“I thought, ‘Here’s ice cream, big gob.
Dana Carveysaw the opportunity to create a chaotic moment on live television and he took it immediately.
“I asked the prop master to give me an ice cream just to hold for the dress show.
Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris and Dana Carvey as Joe Biden on ‘Saturday Night Live’.SNL
“I was right kinda gesturing,” he said.
“I thought, ‘Here’s ice cream, big gob.
Here’s Maya’s face.’
Dana Carvey as Joe Biden, Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris, and Jim Gaffigan as Tim Walz backstage at ‘Saturday Night Live’.Rosalind O'Connor/NBC
So that’s to put to rest all the rumors and all the talk.”
“He doesn’t smash ice creams into faces.
He doesn’t say I can’t believe it’s not butter.
I’m doing what I did to the first Bush.”
“It was much more of that kind of political energy around it.
Now he’s passed it, and I think it’s playful and fun.”
The comedian also invited Biden to poke fun at himself alongside Carvey.
“If he ever wanted to come on the show and do a little soft ‘Guess what?
And by the way,’ I I would do it with him,” Carvey said.
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