{"id":347093,"date":"2026-03-15T06:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T06:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/347093\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T06:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T06:15:07","slug":"snl-satirizes-rfk-jr-with-maha-spital-in-the-vein-of-the-pitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/347093\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;SNL&#8217; Satirizes RFK Jr. With &#8216;MAHA-Spital&#8217; In The Vein Of &#8216;The Pitt&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIf your favorite character was \u201cthe guy who punched Dana in the hospital\u201d (Doug Driscoll, portrayed by Drew Powell) on HBO Max\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-pitt\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-pitt\" data-tag=\"the-pitt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Pitt<\/a>, then Saturday Night Live\u2018s satire of the hospital drama is the show for you. The Lorne Michaels-created late-nighter opted for a pastiche of the Emmy-winning phenomenon \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HoMOdkqkhZc\" target=\"_blank\">about three months after fellow parody series <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-daily-show\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-daily-show\" data-tag=\"the-daily-show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Show<\/a> did the same thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/snl\/\" id=\"auto-tag_snl\" data-tag=\"snl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SNL<\/a>, featuring second-time host and musical guest <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/harry-styles\/\" id=\"auto-tag_harry-styles\" data-tag=\"harry-styles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Styles<\/a> (who has previously been a musical guest as part of band One Direction and as a solo artist), ribbed the procedural with \u201cMAHA-spital\u201d \u2014 a high-stakes show with unfounded advice in place of sound medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201c60 ccs of bull semen now,\u201d ordered a character. Ashley Padilla portrayed a version of Emmy winner Katherine LaNasa (who plays Dana), while Styles embodied Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle\u2019s character). Other remedies included burning sage and prescribing beef tallow and whey protein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMeanwhile, Ben Marshall confessed that his parents died from the Covid vaccine: \u201cI found out they got it [the Covid vaccine], and I shot them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn another scene, Marshall pulls the plug on a vegan patient as he states: \u201cWell, nothing we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tA reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rfk-jr\" data-tag=\"rfk-jr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RFK Jr.<\/a> falsely claiming that Tylenol usage during pregnancy causes autism in children featured newcomer Tommy Brennan attempting to dispense the painkiller as Marshall cried: \u201cNot in my hospital!\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe satire also touted a \u201cspecial appearance\u201d by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services himself, portrayed by SNL cast member James Austin Johnson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDespite being an effective sketch, the trouble is The Daily Show opted for a similar punchline several months prior, with a parody titled \u201cRFK Hospital,\u201d with correspondent Michael Kosta portraying the RFK Jr.\/Robby stand-in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If your favorite character was \u201cthe guy who punched Dana in the hospital\u201d (Doug Driscoll, portrayed by Drew&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,6437,61,60,10551,15824,59668,29910,282],"class_list":["post-347093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-harry-styles","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-rfk-jr","tag-snl","tag-the-daily-show","tag-the-pitt","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}