Dave Chappelle not solely touched on the L.A. County wildfires throughout his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live but additionally spoofed the evacuations by pretending to be a felony with a complete lot to cover.
Within the second skit of the evening, Chappelle performed a dad whose household (Ego Nwodim and Devon Walker) receives an alert to evacuate due to the upcoming blaze. To the shock of his spouse and son, Chappelle’s Reggie begins taking a sledgehammer to the wall to retrieve $500,000 in money and a counterfeit passport.
“What else is hiding on this home, Reggie?” asks Nwodim.
Loads, it appears: there’s additionally a gun and a vital thumb drive hidden behind the clock, together with a knife-wielding man (Michael Longfellow) who needs his money again and a trio of mysterious Frenchies socked away within the cupboard.
Earlier than the household evacuates, Chappelle’s Reggie goes and retrieve the household canine — solely to chop him open as a result of it appears the pooch is a few kind of mule with a stash of medicine in his stomach. Pretend blood sprays on everybody (as if there wasn’t sufficient after Chappelle attacked the knife-wielding man).
Alas, the skit ends with one other alert saying the decision to evacuate was a false alarm — a callback to the bogus discover that went out final week to all of L.A. County and panicked residents who have been nowhere close to the fireplace.
After Weekend Replace, SNL included a plug for the So Cal Fire Fund.
