Last night’s “Saturday Night Live” episode, from the cold opening to the weekend update, is now at the center of everyone’s mind: the corona virus vaccine.
Kate McKinnon was so invested in the title that she broke the character when she reconsidered the role of Dr. Venodis, a play with the phrase “we know this,” the unknowns of the vaccine distribution program outlined during the weekend update. After co-anchor Colin Jostle jokingly used the large syringe to clear the liquid, to match the laughter, McKinnon said he was not right.
“I think I stopped going to therapy because I was so bad on the phone,” he explained, still laughing. “I make several pauses, I tell her every week, and then I block her number.”
Focusing on the topic of vaccination, McKinnon continued: “The light at the end of the tunnel is like it showed us how stinky and bad the tunnel is. Like, how does everyone get vaccinated? We do not know. Is it enough for us? We do not know. Will life always return to normal? We do not know, we do not know, Colin – no, we do not know. “
The actor was impersonated by Dr. Anthony Fossie, the country’s leading epidemiologist, with Heidi Gardner, who portrayed Dr. Deborah Birks, the White House Corona virus response coordinator. The two appeared in a parody of CNN’s “The Situation Room with the Wolf Blitzer”, starring its host Beck Bennett.
“Today’s main story is the Pfizer corona virus vaccine, which the FDA approved for emergency use,” Bennett said. “It’s like the PS5. Everyone wants it. No one can get it. If you’re rich, you already were a month ago.”
Bennett handed it over to McKinnon and Gardner to address the American people on what to expect from the vaccine roll.
McKinnon announced the good news that the vaccine had been approved, “and I will officially join the Biden administration to continue the fight against the coyote.”
“I think I’ll join too, won’t I?” Gardner shouted. “Remember when Trump told me to inject bleach and I made a small face?
Starting with health workers, McKinnon explained how the vaccine would be distributed across the country, which McKinnon described as “your McStimis, your McDreams”, followed by “Mildred, Horace, Blanche, Mabel or Walter.”
As the sketch progressed, someone in the crowd threw a red bra at McKinnon’s face, “Stop throwing bras, please?”
“Here it is, it’s the whole thing,” McKinnon’s Fossie Bennett explained to Blitzer. “I only tell the truth, so some people fell in love with me.”
He added, “I am two for any other year. This year I am 10 years old. ”
Later in the sketch, another fan yelled “Marry me!” McKinnon blocks his response to Bennett before throwing a pigeon back.
“Like I say, if enough Americans get this vaccine, you ‘ll all forget who I am. That’s my goal – to get zero name recognition with Americans,” McKinnon said. “Because I would have done my job well. I want to be an anonymous hangman.”
Earlier this year, in an episode of “Saturday Night Live”, Brad Pitt portrayed Dr. Fucci, 79, after he joked that he wanted to see the actor impersonate in “Once Upon a Time … Hollywood”. The idea was that Bit received an Emmy nomination.
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