‘SNL’ Host Dave Chappelle Plays A Secret Criminal Forced To Evacuate During L.A. Wildfires​on January 19, 2025 at 5:36 am

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.

After Weekend Update, SNL included a plug for the So Cal Fire Fund.