In this hilarious parody of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, TSA agents Chartreuse Hamilton (Ego Nwodim) and Umberto (Bowen Yang) host "The Hudson News Thanksgiving Week Airport Parade" from Newark Airport—"everybody's third choice." The sketch cleverly reimagines airport security as parade announcers, introducing various colorful travelers passing through the terminal during the busiest travel week of the year.
The parade features a series of memorable characters: a couple on their "last Thanksgiving trip together" arguing about veganism ("Turkey is barely a meat!"), a gentle parenting father struggling with his clearly out-of-control "evil" child who screams "Screw you, bitch!", a woman with multiple service animals she obviously doesn't need, gay flight attendants estranged from their families for the holidays, and culminating with a drunk pilot (Jason Momoa) who flirts with TSA agent Chartreuse and admits to using the airport breastfeeding room.
The sketch brilliantly captures the chaos, stress, and absurd personalities encountered at airports during Thanksgiving travel season, all while maintaining the wholesome parade format.
