Somewhat counterintuitive for a joyous celebration, the SNL50 anniversary particular introduced again Rachel Dratch‘s Debbie Downer.
Whereas Debbie might convey down the temper anyplace she goes together with her grim remarks, she is also certainly one of Saturday Evening Dwell characters which have taken on a lifetime of their very own, with Debbie Downer now broadly used as a nickname for a pessimistic particular person.
Within the SNL50 sketch, Debbie is a bartender at a backstage bar the place Jimmy Fallon, Drew Barrymore and Ayo Edebiri — all in a celebratory moo — come to get a drink.
Earlier than the trio might increase their champaign glasses for a toast, Debbie informs them how even a glass of alcohol can slash life expectancy, adopted by her signature closeup to a wa-wa sound.
She continues to interject into the trio’s conversations with feedback on impending finish of humanity and bid flu.
When Robert De Niro comes alongside, he will get a bit of Raging Bull-style “You talkin’ to me?” From Debbie. Seems she simply had dry eye and couldn’t work out if he was speaking to her (however a wink hints that she could have carried out it deliberately.)
Debbies proceeds to inform De Niro, who had requested for a straw, that microplastics “taken residence in your testes.” That proves an excessive amount of for the Oscar winner who’s on the verge of breaking character.
He quickly finds his Raging Bull., telling Debbie, “I need to chuckle and really feel pleasure and have a sliver of hope for 3 goddam hours of my life. I got here right here to get a bit of frigging break from our world proper now,” earlier than reaching over the bar to choke her.
Fallon intervenes, and in the long run, all toast Saturday Evening Dwell.
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