Saturday Night Live’s The evening’s final sketch addressed the expected embarrassment of post-pandemic dating, but the actors’ jokes were overshadowed by a lovely tabby who continued to meow during the last part of the sketch.
The scene involved SNL cast member Kate McKinnon and the host of the night and musical guest, Nick Jonas, like two strangers who meet at a bar during their first adventure in the future (hopefully soon!), after the coronavirus pandemic ends.
The two stumble on long-unused flirting techniques and horrible lines while trying to get to know each other.
“You have beautiful eyes,” said Jonas, “but they would look better on my floor.”
“I don’t think you said that right,” replied McKinnon, encouraging him to “maybe just try to make a flirtatious face.”
They then resort to magic tricks to impress each other, with McKinnon showing for the first time a unique way to tie a cherry stem to a knot that she reveals she learned at “Hogwarts – playing! Prison.”
Instead of pulling a rabbit out of a hat, Jonas’ trick was to take a kitten out of his coat. The tiny brown tabby meowed as the audience reacted with delight.
McKinnon smiled happily as he caught the squirming kitten from Jonas and then called the bartender to bring him a bowl of milk, which she drank instead.
The bartender, played by Aidy Bryant, cradled the kitten in his arms while he continued to meow for the rest of the drawing.
Watch the video above, on NBC.
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