Yes, Saturday Night Live new girl Jenny Slate’s f-bomb was the most thrilling part of the show’s otherwise bland 35th season premiere. It’s not like we’ve never heard that word before, and it’s not like accidental verbal naughtiness has never happened on SNL (I still distinctly remember my extra-young self watching Cheri Oteri cringing as she contributed to the swear jar), but the pain still felt fresh with hot embarrassment.

This was partially due to the fact that it’s just a generally bad thing to have happen on a player’s first show (and in such a mediocre sketch, at that) but mostly because of this face that she made after she caught her boo-boo. Twitter exploded with people’s camera phone pics of this one moment.

Jenny Slate, welcome to the big time.

Usually, featured players kind of lurk in the background or pop in for split-second lines and visual gags until a few months pass. Slate has been doing a bit on the Thursday “Weekend Update” specials, so maybe they let her slide by. I was surprised to see a brand-new featured player lead a new sketch so early in the season, and maybe that’s the last time I’ll see one for a while.

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