{"id":155487,"date":"2020-04-13T07:10:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T06:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=155487"},"modified":"2020-04-13T07:10:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T06:10:26","slug":"tom-hanks-thanks-hospital-workers-acknowledges-strange-times-in-at-home-snl-opening-monologue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=155487","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks thanks hospital workers, acknowledges strange times in at-home &#039;SNL&#039; opening monologue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<div class=\"viral-video-lead\">\n<div class=\"vplayer\"><iframe allowautoplay=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kol7RE3wCNA?\" data-template=\"viralvideo - YT\" data-ytchannel=\"Saturday Night Live\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/lib\/aab-3e4af80fa7eef43b2c82c5f3e3a386e50b041bb6ee6b415a5a69b0c863479851.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tom Hanks&#8217; opening monologue for this special made-from-home edition of &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; was both a reminder of the weirdness of our current situation, and the lighthearted, soothing balm we need right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;It&#8217;s good to be here though it is also very weird to be here,&#8221; he says, acknowledging that &#8220;it is a strange time to try to be funny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He talks about his <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/tom-hanks-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19<\/a> diagnosis, joking about Australia&#8217;s use of Celsius instead of Farenheit. 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