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WATCH: Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon reprise SNL’s “Delicious Dish” in Capital One commercials


WATCH: Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon reprise SNL’s “Delicious Dish” in Capital One commercials

Two Saturday Night Live Stars have taken one of their signature sketches to the bank – literally.

Former cast members Molly Shannon and Ana Gasteyer have reprized their characters from the recurring late ’90s sketch “The Delicious Dish” for a new series of ads for Capital One.

Fictional NPR anchors Margaret Jo McCollen (Gasteyer) and Teri Rialto (Shannon) returned in two commercials that premiered during SNLis Wednesday night’s primetime Thanksgiving special. At one point, Shannon and Gasteyer’s characters interview Capital One spokesman Samuel L. Jackson, who touts the bank’s Savor credit card and, of course, his own ambiguous dish: his “sweet butter rolls.”

In another ad, the duo appears with Jeremy Brandt – aka “The Capital One Guy” – who unfortunately doesn’t come with a euphemistic pun.

The “Delicious Dish” sketches continued to air Saturday Night Live 14 times between 1996 and 2002. The duo appeared one last time in 2010 when Shannon and Gasteyer returned to the show to do the sketch with host Betty White. But it was the ninth part of the sketch that is best remembered – from when host Alec Baldwin peddled his “Schweddy Balls” in December 1998.

At the end of September, Capital One was announced as one of them SNLis the main sponsors of the series’ 50th season, alongside brands such as T-Mobile, CeraVe, Volkswagen of America, Maybelline NY and Allstate. (Current SNL The “Please Don’t Destroy” writers and part-time cast members just ran their own ad for Allstate during a new episode of “Please Don’t Destroy.” SNL two weeks ago.)

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