Saturday Night Live Fortnite Sketch Is Good For Laughter Royale

The 44th season of NBC's long-running comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live took a comical look at Fortnite, with the sketch centering around a dad trying to learn the game in order to bond with his son. 

The host of last night's episode, Kylro Ren action Adam Driver, plays the father William MacTavish, who wants to learn the ins and outs of Fortnite because his son "plays the game with his stepfather Rick and [he] need to be better than Rick as soon as possible."

The sketch, as one can imagine, makes fun of the clueless parent trying to figure out what his kids are doing, as MacTavish makes his character run into walls, walk backwards, and run into his teammates all while armed with only the pickaxe. The two players stick with the hapless dad are patient as first, but eventually start to lose their cool as the sketch continues.

Driver plays the dopey dad very well, marrying exasperation with increduilty perfectly. One moment seesn MacTavish find out there are guns in Fortnite and ask "my ex-wife and Rick should have asked before they let my son play this, right?" One of his teammates responds "I'm ony 15, I shouldn't be weighing in on your martial situation."

After an adventure with a loot chest and more confusion, including the amazing line from MacTavish "Alright, 'ets get a Fortnite," the sketch ends with the groupe getting gunned down wihile our fatherly hero emotes around them.

It's a short and goofy lampooning of the age old plight of gaming parents, older folks who didn't grow up with the technology their children have access to and no idea how to deal with it. More importantly, the fact that Fortnite made it onlo Saturday Night Live, in the season premiere no less, shows just how culturally relevant the game has become. There's no ignoring Fortnite, not anymore.

For more on Fortnite check out our latest on Season 6, including how the Loot Lake Floating Island has begun moving around the map.