Overview
- Davidson popped onto Weekend Update to address recent headlines, tying his choices to the ferry project criticized by the New York Times as a “money-losing fiasco.”
- He joked that he performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival because the ferry is “losing millions” and quipped he has “a kid on the way.”
- Alongside Jost, he rebranded the vessel as “Titanic II” and flashed a “New Staten Island” image while riffing on borough politics after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win.
- He ribbed SNL leadership with a line about Lorne Michaels never retiring and a nod to chatter about Tina Fey being “ready to take over.”
- Jost pushed back on the doom narrative by saying the venture is “going very well,” citing a recent Nike tie-in for the New York City Marathon.