This week’s Saturday Night Live opens with a national security briefing at the White House. To address the increased prevalence of TikTok as an information source for Ukrainians under attack from Russia, President Joe Biden (James Austin Johnson) and Press Secretary Jen Psaki (Kate McKinnon) welcome several prominent content creators from the platform. Biden is desperate for their help, admitting “I understand Putin. I understand war. But there’s one thing I don’t understand: computer.”
The Tik Tokers, include an actor from the CW (Chloe Fineman), a rapper/prankster (Andrew Dismukes), singer and dancer Jason Derulo (Chris Redd), an alt-right child make-up artist (Aidy Bryant), a “random middle-aged guy” named Charles F D’Amelio (Kenan Thompson) who the White House confused with teenage influencer Charli D’Amelio, and a guy who does stunts with a toilet plunger stuck to his nipple (Bowen Yang). Their advice on how to win the information war against Russia involves reading awful poetry, pushing Vladimir Putin down a flight of stairs and sending a roofer to assassinate him.
