[A]fter the fictional, good-natured Big Bird said in a tweet that he had received a Covid vaccine, he has drawn the ire of Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who complained that the tweet was “government propaganda for your 5-year-old.”
…“S.N.L.”…created its own alternate version of “Sesame Street,” which it called “Cruz Street.”
Aidy Bryant, who played Senator Cruz in the opening sketch, stood in front of what looked like a familiar brownstone and explained, “For 50 years I stood by as ‘Sesame Street’ taught our children dangerous ideas, like numbers and kindness.”
She continued: “But when Big Bird told children to get vaccinated against a deadly disease, I said enough. And I created my own ‘Sesame Street,’ called ‘Cruz Street.’ It’s a gated community, where kids are safe from the woke government.”
…Bryant’s Cruz was also visited by Kyle Mooney, dressed in a makeshift Big Bird costume…He said that in the week since he had gotten the vaccine, his feathers had fallen out (among other physical side effects he claimed to be experiencing).
…Other cast members played alternate versions of “Sesame Street” characters, including…Chris Redd as a furry green creature called Oscar the Slouch (“Papa Joe Biden gave me so many stimmies, I decided to quit working and live in this trash can”); and Aristotle Athari as…[Count Recount.]
www.nytimes.com/2021/11/14/arts/television/snl-taylor-swift-ted-cruz.html
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