ARCHIVE – In this February 21, 2021 archival photo, California Governor Gavin Newsom answers questions from the media during a visit to a mobile vaccination station at Ramona Gardens Recreation Center in Los Angeles.
Damian Dovarganes / APIn the midst of a growing recall effort and ugly poll numbers, California Governor Gavin Newsom has now become the target of jokes on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”.
The new draft released on Saturday, called “Vaccine Game Show”, features Dr. Anthony Fauci (played by Kate McKinnon) featuring a game show entitled “So you think you can get the vaccine”, with prominent governors serving as judges on the program .
Newsom is the first judge introduced and is welcomed with the brutal phrase: “He is hated by everyone in California, except those 10 people he had dinner with in Napa that time.”
When asked how things are going in California, Newsom (played by Alex Moffat) replies: “Teeth: white, bodies: tight, COVID: very bad.”
Later, the draft also mocks the disparate guidelines for vaccine eligibility in several states, as well as the difficulty of scheduling vaccines online.
Also spotted in the draft is fellow New York governor judge Andrew Cuomo (played by Pete Davidson), who is ridiculed for recent allegations of sexual misconduct and the state’s nursing home scandal. Texas Senator Ted Cruz (played by Aidy Bryant) also appears as a competitor just out of his, er, animated CPAC speech.
You can watch the complete sketch in the video above.