Warning: This article contains links to a video containing expletives.
A group of Vancouver comedians parodied massive crowds gathered on Granville strip this Halloween and Dr. Bonnie Henry, who tightened the reins on gatherings in Vancouver after a recent spike in COVID-19 cases.
In the YouTube video entitled "Halloween Superspreader Granville Street Massacre Party 2020," the character who played Henry shows the spoofed doc unable to maintain composure in light of the partiers.
“Well, well, well. You’ve done did it again, didn’t cha?” The character says calmly during the remake of the Saturday briefing.
“As of 10 p.m. tonight, we’re going into lockdown.”
Henry, as played by Vancouver sketch comedy artist Jody Lubin, then erupts into a state of unbridled rage.
“What are you going to sit on the couch for another f–king two weeks?! A–holes.”
Smashed Potato Kids (SPK), Vancouver brothers Jessey and Cody Nelson, and Filip Zivanovic produced the video.
Henry praised by Vancouver comedians
Jessey told Vancouver Is Awesome on Thursday that the sketch was filmed the same day the provincial health officer announced a two-week ban on gatherings of any kind – other than with immediate household members.
By that time, Henry had reported an all-time high of 567 new COVID-19 cases in the previous 24-hour period.
“We are on her team,” Jessey said about the Nov. 7 briefing, and resulting health order.
“Maybe she’ll let us make the next one," the comedian joked.
