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Gillis monologue passes 1.7 million views on YouTube

The monologue ranked seventeenth on YouTube's comedy chart and included material about hiking, weight loss, and older sisters.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte on #Trending
Published 12:47 AM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte on this story, from #Trending at 12:47 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are YouTube (Saturday Night Live)'s, the jokes are ours.

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At a glance

First reported by YouTube (Saturday Night Live): “Shane Gillis performs stand-up monologue on SNL”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 12:47 AM ET on #Trending, by Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte; aired 2 times.
Topics: Shane Gillis, SNL, YouTube.
BBN covered this story before: Ego Nwodim answers Shane Gillis monologue with gym photo (October 12).

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YouTube (Saturday Night Live)Shane Gillis performs stand-up monologue on SNL

What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSome of the heat from Saturday night has cooled, but the Shane Gillis monologue is still climbing, with one point seven million views and a spot at number seventeen on YouTube's comedy chart.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat is the clip with the hiking, the weight loss and the older sisters.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEgo Nwodim answered it with a gym photo, so the feud is now officially cardio.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSeventeenth is not first. Sixteen videos are beating a man describing a hike.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSixteen.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI counted twice. It is the only exercise I did today.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe sisters carried the last four minutes and they will want a cut. Hashtag sisterswin.

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