Has Kamala Harris Seen the ‘Road Work Ahead’ Vine?

Last night, Kamala Harris made a last-minute stop on Saturday Night Live to get out the vote one more time. The SNL digital team also helped out by getting her and Maya Rudolph to ask people to Pokémon GO ex-Vine-star-turned-YouTubeer to the polls. Rudolph and Harris did the viral “We Are Not the Same Person” sound on TikTok, despite very much the same person, dramaturgically. Let’s break this whole thing down.

Who are Drew and Danny?

That would be Drew Gooden and Danny Gonzalez. Both made the pivot from Vine to YouTube, both have cameos in the iconique Eddy Burback/Ted Nivison Margaritaville/Rainforest Cafe series. They kind of look similar (with similar wives). They both appeared in the Camp Unplug webseries.

And you are telling me they are not the same person?

Correct. Gooden was first famous for his “Road Work Ahead” Vine, a scathing commentary on Obama era infrastructural decay. Gonzalez stood apart in the Vine ecosphere by using special effects. In 2019, they released a single to hammer the point home.

Does Kamala Harris know who either of these people are?

Come on now.

What about Maya Rudolph?

Okay this is distinctly possible. One of Rudolph’s besties, Amy Poehler is a certified TikTok freak. Poehler would have certainly heard the sound, but would she have investigated further? And would she have shared her findings with Rudolph? We may never know. Feels like a maybe!

So this is like when Kamala was “brat” but nobody, especially news anchors, knew what that meant?

Oh yeah, this is exactly like that.

Have Drew and Danny responded?

Drew Gooden posted SNL’s reel on IG stories, writing “when we recorded this song in 2019 I always knew it would be lip synched by the vice president one day.”