'SNL' American Girl Doll sketch gets uncomfortable, fast

Leave the dolls alone.
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Chance Townsend
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Saturday Night Live debuted a new advertisement sketch this week, featuring host Nikki Glaser promoting life-sized American Girl Dolls.

The premise is simple: as women grow older, their American Girl Dolls remain the same. Thus, the proposed solution is the same dolls, just taller. It’s a clever concept, if not for the twist that the men in the sketch have very different ideas about what to do with a six-foot Molly or Samantha that don’t exactly involve tea parties or historical reenactments.

If the idea of what a man would do with an adult-sized American Girl Doll immediately raises red flags, you can see where the sketch is heading. That’s what makes it both 1) funny and 2) a little alarming in how accurately it captures the likelihood that some men would outfit their American Girl XL in a crop top.

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Chance Townsend
Assistant Editor, General Assignments

Chance Townsend is the General Assignments Editor at Mashable, covering tech, video games, dating apps, digital culture, and whatever else comes his way. He has a Master's in Journalism from the University of North Texas and is a proud orange cat father. His writing has also appeared in PC Mag and Mother Jones.

In his free time, he cooks, loves to sleep, and greatly enjoys Detroit sports. If you have any tips or want to talk shop about the Lions, you can reach out to him on Bluesky @offbrandchance.bsky.social or by email at [email protected].


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