Lawrenceville McDonald's Nose Ring Story Mocked on SNL
The bit appeared during Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update." What do you think of the joke?
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This past Saturday, Lawrenceville was referenced on NBC's Saturday Night Live.
In the last story "Weekend Update--" the show's fake newscast featuring funny spins on the latest headlines-- cast member Seth Meyers read a story about the mother who found a nose ring in food she bought at the Clayton Street McDonald's last month.
"A woman in Georgia is claiming that she found a nose ring in her four-year-old daughter’s breakfast burrito," read Meyers before delivering the punchline. "Which I believe means she won a visit with white trash Willy Wonka."
Next to Meyers the graphic changed from the McDonald's logo, a nose ring and a map of the state of Georgia to one of Willy Wonka with a protruding belly with a white tank top and a confederate flag on it, holding a beer.
Click here to watch the clip on Hulu.com. Fast forward to about 38:20 to where the joke starts.
What do you think of this joke? Is it funny or in bad taste? Tell us in the comment section below.
Vanzetta Evans
9:36 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Zuleica wrote on Facebook: "I think it's hilarious! But now we know what most people think about Georgians." What do you think?
Mrs. G.
10:45 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
It's funny-ish AND in bad taste; it's SNL after all. I think someone losing their nose ring during commercial food preparation is pretty disgusting in ANY part of the country and deserves to be called out. The restaurant needs a good McRibbing! We need to be able to laugh at ourselves, collectively...the Good, the Bad and the Ugly!