No One atSNLKnew Taran Killam Starred in Disney'sStuck in the Suburbs— Until Miley Cyrus Hosted

Mar. 15, 2025

Taran Killam in 2004’s ‘Stuck in the Suburbs’ (left); Taran Killam in 2024 (right).Photo:AJ Pics/Alamy Stock Photo; JC Olivera/Variety via Getty

AJ Pics/Alamy Stock Photo; JC Olivera/Variety via Getty

During the podcast episode, Friedle, 48, asked Killam if he or any otherSNLwriters and cast members ever pitched aStuck in the Suburbssketch. Killam admitted they didn’t, and that “enough time had passed” that no one involved with the show even knew about it.

But then fellow Disney starMiley Cyrushosted. “The first and maybe only time I got called out for it was the first time Miley hosted,” he remembered. That was in March 2011.

From left: Daniella Panabaker, Brenda Song and Taran Killam in 2004’s ‘Stuck in the Suburbs’.Alamy

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He explained that on Mondays during a show week, all the cast members and writers go into Lorne Michaels' office to pitch the host ideas for that week’s show. “And when it came to me, Lorne’s like ‘Taran,’ and Miley’s like ‘Oh, I know who you are, I know who you are. Anything that ever happened on Disney, I know everything about it.’ Which was really funny.”

“And all of these very funny but cynical, too cool for school comedy people are like, ‘What the hell?’ ” he remembered. ButMichaels’ daughter, he remembered, was “very excited” he was on the show because she was aStuck in the Suburbsfan. “That’s the power of Disney," he added.

Cyrus' hit sitcomHannah Montanaaired on the Disney Channel from 2006 to 2011.

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Taran Killam (left) and Miley Cyrus on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 2015.Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

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Killam also shared that there was oneSNLcast member who ultimately became aStuck in the Suburbsfan after Cyrus hosted — Vanessa Bayer. He explained that the last time he watched the movie was “five or six years” ago when he bought her a DVD of the movie for her birthday, and they watched it together.

“In a way, you know, it hasn’t died,” he told the hosts of the movie, which he said Disney replayed “the heck out of.” “This isn’t a thing from the past. And because of that, anytime I would leaveSNL, at the stage doorStuck in the Suburbswas probably the thing I was asked about the most.”

Killam’s other early career credits in children’s entertainment include episodes ofThe Amanda Show,All ThatandDrake & Josh. Before landing hisSNLrole, he also appeared onHow I Met Your Mother(which starredhis now-wife Cobie Smulders),Wild ‘n OutandScrubs. HeleftSNLin 2016.

This winter, Killam will appear in the musicalUrinetownOff-Broadway. He also appeared in thenew ABC seriesHigh Potential.

source: people.com