‘SNL’ Host Dave Chappelle Plays A Secret Criminal Forced To Evacuate During L.A. Wildfires

Dave Chappelle not only touched on the L.A. County wildfires during his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live but also spoofed the evacuations by pretending to be a criminal with a whole lot to hide.

In the second skit of the night, Chappelle played a dad whose family (Ego Nwodim and Devon Walker) receives an alert to evacuate because of the impending blaze. To the surprise of his wife and son, Chappelle’s Reggie starts taking a sledgehammer to the wall to retrieve $500,000 in cash and a counterfeit passport.

“What else is hiding in this house, Reggie?” asks Nwodim.

Plenty, it seems: there’s also a gun and a very important thumb drive hidden behind the clock, along with a knife-wielding man (Michael Longfellow) who wants his cash back and a trio of mysterious Frenchies socked away in the cabinet.

Before the family evacuates, Chappelle’s Reggie goes and retrieve the family dog — only to cut him open because it seems the pooch is some sort of mule with a stash of drugs in his belly. Fake blood sprays on everyone (as if there wasn’t enough after Chappelle attacked the knife-wielding man).

Alas, the skit ends with another alert saying the call to evacuate was a false alarm — a callback to the bogus notice that went out last week to all of L.A. County and panicked residents who were nowhere near the fire.