{"id":5858,"date":"2021-10-17T12:56:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T10:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1390534"},"modified":"2021-10-17T13:27:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T11:27:07","slug":"rami-malek-takes-on-squid-game-in-saturday-night-live-parody","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/rami-malek-takes-on-squid-game-in-saturday-night-live-parody\/","title":{"rendered":"Rami Malek takes on Squid Game in Saturday Night Live parody"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lauren Morris\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 17 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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With Squid Game<\/a> still dominating the streaming charts and recently becoming Netflix\u2019s biggest series ever<\/a>, it was only a matter before Saturday Night Live parodied the South Korean hit \u2013 however, I don\u2019t think anyone was expecting the US sketch show to give it a country music mash-up.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s show saw cast member Pete Davidson and this weekend\u2019s host, No Time To Die<\/a> star Rami Malek, sign up for the Squid Game in a musical skit featuring the boiler suit-wearing guards, the Squid Game symbols<\/a> and of course, the Red Light, Green Light doll<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The three-minute sketch opened with Davidson and Malek dressed in cowboy gear as they sung about their money troubles, having \u201cjust got laid off\u201d with a bar tab to be paid off, before coming to the conclusion: \u201cI guess I\u2019ve got to play the Squid Game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair then change into the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/squid-game-costumes\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Squid Game green tracksuits<\/a>, with Davidson wearing Gi-hun\u2019s number 456, as they recreate a number of scenes from the show, including the moment the contestants are given an egg and a bottle of water, Gi-hun\u2019s smiley mugshot and the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/squid-game-cookies-honeycomb\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Squid Game cookie<\/a> challenge, where the competitors had to carve shapes out of dalgona biscuits.<\/p> <p>\u201cWeird cards, pink guards, locked us in a big room,\u201d Malek sings, before Davidson chips in: \u201cThey got symbols on their faces like the ones on Playstations and the main guy looks like Doctor Doom,\u201d with the camera cutting to a shot of the Front Man.<\/p>\n<p>Han Mi-nyeo, the manipulative girlfriend of gangster Jang Deok-su, even makes an appearance, with Melissa Villase\u00f1or portraying the character as Malek sings: \u201cGot a crazy girlfriend, I think she might stab me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NBC show even recreated the first episode\u2019s Red Light, Green Light challenge, with Malek and Davidson regularly pausing the song to freeze for the huge creepy doll, before Davidson\u2019s character eventually wins the Squid Game and heads home with \u201c<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/squid-game-ending-explained-episode-9\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">a cool red haircut<\/a>\u201c, just like Gi-hun.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday Night Live is currently airing its 47th season, with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/loki-season-2-release-date\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Loki<\/a>\u2018s Owen Wilson and reality star Kim Kardashian West hosting at the start of October, while <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/ted-lasso-season-3-release-date\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Ted Lasso<\/a> star and former SNL cast member Jason Sudeikis will be fronting the sketch show next week.<\/p>\n<section class=\""template-article__editor-content\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><strong>Squid Game is now available to watch on Netflix. Check out our lists of the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/on-demand\/2020-05-28\/best-tv-shows-netflix\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">best TV shows on Netflix<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/on-demand\/2020-05-27\/netflix-best-movies\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">best movies on Netflix<\/a>\u00a0or alternatively head to our\u00a0<a href=\""https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/"\">TV Guide<\/a> for something to watch tonight.<\/strong><\/section><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lauren Morris Published: Sunday, 17 October 2021 at 12:00 am With Squid Game still dominating the streaming charts and recently becoming Netflix\u2019s biggest series ever, it was only a matter before Saturday Night Live parodied the South Korean hit \u2013 however, I don\u2019t think anyone was expecting the US sketch show to give it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5859,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/rami-malek-takes-on-squid-game-in-saturday-night-live-parody.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/rami-malek-takes-on-squid-game-in-saturday-night-live-parody-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/rami-malek-takes-on-squid-game-in-saturday-night-live-parody-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/rami-malek-takes-on-squid-game-in-saturday-night-live-parody.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/rami-malek-takes-on-squid-game-in-saturday-night-live-parody.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/rami-malek-takes-on-squid-game-in-saturday-night-live-parody.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/rami-malek-takes-on-squid-game-in-saturday-night-live-parody.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Sunday, 17 October 2021 at 12:00 am With Squid Game still dominating the streaming charts and recently becoming Netflix\u2019s biggest series ever, it was only a matter before Saturday Night Live parodied the South Korean hit \u2013 however, I don\u2019t think anyone was expecting the US sketch show to give it…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/5858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}