SNL Goodnight Masks

[PGage]

I have a couple of times here been gnawing on why the SNL cast wears masks for the Goodnight sequence, but not during sketches. I had a couple of rococo theories, but the explanation is simple: Under SNL Covid protocol, the only time masks can be removed in offices or on set is during Dress and Show.

The NBA started the season allowing active players to sit on the bench without masks, which is why I wondered about the SNL Goodnight masks. But last month the NBA changed its protocol to something like SNL: players can only remove masks while in the game, or on the bench if they have already played in the current half (though recommended to mask up even then).

If I have been acting in a 3 min sketch with you sans masks, and your are COVID+, I am probably not getting too much net protection if you and I mask up for 1 min of good nights, but I suppose every little bit helps, and really helps to just have a simple “wear mask” rule, unless you are doing the show. But in that case, I would suggest they distance a little more, and skip the hugs, during the good nights.

https://www.wsj.com/story/how-snl-gets-it-done-under-covid-74eaad93

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[Diner]

While watching the masked goodnights on this week's SNL, I noticed something interesting:

About halfway through the credits scroll - about the time that the band members were listed - the director cut to a shot of Lenny Pickett playing his sax solo, and the camera zoomed out to show the rest of the horn section. But they weren't in Studio 8H behind the masked actors and the rest of the band - they were in Studio 6B, on the Tonight Show set. Pickett was on the floor, and the rest of the horn section was on the platform in front of the desk and couch.

And to be clear, this was the "permanent" set in 6B, not the "temporary" set in 6A that Fallon has been using since the Tonight Show returned to production there in July.

I never thought before about how many particles get expelled by somebody blowing into a saxophone. So this is one more step they're taking to protect the staff and audience.

One more thing: according to Wiki, Fallon's current set in 6A uses "the set of the former NBC talk show Megyn Kelly Today modified with a darker atmosphere inspired by Fallon's home." Having never seen that show, I had no idea.

[Kevin M.]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 8:06 AM Diner <bway...@gmail.com> wrote:

While watching the masked goodnights on this week's SNL, I noticed something interesting:

About halfway through the credits scroll - about the time that the band members were listed - the director cut to a shot of Lenny Pickett playing his sax solo, and the camera zoomed out to show the rest of the horn section. But they weren't in Studio 8H behind the masked actors and the rest of the band - they were in Studio 6B, on the Tonight Show set. Pickett was on the floor, and the rest of the horn section was on the platform in front of the desk and couch.

And to be clear, this was the "permanent" set in 6B, not the "temporary" set in 6A that Fallon has been using since the Tonight Show returned to production there in July.

I never thought before about how many particles get expelled by somebody blowing into a saxophone. So this is one more step they're taking to protect the staff and audience.

One more thing: according to Wiki, Fallon's current set in 6A uses "the set of the former NBC talk show Megyn Kelly Today modified with a darker atmosphere inspired by Fallon's home." Having never seen that show, I had no idea.

There is nothing darker than Megyn Kelly 

On Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 10:45:31 PM UTC-5 PGage wrote:

I have a couple of times here been gnawing on why the SNL cast wears masks for the Goodnight sequence, but not during sketches. I had a couple of rococo theories, but the explanation is simple: Under SNL Covid protocol, the only time masks can be removed in offices or on set is during Dress and Show.

The NBA started the season allowing active players to sit on the bench without masks, which is why I wondered about the SNL Goodnight masks. But last month the NBA changed its protocol to something like SNL: players can only remove masks while in the game, or on the bench if they have already played in the current half (though recommended to mask up even then).

If I have been acting in a 3 min sketch with you sans masks, and your are COVID+, I am probably not getting too much net protection if you and I mask up for 1 min of good nights, but I suppose every little bit helps, and really helps to just have a simple “wear mask” rule, unless you are doing the show. But in that case, I would suggest they distance a little more, and skip the hugs, during the good nights.

https://www.wsj.com/story/how-snl-gets-it-done-under-covid-74eaad93

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