VIDEO ‘SNL’ Skits From Last Night: Watch Cold Open, Maya Rudolph Mocks Spring Breakers
“Saturday Night Live” wasted no time making light of recent issues related to the pandemic, but the comedy sketch show also took a moment to address the violence against Asian Americans.
The episode was hosted by former cast member Maya Rudolph and featured musical guest Jack Harlow. Aside from the focus on COVID, there was also a sketch involving Vice President Kamala Harris.
Here are some of the notable sketches from the 15th episode of Season 46.
Cold open
“SNL” kicked off the night by mocking spring breakers who have been traveling to Miami to party without abiding by CDC guidelines. Rudolph acted as a host named Cece Vuvuzela of the fictional dating show “Snatched! Vaxed! or Waxed!” in which contestants had to guess which term applied to the mystery woman.
Rudolph's character joked that a fourth wave of COVID-19 would happen as a result of the irresponsible actions of the spring breakers. “We are so close to the end, let’s ruin it,” she said.
Only one contestant was able to match with a mystery woman, the rest continued to play until an alarm sounded, and the police attempted to clear out the gathering by firing “pepper balls.”
A Kamala Harris Unity Seder
Rudolph reprised her role as Harris, while former "SCTV" star Martin Short portrayed second gentleman Doug Emhoff as the couple hosted a unity seder in celebration of Passover.
During the gathering, Aidy Bryant’s Ted Cruz dropped by while Chloe Fineman portrayed Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff. The couple was later joined by Alex Moffat’s Joe Biden, who boasted about making it rain with “stimmies.”
Biden’s German Shepherd Major also made an appearance and attacked Short, but the pooch released him just in time for Cecily Strong’s Marjorie Taylor Greene to enter Harris’ home “insurrection style” through a window.
Weekend Update
During the “Weekend Update” segment, “SNL” cast member Bowen Yang addressed the increase in violence against Asian Americans and advised people to do more to give back to the Asian community.
“Things for Asians in this country have been bleak for the past two weeks, and all the weeks before that since, forever,” Yang noted.
He went on to make a few jokes, suggesting people give back to Asian Americans by checking in with their AAPI friends to “tell them they’re so hot” and calling their local senators to “demand that they know about the lesbian characters in ‘Sailor Moon.’”
Yang went on to admit he wasn’t entirely sure how to help. “If someone’s personality is ‘punch an Asian grandma,’ it’s not a dialogue. I have an Asian grandma. You want to punch her? There ain’t no common ground, mama,” he said.
The comedian also noted that the elderly woman who was attacked in San Francisco donated the $900,000 raised on GoFundMe back to the community.
While Yang admitted he doesn’t have all of the answers, he revealed he relies on a Mandarin cheer that translates to “fuel up.”
Yang added, “I don’t know what’s helpful to say to everyone, but that’s what I say to myself. Fuel up, do more.”
Actor Daniel Kaluuya will host the next episode of “Saturday Night Live” with St. Vincent as the musical guest.
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