Everyone is very close to taking these days, at least where the writers are “Saturday Night Live” they are arguing.
Saturday’s episode of sketch comedy seriesdone by “Banshees of Inisherin” star Brendan Gleeson, opened with a parody game called “So You Think You’re Not Jumping,” in which contestants are read the latest news reports in an attempt to beat a flight attendant, iron their face or break their self-control.
Starring Bowen Yang as a fake game show host, “SNL” took the top news of the week, from Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker it’s called paying for an abortion to Chris Pratt is annoying as the voice of Nintendo video game player Mario in the trailer for “Super Mario Bros. Movie.”
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Heidi Gardner’s character downed a “‘Today Show’-sized” glass of white wine after watching a video of President Joe Biden talking about his ideas; Chloe Fineman’s character slapped a flight attendant after hearing Pratt’s non-Italian voice as Mario; and Kenan Thompson’s character was taken at the very mention of Elon Musk.
New assistant Devon Walker was lost when he heard it the latest news about Yeformerly known as Kanye West.
“This week Kanye West called Lizzo’s fans ‘demons,'” Yang said in an attempt to get Walker to take it, and talked about Ye’s plan to open a private school and his claim that he has never read a book.
“Let’s switch gears to Tucker Carlson,” Yang said before appearing to switch heads again. “You are right. Let’s go to the world of fashion – with a picture of Kanye,” he said, showing a picture of West and Candace Owens in “White Lives Matters” clothes.
Walker, like all the other “competitors,” snapped.
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