Is that—is that Celeste Yim’s Search History? Yes, yes it is.
“Perhaps it will come as no surprise when I tell you that I have not laughed this hard during an interview, perhaps ever. After all, Yim is a professional comedian and cut their teeth writing jokes for Saturday Night Live,” writes Them’s @anaf_osorno .
For our latest edition of Search History, we asked @celesteyim to give us a cheeky inside look at their online habits, including their Google history, TikTok algorithm, and favorite apps. Link in bio to read.
After five seasons, I’m leaving my job at Saturday Night Live. Lorne hired me over the phone when I was 23 and the job literally made all of my dreams come true BUT it was also grueling and I slept in my office every week BUT my friends helped me with everything BUT I got yelled at by random famous men BUT some famous girls too BUT I loved it and I laughed every day and it’s where I grew up.
I hate when other people say this but it’s true that I was the first ever out trans person to be a writer for SNL. I always felt honored to be working within the long tradition of queer writing at the show. Many don’t know this but Chevy is non-binary! I feel so powerless to protect trans people in the world but writing connects us and makes us permanent, so it’s what I will continue to do.
Thank you to my family and friends who love me still even though I did not see them very much. And thank you all for your support. For writing to me and for wearing my sketches as Halloween costumes. As a kid, I was addicted to SNL and to SNL writers... I try to imagine my younger self learning about me. I would be amazed. But then I’d be like… Wait, why are you dressed like that…
Thank you very very much to every SNL assistant and production crew member who ever made any part of anything I ever wrote. Thank you Bowen for changing my life and for making me feel normal. And thank you most to all the other writers, my friends who sat with me for so many hours: Aidy, Bowen again, Alison, Sarah, Anna, Sudi, Fran, Kent, Jasmine, Emma, Kate, Cecily, Heidi, Ego, Andrew, Gary, Will, Alex, Martin, Ben, John, Jake, Deetch, Dan, Asha, Auguste, Ceara, and Jimmy!
We have been hard at work in the writer’s room for this year’s Las Culturistas Culture Awards (aka LCCAs aka cultch awards aka teaaaaaa). Congratulations to all the nominees. Good luck with your campaigns.
airs August 5th on Bravo and of course streaming next day on Peacock
There have been some very journalistic articles that have mentioned me this week as a “non-binary SNL writer” who was publicly mocked by a famous millionaire and I just wanna say that I’m also a writer who wrote a bunch of SNL sketches. Here are some of them. Happy 50th SNL ❤️❤️❤️
