‘SNL’ Parodies Promotional ‘Dune’ Popcorn Bucket In Musical Sketch – Deadline

In latest days, the web has taken discover of a weird Dune-themed popcorn bucket being handed out at film theaters to advertise the forthcoming launch of Warner Bros’ Dune: Half Two — and now, SNL has paid tribute.

The sketch from tonight’s episode opens on the teenage Rudy (Marcello Hernandez) and buddies at the highschool lunch desk, watching as Rudy is approached by a flirtatious schoolmate, performed by host Ayo Edebiri.

“Hey Rudy. Are you going to be round after college?” she asks, to which he replies, “Positively.”

After she walks away, Rudy’s buddies — performed by Devon Walker and Bowen Yang — acknowledge that their interplay was “so cute,” and Rudy has one thing to inform them. “My dad and mom are going out of city tonight, which suggests I’m going to have the home to myself. I feel it’s going to occur tonight, for actual,” he says excitedly, alluding to the prospect of dropping his virginity.

Later, he sprays himself with cologne, seemingly awaiting his schoolmate’s arrival, earlier than bursting into track. “I’ve been prepared for this second for an extended, very long time and it’s occurring tonight,” Rudy sings. “Been ready for somebody particular and now that I’ve discovered it, it lastly feels so proper.”

Rudy goes on to sing: “I’m a mild teenage boy with an harmless coronary heart however you discovered a strategy to contact it — and now that my dad and mom are gone, I’m going to lose my virginity to the Dune popcorn bucket.”

We minimize to him holding the bucket, modeled off of the sandworms of the desert planet of Arrakis, which has spiny plastic tooth lining its middle. “Oh, play my heartstrings similar to a fiddle,” sings Rudy, “and I’m not afraid of the tooth within the center.”

Later, after watching Rudy pop champagne, we minimize to Edebiri’s character telling her dad (performed by Kenan Thompson) that she herself is just not into boys, however relatively — you guessed it — the Dune popcorn bucket.

“And I don’t care about my grades anymore,” sings Yang’s character. “Simply need that Dune popcorn bucket.”

Rudy takes his bucket to Promenade and is called Promenade King, with the bucket as his queen.

“World wide, kids will purchase this, received two popcorn buckets. We didn’t make this up, this can be a actual factor,” the SNL ensemble later sings. “Can’t wait to see Dune 2 consuming popcorn out of my bucket. Then after, I’ll take it house and f**okay it.”

The Bear‘s Edebiri makes her debut as host tonight on SNL. Jennifer Lopez is musical visitor. For video of the Dune sketch, test again later.