Dana Carvey's ice cream snafu with Maya Rudolph was spur-of-the-moment decision during 'SNL' cold open: “Did it in two seconds”

Guess what? And by the way — that ice cream moment between Dana Carvey and Maya Rudolph last week Saturday Night Live The cold open spoofing in the vice presidential debates was completely spontaneous.

Speaking in a recent episode Superfly The podcast, which he co-hosts with David Spade, revealed the carve snafu that resulted in him (as Joe Biden) breaking ice cream into Maya Rudolph's (as Kamala Harris) face.

“The ice cream cone was not planned,” Carvey said. “I asked the prop master to give me an ice cream cone for the dress show. And then the air show, he gave me [a] very big [one]And I didn't ask him.”

At the end of the opening sketch for the October 5 episode, Curvy's Biden crashes a viewing party hosted by Rudolph's Kamala Harris and Andy Samberg's Doug Emhoff and delivers a triple vanilla scoop of ice cream to the actress' face; He takes it in stride and doesn't try to laugh or break character.

“Live, I was just kind of gesturing,” Carvey explained. “I thought, 'That's ice cream, big gob. This is Maya's face.' And I didn't mean to hurt him, but I just – I thought of it, and did it in two seconds. So it has to put to rest all rumors and all talk.” He wasn't even aware he had a “big gob” of his own in his mouth, he told Spade.

Later in the podcast, which featured that week's host, comedian Nate Bergatze, Carvey said he wanted his Biden impression to be run “respectfully.” What started as a viral clip of him online turned into his alma mater, as he tried to “keep up.” [the impression] Funny.” Ex SNL The star, who previously played George HW Bush, called his Biden spoof a mix of the cartoon Mr. Magoo and the late actor-comic Tim Conway.

“The main thing is that it makes me laugh, and I'm definitely doing something that he doesn't,” he said. “He doesn't pop ice cream in his face. Do you know? He says no I can't believe it is not butter. I'm doing what I did with the first Bush.”