'Beppo go home?' SNL skit astronaut monkey steals hearts
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Saturday
Night Live is, first and foremost, supposed to be a funny TV show -- but
it was difficult to laugh at most of its recent sketch, "Beppo," about
an astronaut monkey who learns he might not be able to return to the
planet. As his giant, yearning eyes begin to tear up, Beppo presses
buttons on his communications soundboard to ask mission control's John
Mulaney: "Beppo … go … home?" Pained, Mulaney wonders how to explain
death to Beppo. Sweet Beppo forces us to remember the naïve animals who
have indeed been sent to space -- especially the beings who went there
believing they'd come home safely, but did not. When asked for his last
words, Beppo presses a button that delivers a simple message: "help."
Would Laika the space dog have had any last words? What about Gordo the
squirrel monkey? Laska the mouse? Would they have been the same as
Beppo's?
Full Story: Space
(11/7)
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