‘SNL’ celebrates spring renewal amid worries about Covid resurgence
“Saturday Night Live,” a show that has used dark humor to mark discord in recent years, has tried to upbeat optimism and religious lore for a brighter note.
The show opens with a vignette titled, “Message from the Easter Bunny,” in which Bowen Yang introduces himself in fur and notes that, yes, what the audience is seeing. is a giant rabbit.
“Either,” he said, “or you’re in Coachella and participating shrooms. “
Yang calls spring a season of renewal and rebirth and welcomes the episode “people from all walks of life share their hopes for this Easter season.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, appeared. Played by Kate McKinnon, he’s not very optimistic.
“Covid cases are very similar to Jesus,” he said. “They came back to life.”
The doctor offered some comfort to the majority of vaccinated Americans. “If you get vaccinated, you’ll be fine,” he said.
“And if you’re unvaccinated – I shouldn’t say this – I honestly don’t care what happens to you,” he said.
US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (Cecily Strong), R-Georgia, appeared to complain about pastel-colored candy and toys related to the Easter holiday.
“This holiday has been a bit too LGBTQRST for me,” she said.
New York Mayor Eric Adams (Chris Redd) celebrated Suspect arrested in shooting death of 10 people on subway third car.
“This Easter, I got the best news, New York,” he said. “We caught him. We caught the shooter. Sure, it took 30 hours for him to come back on his own, but we got him.”
Elon Musk (Mikey Day) also appeared. He joked that he wanted to “officially buy Easter” by giving out 43 billion Peeps, the candy. The audience gave a muted response.
He talks about the negative reaction to his goal being take over Twitter.
“Are you afraid I’ll make Twitter bad?” he say. “What are you afraid I will buy next, Oscar? “ he said, before laughing robotically. “Ha-ha-ha-ha.”
Former President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) left the presentation to complain that he was not invited.
“This is very, very unfair,” he said. “Another example of how white people are treated horribly in this country.”
He kept talking, circling until he heard an anecdote about him being the one who told Little Caesar to say, “Pizza, pizza.”
The Weekend Update covers the issue of ghost guns, guns that can be built almost entirely with 3D printers. Biden this week announced that, self-made or not, they will face The same rules apply to traditional firearms.
“I mean, I don’t like the idea of people having ghost guns either,” said co-host Michael Che. “But if there’s something strange in your neighborhood, Who will you call? “
The co-host noted that Musk said he hopes for a greater priority to free speech at the platform.
Lizzo was the host and musical guest of the episode.
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