“Saturday Night Live,” a present that has resorted to darkish humor to mark the discord of current years, tried optimism and spiritual lore for a brighter notice.
The present opened with a vignette titled, “A Message From the Easter Bunny,” during which a furry suited Bowen Yang launched himself and famous that, sure, what the viewers was seeing was a large hare.
“Either that,” he stated, “or you’re at Coachella and the shrooms are kicking in.”
Yang known as spring the season of renewal and rebirth and welcomed to the episode “folks from all walks of life to share their hopes for this Easter season.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, appeared. Played by Kate McKinnon, he wasn’t so upbeat.
“Covid cases are a lot like Jesus,” he stated. “They’ve risen again.”
The physician supplied some solace to the bulk of Americans who’re vaccinated. “If you’re vaccinated, you’re going to be fine,” he stated.
“And if you’re not vaccinated — I’m not supposed to say this — I honestly don’t care what happens to you,” he stated.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Cecily Strong), R-Georgia, appeared to be able to complain in regards to the pastel coloured sweet and toys related to the Easter vacation.
“This holiday has gotten a little too LGBQRST for me,” she stated.
New York Mayor Eric Adams (Chris Redd) celebrated the arrest of a suspect within the capturing of 10 individuals on a subway automobile Tuesday.
“This Easter I got the best best news of all, New York,” he stated. “We got him. We got the shooter. Sure, it took 30 hours, and he turned himself in, but we got him.”
Elon Musk (Mikey Day) confirmed up, too. He joked that he needed to “officially buy Easter” by providing 43 billion Peeps, the sweet. The viewers gave a muted response.
He spoke in regards to the unfavourable response to his aim of taking on Twitter.
“You’re afraid I’ll make Twitter bad?” he stated. “What are you scared I’ll buy next, the Oscars?” he stated, earlier than laughing robotically. “Ha-ha-ha-ha.”
Former President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) crashed the presentation to complain he wasn’t invited.
“This is very, very unfair,” he stated. “Another example of how whites are being treated horribly in this country.”
He continued to speak, meandering till he reached an anecdote about how he is the one who instructed Little Caesar to say, “Pizza, pizza.”
News phase Weekend Update took on the problem of ghost weapons, firearms that may be made nearly solely with a 3D printer. Biden this week introduced that, do-it-yourself or not, they will face the identical rules that cowl conventional firearms.
“I mean, look I don’t like the idea of people having ghost guns either,” stated co-host Michael Che. “But if there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call?”
The co-host famous that Musk stated he hoped to make free speech a bigger precedence on the platform.
Lizzo was the episode’s host and musical visitor.
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