‘SNL’ Celebrates Milwaukee Brewers’ World Series Win With Bobby Moynihan’s Drunk Uncle on Weekend Update — SkimNews
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- SNL used Weekend Update to celebrate the Milwaukee Brewers' first World Series victory in the team's nearly 60-year history, reviving Bobby Moynihan's Drunk Uncle commentator character.
- Bobby Moynihan spent nine seasons on SNL from 2009 to 2017 and last portrayed Drunk Uncle a year ago, on the show's 50th anniversary special.
- Milwaukee Brewers got the joke credit for the title, with Drunk Uncle attributing the win to "the power of suds" in a town synonymous with beer, "hence the team's name."
- Heated Rivalry got the nod as Drunk Uncle slammed recent baseball rule changes, saying games now end in 20 minutes instead of running seven hours and "everybody goes home to watch their gay hockey shows."
- Christian Yelich and second baseman Brice Turang made a surprise appearance, with Yelich telling Moynihan, "It wasn't a dream."
- Pat Murphy introduced himself as Milwaukee's manager and said the job is "kind of like being the Drunk Uncle of the team."
- Pete Davidson was the target of the closing punchline, as Moynihan looked up at the 6-foot-4 Yelich and declared, "I know you — you're Pete Davidson."
Why it matters: For a club with no World Series title in nearly 60 years of history, Milwaukee got its championship celebrated on national television with Christian Yelich, Brice Turang and manager Pat Murphy on camera. The segment also returned Bobby Moynihan, a nine-season SNL cast member, whose running complaint was that baseball games now end in 20 minutes.
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