Bowen Yang on 'Saturday Night Live.' Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on Reddit Post a Comment Share on Whats App Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Print the Article Share on Tumblr Logo text Bowen Yang is bidding farewell to Saturday Night Live. After six years working on the late night sketch comedy series, Yang will partake in his final show as a cast member on Saturday night. Exiting after the final episode of 2025, the Emmy-nominated comedian joins a selective group of former performers to leave SNL in the middle of an ongoing season (including Cecily Strong, Molly Shannon, Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey and Janeane Garofalo, along with Norm MacDonald, who was fired at the time). And while Yang's time on the show has come to an end, his tenure on the series will be remembered for quite some time. To commemorate Yang's final episode, The Hollywood Reporter has compiled a list of his best SNL moments. The Titanic Iceberg Logo text Yang was in his second season as a featured player during season 46 of SNL, and this viral moment could have led to him being promoted to a full-time cast member the following season. Ahead of the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Colin Jost introduced none other than the iceberg that sank the Titanic to share his side of the story in this hilarious Weekend Update segment. He played the iceberg as a celebrity not wanting to talk about their contentious claim to fame moment, while also not taking any responsibility for any past wrongdoing. When pressed by Jost, Yang's watery character reluctantly shared his side of the story, encouraging the audience to consider his perspective on the catastrophe. "First of all, you came to where I live and you hit me!" he joked. "It just seems like you think you're the victim," Jost said, to which Yang's iceberg replied, "Everyone's talking about me, no one's talking about the water! What did the autopsy say? They iceberged it? No, they drowned, bitch! That's not me, that's water! But nobody's cancelling the ocean." "Bowen's Straight" Logo text When Sydney Sweeney hosted SNL during season 49, she quickly learned in a pretaped sketch that Yang isn't gay, but actually straight. Just kidding, but it was a campy bit that saw Yang take on the heteronormative role, as his co-stars joked that he "just plays gay on the show because it's a shortcut to laughs." Sweeney has a crush on Yang in the sketch, and is shocked to find out that he's "straight." "Bowen, I didn't know you were straight," she told him at one point. "Oh yeah, I'm full hetero," he replied, which led them to share an intimate moment. But, before Sweeney and Yang hooked up, she asked him, "Wait! Do we need protection?" And Yang replied, "It's fine. I'm on Prep." Bowen on the Rise of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Logo text Another Weekend Update segment from season 46, Yang addressed the prevalence of anti-Asian hate crimes in the U.S. amid the pandemic. He is notably the first Asian American cast member on SNL, and while he shared a few "action items" to combat hate (which jokingly included ways to "amplify these Asian voices who want more Paneras in North Brooklyn," among others), Yang also addressed the problem in a serious manner in the segment. Yang shared the story of Xiao Zhen Xie, a 75-year-old woman who was attacked in San Francisco. A GoFundMe was set up to raise almost a million dollars for her, which she vowed to donate back to her community. "What can I say to help how insanely bad things are?" he asked. "If someone's personality is, 'punch an Asian grandma,' it's not a dialogue. I have an Asian grandma, you want to punch her? There ain't no common ground, mama." Yang later recited a Mandarin phrase that means "cheer up," explaining that he uses it as a motivator amid dark times. He pronounced, "I don't know what's helpful to say to everyone, but that's what I say to myself. Fuel up. Do more. It's the year of the metal ox, which basically means a car. So everyone, get in, buckle up! It's no pee breaks! We ride at dawn, grandmas!" Bowen as George Santos Logo text Yang impersonated expelled congressman George Santos a number of times throughout his SNL run, though one of his most memorable times portraying the character came a mere two days after Santos was expelled from Congress in real-time. During an episode on Dec. 2, 2023, Yang's Santos addressed reporters following his expulsion, where he performed a spoof of "Candle in the Wind." "This entire country has been bullying me just because I am a proud gay thief," Yang's Santos initially says. "But what else is new? America hates to see a Latina queen winning since the day I was elected. It's been a witch hunt, but if I'm guilty of anything, it's for loving too much/fraud." Yang's Santos dedicated the number as a "tribute to myself,"