Alex English should be on summer break when I call him on a Thursday afternoon, but instead heâs fresh off of two stand-up sets in New York City, and is last-minute packing for a red-eye flight to London, where he will take the stage at the Top Secret Comedy Club that weekend. The work never ends when youâre, well, a working comedian.
Since joining the SNL writers room in 2021 (season 47), English has shown an uncanny knack for the kind of humor that hits you in all the right places (all the more impressive considering he had no prior sketch experience before SNL). In his short but remarkable tenure, heâs blessed audiences with âHot Girl Hospital,â âNice Jail,â and the instantly iconic âLisa from Temecula,â which he tells me was inspired during a holiday trip to Detroit, his hometown.
English says the source of his humor is found not on…
