong for him.

I did cry at the part of the book where he was talking about his 9/11 experience, especially as he was telling it from the POV of someone with first responder relatives (his mom and others). As a teenager in the midwest at the time of 9/11, it is something I listen to closely when other people — especially those living in the NYC area at the time — talk about their experiences.

While I know that my experience wasn’t at all dangerous the way so. many. people’s was, I think that it’s one of the ways I process 9/11 even now, almost 23 years later. It is helpful to hear first hand accounts, and I have an oral history of 9/11 in my TBR that I think I might be able to read soon without crying the whole time.

I also related to to Colin’s train of thought around drug use. He says that he avoided them because he thought that he would like them too much and ruin his life. And, same, Jost, same.

After listening to this, I started going back and re-watching Weekend Update segments on SNL’s TikTok, though I assume I’ll also end up on YouTube! I’ve always really liked the chemistry between Colin and Michael Ché, but re-watching after reading this made it even better.

A good read, definitely recommend!