Try not to cry (tears or laughter) during 'SNL''s farewell to Cecily Strong.
Cecily Strong
. Hours before the Christmas episode aired, news broke that the brunette angel of the show—our Mom to’s Pops—had gotten her wings. She gave us 11 years of Jeanine Pirro and Cathy Anne and Goober the Clown. Eleven years of breaking into song; each time a revelation that this generous and brave performer was also an old-school chanteuse. It’s hard to think of anwithout her as its sturdy moral center. Some goodbyes are for the players. They need to walk off into the sunset waving goodbye.
In a clever Radio Shack sketch, which gave all the grieving a little emotional distance, Thompson’s store manager gathered his modest staff to toast a departing Strong. “I don’t think Radio Shack could’ve survived this long without Cecily,” he said, all glistening eyes and marble-throated voice. “She had a power and a joy to her performance which made you remember why you loved working at Radio Shack in the first place.
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