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Jay Pharaoh on why comics make us cry

D. Watkins
Jay Pharoah as Floyd in "White Famous" (Showtime/Michael Desmond)

White Famous

Melanie McFarland
(SNL)

Best of 2016: "SNL" politics

Grace Guarnieri
(AP/Evan Agostini)

Michaels on "SNL" shake-up

Taylor Link
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Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live)

Scott Eric Kaufman

Brendan Gauthier
(NBC)

"SNL" on how govt really works

Luke Brinker
(NBC)

SNL's eyebrow-raising spoof

Luke Brinker
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Taran Killam as Ebola czar Ron Klain (NBC/Saturday Night Live)

Must-see morning clip

Luke Brinker
(Saturday Night Live/NBC)

(<a href="http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/matchbox-3/n43648">Screenshot, SNL</a>)

SNL on subway dancers

Elias Isquith

Prachi Gupta
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Prachi Gupta
Jerry Minor (Seth Olenick)

Prachi Gupta
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Prachi Gupta

Can't anyone mock this man?

Kera Bolonik
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