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With The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘sRachel Brosnahan hosting this week’sSaturday Night Live, the series used it as an opportunity to parody the Amazon series with a spinoff called “The Raunchiest Miss Rita.”
The pre-taped digital short, which takes place at the familiar Gaslight Cafe, stars SNLcomicLeslie Jones as the titular Miss Rita: a quiet employee-turned-foul-mouthed comedian who quickly garners an audience for her crass jokes. While she gets advice from Brosnahan’s Mrs. Maisel, her sets become more sexually explicit and expletive-filled.
Aidy Bryant makes an appearance as Alex Borstein’s Susie, while Kyle Mooney stars as “an even more exasperated Tony Shalhoub”; Shalhoub plays Mrs. Maisel’s stern father Abe Weissman on the Amazon series.
The end of the sketch features an unexpected twist when Bill Cosby (Kenan Thompson) is introduced. “This next comic is a lot more wholesome, please welcome William Cosby,” the standup host declared as the comedian arrives on stage.
SNLpreviously parodied The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in a December episodewhen Cecily Strong took on Brosnahan’s character in an Oscar host search parody. The audition also featured Aidy Bryant asThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, who interrupted Strong’s portion of the audition.
