In considered one of Saturday Night Live’s wildest sketches in current reminiscence, Ariana Grande performed the function of Kevin McCallister in a violent reimagining of Home Alone.
In the episode of SNL that Grande hosted on Saturday (Dec. 20), Grande performs McCallister on the finish of Home Alone when his mom (performed by Ashley Padilla) arrives at residence, apprehensive about her son’s wellbeing.
In the unique movie, Kevin rigged the home with hilarious kid-friendly traps to cease two would-be home robbers from stealing their valuables and probably harming him.
Grande replayed this heartwarming reunion with a sinister twist: the family traps are nonetheless activated, and so they’re set to kill as a substitute of injure any intruders. When the remainder of his household arrives (with varied members performed by Mikey Day, Colin Jost, and Bowen Yang), they by accident activate the traps, resulting in some wild deaths that wouldn’t be misplaced in a Saw film.
From a door-activated flamethrower and a phone-activated noticed, to a paint can that turns a fan right into a razor-sharp loss of life machine, the traps horrify Kevin’s mom—till she realizes that she’s been seeing a hallucination of what might have probably occurred, introduced on by the truth that she hasn’t slept for 3 days in her efforts to get again to her youngster.
It ends with a useful neighbor hitting her within the face with a snow shovel and leaving the scene in a panic.
In the identical SNL episode, fan-favorite actor Yang took his ultimate bow in an emotional closing skit with Grande and Cher. In it, Yang performed a retiring Delta Air Lines membership attendant who served eggnog to passengers on his final shift. During the bit, Yang spoke about his job as an attendant with phrases that would have additionally defined how he felt about being part of SNL.
“I just feel so lucky that I ever got to work here, and I just wanted to enjoy it for a little bit longer, especially the people. I’ve loved every single person who works here because they’ve done so much for me, especially my boss,” he stated.
Yang’s feelings started to move as he sang “Please Come Home For Christmas” to shut the skit.