‘SNL’ bungles NFL-themed cold open ahead of playoff games: ‘God awful’
NY Post
It definitely wasn’t a touchdown.
“Saturday Night Live” bungled its NFL-themed cold open after proclaiming that football is the “only thing everyone still watches.”
Saturday’s start to the long-running sketch show featured cast member Andrew Dismukes as former Dallas Cowboys quarterback-turned-commentator Tony Romo and James Austin Johnson as broadcaster Jim Nantz.
“Hello everyone, and welcome to the AFC championship between the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs,” Johnson, 34, says as Nantz. “I’m Jim Nantz, alongside Tony Romo.”
“A quick shout-out to one of our sponsors,” Johnson continues. “Do you love to shake, rattle and roll? Because you’ll do all three on a Boeing 737 Max. Boeing — because that’s the sound it makes when the screws fly off.”
The satirical version of the sports telecast also poked fun at how following the game — which Dismukes, 28, quipped will be “an all-out battle for the next three hours” — the real football season will be over.
