Copyright Staten Island Advance
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — During the most recent Weekend Update, Saturday Night Live hit a little closer to home this week for Colin Jost and a returning Pete Davidson. The final segment started by dinging the pair for their questionable purchase of a retired Staten Island ferry, with Jost himself referring to it as a “money-losing fiasco,” in reference to a recent New York Times headline. The hits kept coming after Davidson was introduced, with him diverting to throw a jab at Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., saying he sympathized because “I also wouldn’t be famous without my dad dying either.” Quickly getting back on track, Davidson then joked about renaming the ferry he and Jost bought to a more positive name, the “Titanic 2.″ Jost and Davidson’s homeland wasn’t spared from the jokes either, with Davidson promoting the boat as a floating home for Staten Islanders who promised to flee the city should Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani win the election. And if Davidson’s plan to appeal to borough residents is to be successful, he said they would have to stop using the “Titanic 2″ name, since “the people on this ship will actually love running into ICE.” Recently, the decommissioned John F. Kennedy ferryboat that the pair purchased was spotted around New York Harbor with a fresh paint job. Seen towed by a tug, the boat sported a new, red look as part of a Nike advertising campaign centered on the TCS New York City Marathon last week. Davidson and Jost bought the vessel for $280,000 about four years ago, planning to turn it into a floating entertainment venue with restaurants, bars and performance spaces. But the pair have admitted that they might have bitten off more than they can chew with the purchase. There have been delays with the renovations and a law firm that Davidson and Jost engaged to help them with the boat has sued them for non-payment. Davidson recently said that he and Jost remain committed to their original vision for the boat, even though Jost has called the JFK “the dumbest and least thought-through purchase I’ve ever made in my life.”
