SNL's 'The Pitt' Parody Is the Best Sketch We've Seen In a Long Time

"The sketch basically reimagines the acclaimed HBO drama The Pitt if it were produced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Jillian Michaels and written by current Department of Health and Human Services speechwriters. It's glorious. Lasting just three-and-a-half minutes long, MAHAspital begins with Styles (as Noah Wyle's analogue) ordering protein for a stroke patient."

"It's the little things that cement the sketch as an instant all-timer. The close-ups of Tylenol bottles and ivermectin shots, the "new" inverted food pyramid, Andrew Dismukes (in makeup and hair that makes him look eerily like Patrick Ball) cutting holes into face masks, Styles and Chloe Fineman oozing past sexual tension."

"The bit roasts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (sadly still the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services) and his bullshit "Make America Healthy Again" pseudo-science, which largely discredits vaccines and over-emphasizes diet and so-called natural foods."

Saturday Night Live featured a sketch called MAHAspital that parodies Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" movement and his approach to public health. The sketch reimagines the HBO medical drama The Pitt as if produced by Kennedy and fitness influencer Jillian Michaels, with speechwriters from the Department of Health and Human Services. The three-and-a-half-minute bit features Harry Styles as a doctor and includes absurd medical recommendations like bull semen injections, Alpha Brain supplements, and cold plunges. The sketch includes satirical elements such as an inverted food pyramid, ivermectin references, and jokes about vaccine skepticism. James Austin Johnson appears in a muscle suit portraying Kennedy, delivering comedic commentary on alternative health movements.

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