Gloria zelwig snl writer12/31/2023 This sketch is also filled with plenty of Saturday Night Live‘s favorite political impressions. Later on, Maya Rudolph brings back her most popular impression of 2020 which is Vice-President Kamala Harris as she hosts a holiday special sketch called “ A Kamala Harris Unity Seder.” Watch for a very special cameo is this sketch from another former cast member playing the Second Gentleman of the United States, Doug Emhoff. Some of the hot sauces Beyoncé gets to enjoy during her interview include the brand names “Hitler’s Anus” and the “Devil’s Diarrhea Scorpion Sauce.” Maya pulls off this sketch so masterfully with a sweaty wig and tears on her cheeks, that it’s hard to believe that she’s not actually in agony from hot wings. Host Maya Rudolph plays the Grammy Award winning celebrity in the hot seat, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter who has no idea how she ended up on a wing eating show. The post-monologue sketches start with a parody of a “ First We Feast” presentation of “ Hot Ones” where celebrities answer hot questions while trying to eat even hotter chicken wings. Speaking while the SNL Band is playing music “to talk to babies to”, Maya gives some advice to the new cast members whose names she can’t remember, including Lauren Holt who she refers to as “Calista Vagina.” It won’t take long tonight to realize that Maya Rudolph isn’t talking about her own experience at SNL. Our host is joined on stage by the new featured cast members who were hired by Saturday Night Live this season, Punkie Johnson, Andrew Dismukes and Lauren Holt. She also reflects on her time at Saturday Night Live and how it felt to be a rookie cast member. Maya begins her monologue by reminiscing about the horrible 2020 everyone in the world had by describing it as a year that felt like “a real kick in the clams.” She gives a shout-out to her kids who she says are in the audience and will be watching “Mama” wearing different wigs and doing funny voices. She goes quickly from being “Cece Vuvuzela” to being introduced by SNL announcer Darrell Hammond for the monologue segment. It’s been 14 years since Maya Rudolph last worked as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, but she’s still a master of the costume quick-change. It’s a weird sketch which sets the tone for the rest of this evening’s show. The contestants are played by SNL cast members Chris Redd, Beck Bennett, and Kyle Mooney who must decide on if the “COVID cuties appearing on the show” (cast members Chloe Fineman, Ego Nwodim and Heidi Gardner) are Snatched (hard-bodied), Vaxed (Covid-wise) or Waxed (hopefully no explanation is needed). The game show is billed as being the “Number 1 game show for hot, infectious singles.” Saturday Night Live opens tonight with a round of “ Snatched! Vaxed! or Waxed!” live from Miami Beach, Florida! The game show sketch is emceed by “Cece Vuvuzela” played by tonight’s SNL host Maya Rudolph, doing one of her patented accents that can’t be pinned down as being from any particular geographic location. Tonight’s rerun which originally aired on March 27, 2021, gives us a prime example of that with the SNL Cold Open being a game show sketch. Speaking of Presidential elections, SNL has been looking for different ways to open the show since the loser of last year’s election Donald Trump left office and the writers can’t depend on Oval Office buffoonery anymore. And even though she appeared in several episodes of Saturday Night Live in just this past season alone during the 2020 Presidential Election, the repeat airing tonight is only the second time that Maya Rudolph has hosted Saturday Night Live. She’s made a dozen cameo appearances on SNL since leaving the variety series in 2007. Luckily for us, SNL finds any and every reason to bring Maya Rudolph back for cameo appearances on the show where she was a cast member for 7 seasons starting in SNL – Season 25 in 2000. There’s no doubt that Maya Rudolph is one of Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michael’s favorite protégés. Saturday Night Live’s summer of reruns continues with a repeat hosted by SNL favorite daughter Maya Rudolph!
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