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Watch Bill Burr play a ‘real Patriots fan’ on ‘SNL’
With Bill Burr back hosting 'Saturday Night Live,' the 'SNL' writing staff came up with three Boston-adjacent sketches for the Canton native.
With Canton native Bill Burr hosting “Saturday Night Live,” it was a good bet that the “SNL” writing staff would come up with a Boston-centric sketch or two.
Viewers were ultimately treated to three Boston-adjacent sketches: An alternate version of “Good Will Hunting,” a Rorschach test for the firemen of BFD’s Engine 8, Ladder 1 in the North End, and a fake commercial for Buffalo Wild Wings featuring Burr playing a “real Patriots fan.”
As other customers sip beers and cheer on their favorite team, Burr’s character screams at the TV, steals beer from the bar, and fights with his adult son (Mikey Day) over whether Bill Belichick will ever return to coaching the Patriots.
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The sketch is a spiritual sequel to Burr’s fake Sam Adams commercial featuring “real Bostonians” from his 2020 episode, which itself is a follow-up to Casey Affleck’s famed “real Dunkin’ Donuts customer” sketch from 2016. All three sketches feature Day as the same construction worker, and all three end in all-out brawls.
Though it didn’t get a huge laugh from the studio audience, Burr’s character showing that his phone’s lock screen is a photo of him and Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was an amusing detail — as was the “Let’s go Brandon” signature on his cast.
Watch Bill Burr play a “real Patriots fan” on ‘SNL’
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