“Saturday Night Live” paid tribute to the Milwaukee Brewers’ historic World Series win during a Weekend Update segment that featured the return of Bobby Moynihan’s Drunk Uncle commentator character.
\n\nMoynihan spent nine seasons on “SNL,” from 2009 to 2017. His recurring Drunk Uncle character was a classic Archie Bunker-esque East Coast guy with blunt observations on pop culture and politics. He last portrayed Drunk Uncle last year on “Saturday Night Live’s” 50th anniversary special.
\n\nThis time around, Drunk Uncle hailed the Brewers’ first World Series victory in the nearly 60-year history of the team as a win attributed to the power of suds in a town that is synonymous with beer — hence the team’s name.
\n\nIn classic fashion, Drunk Uncle told “Weekend Update” anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che that he was happy for the Brewers but deeply concerned about the state of baseball overall. After recent rule changes, the duration of most baseball games as tightened up, something that Drunk Uncle lamented. Instead of running seven hours, “the game ends in 20 minutes and everybody goes home to watch their gay hockey shows,” Moynihan as Drunk Uncle said in a nod to “Heated Rivalry.”
\n\nAs usual, Drunk Uncle…
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