Actor and comedian Keegan-Michael Key joined “Saturday Night Live” this weekend to host the episode, and was joined by musical guest Olivia Rodrigo. One of the night’s highlight was a spoof of the beloved ESPN series “The Last Dance” about Michael Jordan and his tenure with the Chicago Bulls. (Read IndieWire’s review of the series here.) The sketch presents previously “unseen footage” from the documentary, and shows an intensely competitive side to Michael Jordan, who is played by Keegan-Michael Key. Watch below.
NBA stars Dennis Rodman and Charles Barkley also showed up, as played by Chris Redd and Kenan Thompson respectively. Heidi Gardner plays Jordan’s security guard John Michael Wozniak. The sketch centers around a coin toss that goes awry.
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NBA stars Dennis Rodman and Charles Barkley also showed up, as played by Chris Redd and Kenan Thompson respectively. Heidi Gardner plays Jordan’s security guard John Michael Wozniak. The sketch centers around a coin toss that goes awry.
The lineup of hosts for this season of “Saturday Night Live” has been impressive so far, with other hosts including (and most controversially) Elon Musk, plus Academy...
- 5/16/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Just when sports fans moved on from The Last Dance, Saturday Night Live gave them never-before-seen footage featuring first-time host Keegan-Michael Key as the basketball G.O.A.T.
Key took Michael Jordan’s competitive spirit to a new level, with the all-star athlete participating in a coin toss bet with bodyguard John Michael Wozniak, played by Heidi Gardner. All things seem innocuous until, Key’s Mj loses the first round.
“And I took that personally,” Key said, recreating the popular internet meme that surfaced after the docuseries’ premiere.
However, it wouldn’t be The Last Dance without appearances from other NBA stars Dennis Rodman and Charles Barkley, portrayed by Chris Redd and Kenan Thompson. The coin tosses continued, with Wozniak losing even more possessions to Michael Jordan.
“The thing about Mikey is that he didn’t want to just beat you, he wanted to dominate you,” Redd’s Dennis Rodman recalls.
Key took Michael Jordan’s competitive spirit to a new level, with the all-star athlete participating in a coin toss bet with bodyguard John Michael Wozniak, played by Heidi Gardner. All things seem innocuous until, Key’s Mj loses the first round.
“And I took that personally,” Key said, recreating the popular internet meme that surfaced after the docuseries’ premiere.
However, it wouldn’t be The Last Dance without appearances from other NBA stars Dennis Rodman and Charles Barkley, portrayed by Chris Redd and Kenan Thompson. The coin tosses continued, with Wozniak losing even more possessions to Michael Jordan.
“The thing about Mikey is that he didn’t want to just beat you, he wanted to dominate you,” Redd’s Dennis Rodman recalls.
- 5/16/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
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