To close out Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, Colin Jost introduced the night’s final guest: Punch the monkey‘s mom.
Not literally, of course. It was Sarah Sherman, in a bikini-fitted monkey costume, who portrayed the absentee mama as a trailer-trash harlot.
Sherman’s “Mama Punch” immediately clarified that she didn’t abandon Punch-kun under tragic circumstances — she simply didn’t want him. From there, the segment unfolded exactly how any Sarah Sherman Weekend Update appearance does. She rattled off a résumé of famous primates she’s allegedly romanced — King Kong, Curious George — and proudly reminded the audience that she was, in her words, “Harambe’s last meal.”
The whole bit felt like a Maury episode produced during a fever dream, or like stumbling onto WWF Raw Is War way too late on a Monday night.
Then Punch-kun himself showed up, played by Marcello Hernández, whose sheer cuteness cracked Sherman immediately. The two hugged. The audience cheered.
Love wins, I guess.
