While Michael Keaton was amusing enough as this week's SNL host, pleasing longtime Batman geeks
and Beetlejuice fans alike, there was another special guest who got
the audience practically squealing with delight. The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus appeared in character, and fully
armed, as Daryl Dixon during Weekend Update.
The skit was set up as a spoiler-free review of the show's
record-breaking season finale by SNL's "resident young person" Pete
Davidson. Instead of talking about The Walking Dead, though, Davidson shared
his worry: "The zombie apocalypse is coming, and odds are I'm going to
stoned when it happens, especially if it happens between daytime and
nighttime."
And just when Colin Jost had calmed his paranoia that he
would be mistaken for a zombie because of his glazed eyes and slow shuffle,
Davidson got an arrow to the chest. Reedus walked on, crossbow in hand, and
still couldn't believe he'd shot a human.
"What about this complexion?
Ain't no living thing's got that color. And he's so slow-moving and confused."
Davidson had the best stoner response to seeing Reedus —
pulling a reference to his pre-Walking
Dead cult fave out of his foggy brain. "Hey, you're the dude from the Boondock Saints!"