Listen, I love my boomer parents and I'm glad they are fully vaccinated [1] and healthy, and I can't wait to see them in a few weeks. But I couldn't stop myself from cracking up at this Saturday Night Live [2] "Boomers Got the Vax" sketch that aired during its March 27 show with host Maya Rudolph [3]. In a late-'90s-style rap, Chris Redd, Mikey Day, Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, and crew point out the accuracy of a generation that was responsible for multiple economic crashes, graduated college with no student loan debt, can afford multiple houses and cars, and, oh yeah, was hesitant to take COVID-19 seriously. Now, after being fully vaccinated, they are living it up on cruise ships and eating in restaurants.
Baby boomers can blame us millennials for not affording a mortgage because we eat too much avocado toast [4] and for killing the paper napkin industry [5], but we can always hang over their heads that, yes, they still need to wear masks and pay attention to CDC guidelines, especially during a global pandemic. Watch the hilarious video above.
