‘NYC earthquake’ makes appearance on ‘SNL’ to fight with Monday’s solar eclipse in epic skit

This was some dark humor. Monday’s solar eclipse had a knock-down, drag-out fight with Friday’s NYC-area earthquake — in a wild Saturday Night Live Weekend Update sketch that found the comic side of both headline-making phenomena. Cast member Marcello Hernández dressed up as the earthquake — complete with a hat featuring city landmarks — and had it out with SNL veteran Kenan Thompson — playing the solar eclipse — over which natural event reigned supreme. One thing they agreed on was Mayor Eric Adams’ subpar response to Friday’s tremors. “I’m...