A 'Saturday Night Live' (SNL) skit mocked the theatrics surrounding what became common COVID-19 dinner table discussions about mask mandates, vaccines and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 25: John Mulaney and Annamarie Tendler pose at the opening night party for the new musical based on the film "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" on Broadway at The Hammerstein Ballroom on July 25, 2019 in New York City.
"It's been obvious for a long time that even the committed mask-wearers know its pointless and are just scared to open their mouths," he wrote on Twitter. The New York Post editorial board criticized the skit in a Feb. 28 editorial headlined"Even ‘Saturday Night Live’ has awakened to mask mandates."this past week. Perhaps because the host was John Mulaney, the former 'SNL' writer whose humor often skewers the pretentious," The Post writes. John Mulaney hosted the Feb. 26 episode of SNL and took part in the"COVID Dinner Discussion" skit.
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