How could you not love his iceberg impersonation?
Weknow: the nomination sounds confusing whensomany comics have earned Emmy nods over the years.
But afeatured playeris different than a regular cast member.
Bowen Yang as the Iceberg That Sank the Titanic on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
Jokesters like Yang are generally considered featured players for their first two seasons.
If they make it to a third season, they usually get promoted to regular cast members.
Among his most notable achievements: Yang showed up at the Weekend Update desk asthe Iceberg That Sank theTitanic.
The sketch trended on Twitter throughout the next day.
Yang also reflected on Anti-Asian hate in a wry,sobering momenton Update.
I had spent seven hours on that first draft.
It was really hard….
I had never been that microscopic with a piece more than I [was] with this."
The Australian-born comic also told EW that he was inspired bySNLmainstaysKristen WiigandMaya Rudolph(both also2021 Emmy nominees).
“The fact that Kristen Wiig is telling me that she also had bad weeks is crazy!
She didn’t have to ask me, ‘Are you having a good time?'”
