Roush on Maya Rudolph and Saturday Night Live
Question: I was just wondering why no
Maya Rudolph on the return episode of
Saturday Night Live. I believe there was some question about her returning when the season started last year, but I thought she'd re-upped. She does a great Oprah.
— Karen H.
Matt Roush: The way it's explained to me is that the door is always open for her to return, but she lives in Los Angeles (with Paul Thomas Anderson, the gifted director of
There Will Be Blood) and is not currently under contract. I
enjoyed the first new episode quite a bit — Tina Fey rocked, and "Bitch is the new black" is suddenly one of my favorite catch-phrases — but
SNL is always better when Maya shows up to play.
