Colin Jost & Michael Che Present: New York After Dark
Peacock · 2024 · 57 min
A live Brooklyn stand-up showcase where the hosts get roasted.
The hosts of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update are mostly there to stand out of the way. Colin Jost and Michael Che stepped off their usual studio set and into The Bell House in Brooklyn to emcee a live showcase of New York club comics, featuring surprise appearances and a house band. It is structured less as a cohesive stand-up hour and more as an unpredictable variety show where Jost serves as a reliable punching bag.
The special, streaming live on Peacock in September 2024, marked the platform’s first attempt at a live comedy broadcast. While Jost and Che provide brief introductory material, they leave the bulk of the stagetime to a curated lineup of drop-ins, including Alex English, Aida Rodriguez, Aminah Imani, and Karlous Miller. The house band, 1500 or Nothin’, provides transitions between sets.
What makes the night work is the steady stream of unannounced guests who drop by to roast Jost. Sal Vulcano of Impractical Jokers surfaces to mock Jost’s Staten Island roots and his infamous investment in a decommissioned ferry, while fellow SNL cast member Sarah Sherman storms the stage with a fake restraining order. Mike Birbiglia closes the evening by dragging Jost back onstage to conduct an impromptu, color-coded interview. Birbiglia grills him on everything from whether his Update chemistry could be matched by an air mattress to whether his wife, Scarlett Johansson, is vastly more talented than him.
The set list
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Donald Trump's debate claim about eating pets
Jost jokes that 'nothing sounds more presidential than screaming they’re eating the cats and dogs,' drawing Che's mockery for attempting prop comedy on a debate reference.
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Being broadcast on Peacock
Jost jokes that viewers only recognize Peacock from having to download it to watch NFL games.
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Pros and cons of oral sex and LGBTQIA acronym
Alex English jokes that sucking dick is embarrassing and questions the inclusion of asexuals alongside historically oppressed sexual identities.
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Jost purchasing a Staten Island ferry
Sal Vulcano calls out Jost for buying a ferry with Pete Davidson, while Jost jokes that his accountant loves the purchase.
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The closer (spoiler). Show it
Interrogating Jost for ghosting podcast invite
Mike Birbiglia brings up Jost ignoring his invite to the podcast 'Working It Out' and jokes that Jost is the less-talented spouse in his marriage to Scarlett Johansson.
How it plays
- Tone
- Irreverent, topical, relaxed, and informal.
- On stage
- Casual, bantering, unvarnished club emcees dropping in, trading roasts and self-deprecating jabs.
- Pace
- Swift, live, and rough-around-the-edges club-show momentum.
- About
- 2024 presidential debate, Peacock and NFL streaming, relationships and oral sex, Staten Island, banking crisis and politics
What the critics said
Decider recommended streaming it as a realistic, unvarnished snapshot of modern NYC club comedy, though noting commercial breaks and roughness detracted somewhat from the event feel.
In the room: An intimate, lively, and unpolished New York comedy club room dynamic.
Backstory
Peacock's first-ever live comedy event, broadcast live on a Thursday night from Brooklyn with a house band (1500 or Nothin') and ad breaks, 48 hours after the 2024 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Details
- Released
- Taped
- The Bell House, Brooklyn
- Runtime
- 57 min
- Where
- Peacock
- Director
- Michael Mancini
- Topics
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