In a skit on the November 13, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” a mother, father (Aidy Bryant & Kyle Mooney) and their young daughter attend the theater. The family is glad to be there on Broadway following the year-long hiatus due to the pandemic. The mother had recalled that she had seen this […]
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Parodying the U.S. senator from Texas Ted Cruz‘s recent critique of “Sesame Street‘s” Big Bird advising for young children to get vaccinated to protect themselves from COVID-19, it was time for “Cruz Street” on the fictional news outlet Newsmax for Kids during the cold open of the November 13, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night […]
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In another edition of the newly-recurring “Please Don’t Destroy” skits written and starring three of “Saturday Night Live‘s” writers — Ben Marshall, John Higgins, Martin Herlihy — the guys asked to appear in Pete Davidson‘s next music video. In a case of “be careful what you wish for,” they’d soon get embarrassed. And to top […]
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In a skit on the November 6, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” the news program “Wake Up Rhode Island” featured their weatherman (Kieran Culkin) rapping about the arrival of the autumn season. Yet, an emergency alert popped up about an incoming severe storm, of which the weatherman was unprepared for — all while […]
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During “Weekend Update” on the November 6, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” Goober the Clown (Cecily Strong) made a guest appearance as anchor Colin Jost introduced her as also having “had an abortion when she was 23.” In reaction to the new law in Texas banning abortions after six weeks into a pregnancy, […]
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In a skit on the November 6, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” it was an episode of “The Dionne Warwick Talk Show” hosted by the legendary performer (Ego Nwodim). With the help of her Twitter-assisting niece Brittani (Punkie Johnson), she interviews some of today’s popular performers (her having no clue who they are, […]
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In a skit on the November 6, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” a guy (Kieran Culkin) about to move out of his residence called in to Spectrum Cable to cancel his cable service. But upon being transferred to many customer service agents, a cable technician (Kenan Thompson) and even a Domino’s Pizza guy […]
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The cold open of the November 6, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” featured a parody of Fox News’ “Justice with Judge Jeanine” with host Jeanine Pirro (Cecily Strong). Her guests were Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (Pete Davidson) and Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin (Alex Moffat). Rodgers reiterated his anti-vaccine stance: “People can […]
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In a skit on the October 23, 2021 NBC’s “Saturday Night Live“, Thomas Jefferson (Jason Sudeikis) was writing the Declaration of Independence. He asked his fellow founding fathers what should be included in the important document. One of them (Andrew Dismukes) suggested, “What if we put like a sick-ass treasure map on this thing?” Watch […]