‘SNL’ mocks vaccine rollout with Fauci-hosted game show ‘So You Think You Can Get the Vaccine’
The grand prize? A chance to sit on your computer and hit refresh for 3 days waiting for an appointment slot.
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For Massachusetts residents who have struggled to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine over the past few weeks, the cold open of this week’s “Saturday Night Live” was very on-point.
The show opened with a fake game show hosted by Dr. Anthony Fauci (Kate McKinnon) called “So You Think You Can Get the Vaccine,” in which contestants plead their case to three governors — California’s Gavin Newsom (Alex Moffat), New York’s Andrew Cuomo (Pete Davidson) and Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer (Cecily Strong) — as to why they should be given the vaccine.
“Getting the vaccine shouldn’t be a competition, but Americans will only want to get it if someone else can’t,” Fauci’s McKinnon said.
The show highlighted the differing standards for who receives a vaccine in each state, as well as several type of line-jumpers, including a woman dressed as a grandma (Ego Nwodim) and a guy who picked up smoking just for priority access (Bowen Yang).
Finally, a worthy candidate arrived on the show in the form of an 85-year-old man (Mikey Day). But in the end, all he wins is the chance to go book an appointment on the computer that he only uses to play Spider Solitaire.
“Is there a young person who could help you?” Moffat’s Newsom asked.
“Perhaps the mailman?” Day responded.
“Now, does he have three straight days to help you click refresh?” Davidson’s Cuomo asked.
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