“Saturday Night Live” cast member Vanessa Bayer makes no secret about her excitement working with actor John Goodman this weekend, who is hosting “SNL” for the 13th time. Bayer, who is well-known for her impressions of singer Miley Cyrus, said that the whole cast “geeked out” when Goodman arrived in the building for rehearsals earlier this week. “We are all so excited because we are such big fans of his,” Bayer told us. “He has just been super fun, really easy going, kind of up for anything.”

As for what we’ll be seeing on this weekend’s episode with musical guest Kings of Leon? Well, that’s still a secret. “To be honest, we don’t know until the live show what exactly will be in the show, but I think you’ll see a variety of different things,” Bayer teased.

Hear all this from Vanessa in the video below, plus learn the inspiration behind her popular character “Jacob the Bar Mitzvah boy,” what characters she wants to play in 2014, and what she has planned for the holiday!

Tune in to “SNL” this Saturday at 11:30/10:30c PM on NBC.

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