The SNL cold open took aim at Kanye West, Herschel Walker and 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie.'
The cold open featured a game show calledcastmembers to see how long it would take them to “snap” from the news.Heidi Gardner went first, snapping after watching a clip of President Joe Biden talking about his mental acuity. Up next was Chloe Fineman, who was prompted with questions about Walker, referencing the announcement that he supports a total abortion ban. Shortly after, a woman came forward, saying Walker urged her to have two abortions.
“Well, I bet that will come back and bite him in the butt,” Fineman told Yang, to which he replied, “That actually led to his best fundraising day ever.” Yang told Fineman, who was playing a mom in the cold open, that 86% of children want to be influencers, which began triggering her a bit. When Yang showed her a clip fromtrailer and told her Chris Pratt was voicing the video game character, she snapped.this season, closed out the cold open game show sketch. Yang prompted Walker with the news that 401Ks were down 20% and the Mars company announced the orange M&M now has anxiety, before bringing up West.
“This week Kanye West called Lizzo fans ‘demonic,’” Yang told Walker. “OK. Bringing up Kanye, All right,” Walker responded. When Yang pointed out that West decided to open a private school and has“Let’s switch gears to Tucker Carlson,” Yang said. “Last night Tucker CarlsonYang responded, “You’re right. You’re right.
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