Everybody’s a little too close to snapping these days, at least that what’s the writers at “Saturday Night Live” are arguing.
Saturday’s episode of the sketch comedy series, hosted by “Banshees of Inisherin” star Brendan Gleeson, opened with a game show parody called “So You Think You Won’t Snap,” in which contestants are read recent news reports in an attempt to make them hit a flight attendant, iron their face or break their sobriety.
With a smarmy Bowen Yang as the host of the fake game show, “SNL” took on the big news of the week, from Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker allegedly paying for an abortion to Chris Pratt provoking ire as the voice of Nintendo video game character Mario in the trailer for the new “Super Mario Bros. Movie.”
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Heidi Gardner’s character chugged a ” ‘Today Show’-size glass” of white wine after watching a video of President Joe Biden talk about his mental acuity; Chloe Fineman’s character punched a flight attendant after hearing Pratt’s non-Italian voice as Mario; and Kenan Thompson’s character snapped at the mere mention of Elon Musk.
New cast member Devon Walker lost it when hearing recent news about Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
“This week Kanye West called Lizzo fans ‘demonic,’ ” Yang said while trying to get Walker to snap, and also mentioned Ye’s plans to open a private school and his claim that he’s never read a book.
“Let’s switch gears to Tucker Carlson,” Yang said before appearing to change topics again. “You’re right. Let’s go to the world of fashion – with a photo of Kanye,” he said, showing the photo of West and Candace Owens in “White Lives Matters” shirts.
Walker, like the rest of the “contestants,” snapped.
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