The Thanksgiving episode of Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update‘s anchors addressed topics ranging from the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict to the new Lethal WeaponMel Gibson directed the movie.
Colin Jost kicked things off with discussion of President Biden’s “weird” Friday. “He went under anesthesia for a colonoscopy and when he woke up, the House had passed a $2 trillion social safety net bill, the Rittenhouse verdict was announced, and a woman had technically been president for the first time ever. And while Biden was processing all that, he was rushed off to pardon a turkey named Peanut Butter,”He noted. “I mean, come on. The guy just turned 79; half the country already thinks he’s senile. You can’t drop all that on him the second he comes out of the gas.”
Jost admitted he actually can’t believe how well the day went for Biden, all things considered. “Remember David After Dentist?” he asked, referencing a viral YouTube video centered on a dazed child’s car ride home from the dental office. “I’m surprised we didn’t get Biden After Colonoscopy.”
Anchor Michael Che then moved to the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. This was because the Wisconsin native was not found guilty in the deaths of two Black Lives Matter protesters. “Hopefully, he got all that shooting out of his system before he becomes a cop,” he deadpanned.
Che subsequently reported that protests are being held all around the country in response to Rittenhouse’s acquittal, “which is brave”Consider what he was acquitted of. “I don’t know,”Che stated, “maybe don’t tempt him?”
Che later addressed the latest fallout from Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special controversy—that being that a Washington, D.C. art school is postponing renaming its theater after him. “Well, of course. Because God forbid you should name a building after someone problematic in Washington, D.C.,”Che said. “Meanwhile, my old high school insists on keeping the Michael Che Sucks Butt bathroom stall.”
Che then turned to the news that Gibson was reportedly in negotiations for the new Lethal Weapon movie. “If you want to see a broken-down Black guy team up with a handsome racist,”He suggested, “just watch Weekend Update.”
The end of Up-to-date, the anchors welcomed a newly tattooed Baby Yoda (Kyle Mooney) to the desk to address news that he’s going to get his own float at this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Mother Earth (Aidy Britt) stopped by after the UN Climate Change Conference ended to discuss the climate crisis and other topics.