Volkswagen is bringing again The Californians sketch forward of SNL’s fiftieth Anniversary.
The automobile model, which can be a presenting sponsor for SNL50, debuted a brand new spot Thursday bringing again members of the well-known sketch and cleaning soap opera parody, together with Fred Armisen, Invoice Hader and Kristin Wiig, as a part of the launch for its new electrical van, the ID.Buzz.
Within the spot, which debuts Thursday, Hader and Wiig meet up for a romantic second on Malibu Seashore, with their sturdy SoCal accents intact, solely to be interrupted by Armisen pulling up in a van. Amid dramatic zoom-ins on all of the characters, and discussions of the varied highways taken to reach there, the characters discuss by the varied specs of the brand new van and picture the subsequent L.A. freeway they might journey on.
Saturday Night time Stay writers have been concerned within the artistic and the spot, stated Rachael Zaluzec, CMO and SVP of buyer expertise and model advertising at Volkswagen of America, and the unique costumes from the sketch have been utilized in filming the business. California and this sketch particularly have been chosen due to the cultural tie-in with the Volkswagen van.
“I feel we all the time had our eyes set on California, and so when SNL got here again and urged it. It’s simply such an important pairing,” Zaluzec stated.
“The concept for ‘The Californians’ sketch was impressed by a bit we used to do at SNL, the place we’d clarify how we bought to locations in L.A. Now, greater than a decade later, it was nice to have everybody again collectively once more and I really feel honored that these characters proceed to have a good time our love for California, particularly after every thing this group has been by,” Hader stated.
“By no means laughed so laborious. Being with Fred and Invoice it was laborious to get by a take. Additionally having the SNL crew there simply created such a loving environment. I like these characters and seeing them reunite for Volkswagen,” Wiig stated.