The finale of Saturday Night Live season 47 saw Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney all sign off for the final time, but Mooney curiously didn't get a proper goodbye.

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as many talented people failed to last even close to that long in the fast-paced world of SNL, including one-season SNL alum Robert Downey Jr.

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After such a long run, it was naturally assumed that Mooney would get some kind of memorable sendoff. Sadly, that wasn't the case.

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One factor may be that despite his comedic gifts, McKinnon, the often divisive Pete Davidson, and Bryant are all bigger stars than Mooney outside the Saturday Night Live bubble.

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McKinnon has starred in a number of movies like Ghostbusters and The Spy Who Dumped Me, while Davidson appeared in The Suicide Squad and The King of Staten Island.

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