My Queens

I know that a lot of people don't watch saturday night live anymore because the quality has declined. While i don't disagree with that, i just can't quit it. Every once in a while there is an awesome sketch, or a great host and I, as a comedienne, feel like it's necessary to watch it as like a life requirement because..even though it can be uneven at times, it's been around forever and its what comedian's friends always tell them (us) they're (we're) going to be on one day. also, though they are few, i have so much respect for the women of snl. i think they are genius women and i want to be their friends. so, for those of you who don't watch the show, either when it airs or virally, check out these three awesome awesome videos from recent episodes.

A Saturday Night Mystery

I just finished watching saturday night live's first new episode in a very long time (with awesome host tina fey)...and while it was an uncharacteristically consistently funny episode, i have one question...some new girl debuted in the credits as a featured player, and a lot of the sketches this episode were women-heavy, (so this new girl was used a lot) but i kept getting the feeling that something was missing. and then i realized i hadn't seen maya rudolph all episode. and then i realized that i don't think she was in the credits. so i did some minor internet searching, but all that came up was how she was going to leave like, 4 days before the season premiere, but then renegged two days later or something. and..unless my memory is completely failing me, i could've sworn she was in the first half of the season. so my mystery here is threefold: 1) has maya rudolph left the show? 2) was maya rudolph even there for the first half of the season (and did i block it out because it was so traumatic to think there are only two female cast members left [this does not take away from the fact that if i were to see kristen wiig or amy poehler on the street, i would nonchalantly grasp their hand and walk with them as though we were bff])? and 3) am i probably the only one who still watches snl?

leave your answers in the comments pleez. these questions are many things, but they are not rhetorical.