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Gillis monologue climbs past two million views, now at number eight

The Saturday Night Live clip, Gillis's third stand-up set for the show, covers his hiking, a sauna and two older sisters; it sits in comedy's top ten.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on #Trending
Published 1:07 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by YouTube (Saturday Night Live): “Shane Gillis performs third SNL monologue about hiking, saunas and sisters”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 1:07 AM ET on #Trending, by Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance; aired 2 times.
Topics: Shane Gillis, SNL.
BBN covered this story before: Best prices to see Ana Gasteyer on tour in 2026 (October 13).

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YouTube (Saturday Night Live)Shane Gillis performs third SNL monologue about hiking, saunas and sisters

What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Shane Gillis monologue is now at two million four hundred eighty-three thousand views, number eight on the comedy chart, and it slipped one spot since this evening.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSlipped. In a day, two and a half million people watched a man describe being mocked in a sauna, and that is a decline.

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