Martin Herlihy of Please Don’t Destroy Exits ‘SNL’
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Martin Herlihy has decided to exit Saturday Night Live after five seasons, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Hollywood Reporter.
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Herlihy is one-third of comedy group Please Don’t Destroy and the son of SNL legend Tim Herlihy. Martin Herlihy follows fellow Please Don’t Destroy nepo-comic John Higgins, the son of Steve Higgins, out the Studio 8H door — albeit one year (and one week) later. The other member of Please Don’t Destroy, Ben Marshall, was upped to the show’s main cast last year.
Please Don’t Destroy will continue on as a comedy trio.
Please Don’t Destroy effectively took over the SNL Digital Shorts scene following the departure of another trio, The Lonely Island: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer. They carried the torch quite well, and even got a movie out of their newfound exposure: 2023’s Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain. Please Don’t Destroy first formed in 2017 at NYU.
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Herlihy’s exit from the series follows the high-profile departure of Chloe Fineman in July. Season 52 of Saturday Night Live premieres on Sept. 26; the host and musical guest has yet to be announced.
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