Mikey Day isn’t going anywhere—at least if he has anything to say about it.
Despite whispers suggesting he might be bowing out of Saturday Night Live before the iconic sketch show enters its 51st season, the longtime cast member and writer is shutting those rumors down in a pair of new interviews with the kind of dry sincerity that’s made him a fan favorite.
“I want to work there for as long as I can,” Day tells Variety‘s Brian Steinberg in an article published this morning. “I want to work there until it’s sad.”
He elaborated in a separate conversation with the Montreal Gazette: “It’s the greatest job in the world, so addictive and perfect for my kind of creative ADD mind. I want to stay until I can only play grandfathers—or most Congressmen and senators.”
Day’s journey at SNL began behind the scenes in 2013 as a writer before he stepped into the spotlight as a featured player in 2016. Since then, he’s logged nearly 700 sketches across 180 episodes, making him one of the 20 most prolific performers in the show’s nearly half-century run.
Collaborating with writing partner Streeter Seidell, he’s also helped pen some of the most memorable sketches of the past decade, including “Haunted Elevator” (a.k.a. David S. Pumpkins), “Washington’s Dream,” and the viral “Beavis and Butt-Head” sketch with Ryan Gosling.
Outside of Studio 8H, Day hosts Netflix’s hit show Is It Cake? and has appeared in films like Unfrosted, Good Burger 2, and Home Sweet Home Alone, which he co-wrote. Alongside Seidell, he’s also developing new takes on Rugrats and Inspector Gadget for Disney and is set to make his debut at one of comedy’s biggest stages this summer when he hosts a Just for Laughs gala at Montréal’s Théâtre Maisonneuve on July 26 .
Official word on who is returning to SNL this coming fall likely won’t arrive until early September, although departing cast members often announce their exit plans earlier. Stay tuned.
