Saturday Night Live Does Spoof of ‘The Muppets’

Disney is really pushing The Muppets lately.  Of course the old ‘Muppet Show’ is available on Disney+ (minus some episodes) and we had Kermit appear on “The Masked Singer” and there’s a Haunted Mansion special coming this Fall.

Saturday Night Live must have caught on because they just spoofed the Muppets for their skit last night.

The sketch starts out with some Disney+ digs and then goes into a “taping of The Muppet Show” with guest star Lily Tomlin (Melissa Villaseñor.)

But “Waldorf” and “Statler” are on the balcony doing their thing. If you’ve ever watched anything with The Muppets, then you know exactly what they do. They heckle and SNL kept them in character for that.

This brings out the venue’s security played by Kenan Thompson and guest host Keegan-Michael Key.

The heckling continues until security can’t take it anymore.  Honestly it’s a very Muppets skit for the most part. In some ways it felt more like ‘The Muppets’ than some of the official Muppets stuff we get.

You can watch it here:

Twitter chatter was mostly positive.

This is the funnies sketch I’ve seen in a long time. I was crying. #SNL #Muppets https://t.co/bl9CCcloLq

— PJamma (@mspammajamma) May 16, 2021

ICYMI #TheMuppets we’re on #SNL last night. They didn’t look like themselves, they didn’t sound like themselves, but oh boy, were they really the Muppets! however, that was NOT the real Lily Tomlin, hard as that is to believe.

— Stitch Kingdom (@stitchkingdom) May 16, 2021

Wait, there are people out there that think the puppets seen on SNL last night were the actual Muppets?

REALLY? pic.twitter.com/6ZOxL0tNCG

— Jeff Harris (@nemalki) May 16, 2021

Wait, there are people out there that think the puppets seen on SNL last night were the actual Muppets?

REALLY? pic.twitter.com/6ZOxL0tNCG

— Jeff Harris (@nemalki) May 16, 2021

I find The Muppets on SNL discussion very fascinating because many headlines are making it seem like the characters and actual performers were authentically there last night.

But they weren’t. I’m curious if that’s more because they were fooled or didn’t think it mattered.

— Chris Glass (@TheChrisGlass) May 16, 2021

I bloody loved the muppets sketch, especially the bit where Keenan broke in a kind of “this is the oddest thing ive done on SNL for AGES”- were the cast or henson people doing the voices do you know???

— Jenny Whitham (@Jenny_Whitham) May 16, 2021

The #Muppets #SNL Skit was Hilarious.. Hey Kramer…

— Tara Broadway🎬 (@TaraBroadway) May 16, 2021

SNL has been brutal this season. But the muppets sketch last night had me on the floor “SHUT UP”

— Hi, No. (@LeeMES123) May 16, 2021

Turns out SNL *can* be funny when they wanna be. It isn’t often, but when it works, it works. https://t.co/vTJtbe9TaX

— MUPPETS HAUNTED MANSION HYPE (@TylerFG) May 16, 2021

I think Disney is happy to take the publicity since it seems to be on Muppets PR push anyways.

The Muppets are known for parody, so it’s just fitting.

What do you think?

Source: SNL, Twitter