Gastyer said it was a sketch about a morning zoo crew that "was the loudest sketch ever" and also starred Chris Parnell, Will Ferrell, and the episode's host, whom she couldn't remember. The basic premise was a really loud squad of radio VJs obnoxiously reacting to a weather chopper crash.

Bowen Yang is exiting 'Saturday Night Live' in the middle of his eighth season as part of the show and his seventh season as a cast member.

Yang, 35, will leave the sketch comedy series after the Saturday, Dec. 20, episode, according to a Deadline report. His midseason departure comes after Devon Walker, Emil Wakim, Michael Longfellow, Heidi Gardner and Ego Nwodim left “SNL” ahead of the season 51 premiere in October.

Another major Saturday Night Live cast member is exiting the show, in a surprising move that’s occurring midway through the show’s 51st season. What SNL cast member is leaving the show? Bowen Yang, one of the most popular and cast members on the show,

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Here's the Saturday Night Live cast, Ariana Grande, Cher, and more honoring Bowen Yang during his final SNL sketch and the "good-nights."

Yang starred in the night’s final sketch, playing a retiring airport lounge worker working his final shift on Christmas Eve, serving eggnog to travelers. He sang “Please Come Home for Christmas” and was joined by Grande, the night’s host, and Cher, its musical guest. The women joined Yang in song and hugged him.

“Everyone tried to get Bowen to stay, from Lorne down,” an “SNL” source told Page Six. “But he just made up his mind, he was over it. He was not happy, you could tell.” With his “Wicked” co-star and good friend Ariana Grande hosting, the 35-year-old “SNL” vet went out with a teary last sketch after seven seasons on the show.

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