Colorado's ties to "SNL" run deep

• Yang — "SNL's" first Chinese-American cast member — has become a breakout performer with viral sketches like the talking Titanic iceberg and baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng.
• Before his rise at Studio 8H, he was a student at Smoky Hill High School in Aurora.

Zoom out: Colorado's connections to the sketch comedy show run deep. Leslie Jones, a cast member from 2014 to 2019, attended Colorado State University.

• Charles Rocket, who joined in 1980, once worked as a news anchor in Pueblo.
• "SNL" has also repeatedly poked fun at the state, with its most recent sketches on Coach Prime, U.S. Rep Lauren Boebert and the "Mile High Burger Challenge."

What's next: Yang is expected to appear in "SNL's" massive anniversary special.

• The live show will air Sunday (not Saturday) and span three hours with a stacked lineup of former alumni and musical guests.