{"id":777955,"date":"2026-05-06T19:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/777955\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T19:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:36:16","slug":"snl-promo-matt-damon-goes-good-will-hunting-for-perfect-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/777955\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;SNL&#8217; Promo: Matt Damon Goes Good Will Hunting For Perfect Sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tNothing like hunting for some good will to discover the perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/saturday-night-live\/\" id=\"auto-tag_saturday-night-live\" data-tag=\"saturday-night-live\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday Night Live<\/a> sketch. Or maybe not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn SNL\u2018s new promo starring this week\u2019s guest host <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/matt-damon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_matt-damon\" data-tag=\"matt-damon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Damon<\/a>, The Odyssey star revisits his past in an effort to help cast members Jeremy Culhane and Sarah Sherman come up with the ideal SNL bit. They\u2019re all standing at a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/good-will-hunting\/\" id=\"auto-tag_good-will-hunting\" data-tag=\"good-will-hunting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Good Will Hunting<\/a>-style chalkboard illustrated with some very complicated comedy equations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cExperts have been trying to crack this for years,\u201d Sherman tells a curious Damon, with very serious Culhane adding, \u201cYeah, Farrell got close once but ultimately it drove him insane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhen Damon recognizes their chalkboard method from the nearly 30-year-old movie, neither of the young cast members know what he\u2019s talking about. \u201cNever seen it, dude,\u201d says Sherman. \u201cGrew up in a cult, never seen a movie,\u201d says Culhane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLeft alone, Damon takes to the chalkboard like a pro, but the results are not quite up to his old standards. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWatch the the promo above for the janitorial payoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDamon returns to SNL for his third time as host on May 9 with musical guest Noah Kahan for his second go-round. Oscar winner Damon next will be seen in Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey, which hits theaters July 17. Grammy nominee Kahan\u2019s fourth album, The Great Divide, will be released April 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAn apparently insane Ferrell, incidentally, returns for his sixth time as host on season 51 finale May 16, with Paul McCartney, returning for his fifth time as musical guest. <\/p>\n<p>I<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nothing like hunting for some good will to discover the perfect Saturday Night Live sketch. 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