Bill Hader's Stefon First Appeared As Ben Affleck's Brother in This SNL Sketch

Before he found his place by Seth Meyers' side as Weekend Update's city correspondent, the character was conceived for a sketch.
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Bowen Yang names Stefon as top Weekend Update guest

Bowen Yang has declared Stefon, Bill Hader’s eccentric New York City correspondent, as the most iconic Saturday Night Live ‘Weekend Update’ guest. Yang praised the character’s absurd yet contextually ...
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Bowen Yang reveals his pick for “SNL”'s best recurring 'Weekend Update' character: 'We're still quoting it'

Saturday Night Live's hottest "Weekend Update" recurring character is Stefon — at least according to Bowen Yang. "I am going to choose Stefon, just 'cause we're still saying, 'New York's hottest club ...
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Bowen Yang weighs in on who’s the GOAT of Weekend Update characters (and I really love this pick)

Saturday Night Live turned 50 last year with an incredible special anniversary docket celebrating some of SNL’s most famous sketches and characters. Even so, it would have been impossible to pay ...

Bowen Yang reveals his pick for “SNL”'s best recurring 'Weekend Update' character: 'We're still quoting it'

Created by Hader and John Mulaney, Stefon debuted in a 2008 sketch in which he and host Ben Affleck were pitching a film to a studio. But the colorful performance soon transitioned to being a "Weekend ...