Nikki Glaser Fears ‘Jennifer Hudson Show’ Spirit Tunnel on ‘SNL’

“Saturday Night Live” made fun of the viral “spirit tunnel” videos from “The Jennifer Hudson Show” in a sketch during Nikki Glaser‘s episode.

The sketch was styled like an advertisement for antidepressants, beginning with shots of Glaser sadly staring through a window at the rain outside. In voiceover, a woman said, “Are you anxious? Overwhelmed? Have you stopped feeling like yourself? Are you overcome with an intense feeling of foreboding and dread? If so, you may be one of the many celebrities who are scheduled to dance through the Jennifer Hudson spirit tunnel.”

On her phone, Glaser watched TikTok videos of stars like Kathryn Hahn and Simon Cowell dancing down a hallway as the staff of “The Jennifer Hudson Show” cheers them on.

Then Glaser addressed the camera directly. “I love Jennifer Hudson, but as an uncoordinated white woman, I felt trapped. I tried practicing, but everything I came up with looked career-ending,” she said. “I even tried to put my ass into it, but I don’t have one.”

“I just kept imagining myself in that tunnel,” Glaser said, looking distressed as the “Jennifer Hudson Show” staff sang the song “Hey Mickey” — but with “Nikki” replacing “Mickey.” “It felt like there was no way out.”

Then her tone brightened. “That’s when my doctor told me about Hudsacillin,” Glaser said as the sketch cut to the pink and purple packaging of a pill. “Hudsacillin is the only medication proven to kill spirit tunnel-related symptoms. Hudsacillin works. Not by taking your anxiety away, but by making you so violently ill you have no choice but to cancel. It works fast — maybe too fast. Thirty seconds after my first dose, I was shaking on the bathroom floor, not knowing which end of me to aim at the toilet.”

“That’s because Hudsacillin is made from a gentle blend of E. Coli, influenza, C. Diff. and rancid buttermilk. I finally have my life back, and now my spot in the tunnel can go to someone who really wants it,” Glaser said as “SNL” cast member Marcello Hernandez was shown in the tunnel.

As the sketch ended, a man in voiceover said, “Hudsacillin. ‘Cause what’s the alternative? Lightening up and being fun? Good luck.”