Once again, Rachel Dratch appeared as Debbie Downer on Saturday Night Live (SNL) with precautions of the worldwide epidemic, Coronavirus, COVID-19 on 7 March 2020. Rachel reprised her famous character at a wedding reception with a heavy-duty gas mask, where the guests, including Daniel Craig, Kenan Thompson, and Aidy Bryant, also appeared.
During the show, she attempted to eat the bread roll with the mask on, but Aidy Bryant assured her that none of the attendants were sick. She responded to Aidy with an alert:
"Well, unfortunately, with COVID-19, you can display no symptoms and still be wildly contagious. "They say to forego masks, but good luck nabbing one when we're facing a worldwide pandemic."
After sharing the gifts to the bride and groom, Debbie discussed on the political topics, regarding the United States President Donald Trump.
Who Is Debbie Downer? Origin Of Term 'Debbie Downer'
Debbie Downer is a fictional character created by Rachel Dratch herself back in 2004. With the character, Rachel first appeared on SNL back on 1 May 2004 with a guest host, Lindsay Lohan.
Along with her and Lindsay, Jimmy Fallon, Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, and Horatio Sanz played the role of five members in a family. As being characterized as Debbie Downey, she (Rachel) usually gets involved in diluting the scene with bad/negative comments.
Apart from that, Debbie Downer (Rachel) has shared many moments with the SNL family, including moments like birthday parties and other parody contents based on contemporary culture as well as politics.
Debbie Downer with Jimmy Fallon on Saturday Night Live (©: NBC/medium.com)
Well, as a definition, Debbie Downer is considered a slang phrase, which means a person who always adds negative feelings and bad news that lowers the mood of any group or gathering. The term 'Downer' was first used in 1886 when other words like zoom, ultrahazardous, scrappily, milkshake, mascara, and pasteurization were introduced.
The casual definition of the term 'Downer' simply is the things that are not uplifting.
Rachel Dratch (Debbie Downer)'s Quotes
As portraying the fictional character of Debbie Downer, Rachel has been an inseparable part of Saturday Night Live (SNL) throughout the years. Along with her role, she is recognized for her quotes in the show. Some are listed below:
• I had always wanted to be on SNL, it's not always great, but it's this leftover childhood dream.
• If you have an impulse, not if you're going to ruin someone else's scene, if you have an impulse of a funny little add-on or taking something in a weird direction, try it.
• I could see myself in some sort of pioneer bonnet, it's my childhood fantasy, but I think I look too Jewish for the prairie.
• I think for anyone - male or female - in improv, the biggest thing to get over is the fear. I think every improviser has that.
• If it gets laughs, it's funny.