NBC’s variety show opened with Kate McKinnon’s Dr. Anthony Fauci, featuring a new game show called “So you think you can get the vaccine.”
“The vaccine launch is strong, but it is also very confusing,” said Fauci, of McKinnon. “Who can catch it? How? When? Where is it? Do the two doses go to the same arm or different arms or what? I don’t know.”
Next to presenter Fauci, “So you think you can get the vaccine” had three judges: California Governor Gavin Newsom, played by Alex Moffet; New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, played by Pete Davidson, and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, played by Cecily Strong.
The first competitor was a Michigan woman, played by Heidi Gardner.
“I think I deserve the vaccine because I am an essential worker,” said Gardner.
“This is good. What do you do?” Strong’s Whitmer asked.
“I do IT for the OnlyFans website, so I’m busy,” replied Gardner.
Unfortunately, that was not enough to give him the vaccine, so they moved on to the next contestant on the game show, which was sponsored by CVS.
“CVS: come to the picture, come out with a lollipop from two Halloweens behind,” said Fauci of McKinnon.
The other contestants included a young woman who pretended to be old, a man who pretended to like smoking and a pregnant woman.
“Hi, I’m pregnant. Can I get the vaccine?” asked the pregnant woman, played by Melissa Villaseñor.
“I don’t know. Can you?” Davidson’s Cuomo asked.
“Excuse me, Can I get the vaccine? “asked Villaseñor.
Cuomo de Davidson explained that he was not trying to correct the woman’s grammar.
“I was genuinely asking. We have no idea,” he said.
The next contestant was surprisingly Senator Ted Cruz, played by Aidy Bryant, who did a stand up comedy.
The last contestant was an elderly man, played by Mikey Day. The judges decided that the old man was the one who most deserved the vaccine.
Unfortunately, he had to make an appointment online.
“Is there a young man who can help you?” Strong’s Whitmer asked.
“Perhaps, the postman?” he said.
But at the end of the day it didn’t matter, as McKinnon’s Fauci had bad news for the game show.
“I’m just getting the news that there was a power outage at a nearby CVS and all the vaccines are going to expire,” he said. “So you’re the first to arrive, the first stab.”
Then the group said the show’s catchphrase, “Live … From New York! It’s Saturday night!”