Wally Feresten

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Wally Feresten
Born
Fall River, Massachusetts
OccupationCue card supervisor
Years active1990-present
Known forSaturday Night Live
RelativesSpike Feresten (brother)

Wally Feresten is an American cue card handler and supervisor known for his work on Saturday Night Live. He has also done cue cards for Late Night with Seth Meyers and his private business, Cue Cards by Wally.

Early life and education[]

Feresten was born in Fall River, Massachusetts to parents Mary Jo and Michael Feresten. He was raised in West Bridgewater with his older brother Spike. Feresten attended West Bridgewater High School and, later, Syracuse University.[1] In 1987, he moved to Los Angeles. Three years later, he moved to New York City.[2]

Career[]

Feresten began working at Saturday Night Live after his brother, who worked at SNL as a receptionist at the time, informed him there was a vacancy in the cue card department. Feresten's first cue card handling job was in 1990 during a "Sprockets" sketch featuring host Kyle MacLachlan.[1] His first appearance on camera was in 1991 during a monologue featuring Steve Martin. Fesresten had his first spoken lines on the show were in 1993 during an Alec Baldwin monologue.[2]

Since 2014, Feresten has also been a cue card handler for Late Night with Seth Meyers. He has appeared on camera on the show several times including once as an interview guest when Action Bronson did not appear.[3]

In 2020, Feresten began Cue Cards by Wally, a private business wherein he creates personalized cue cards, mostly for SNL fans. He started the business while SNL was doing remote-recorded episodes and, thus, his cue cards were not needed.[2]

Personal life[]

Feresten lives in Livingston, New Jersey.[4]

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Work
1991-present Saturday Night Live
2014-present Late Night with Seth Meyers
2021 The Amber Ruffin Show

References[]

  1. ^ a b Schmidt, Stephen (2018-05-24). "Live, from New York, it's Cue Card Wally". The World from PRX. Retrieved 2020-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c Devitt, Phil (2021-08-12). "What Seth Meyers says about Fall River's Wally Feresten, 'SNL,' 'Late Night' cue card guy". The Herald News. Retrieved 2021-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Squires, Bethy (2021-05-21). "Obama's UFO Talk Won Late Night This Week". Vulture. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  4. ^ Rosman, Katherine (2012-10-20). "Live, From New York...It's All Eyes On the Cue-Card Guy". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-12-19.

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