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WATCH: SNL pokes fun at Atlanta’s bid for Amazon HQ

A “Saturday Night Live” skit parodies the bids of Atlanta and other cities for Amazon’s second headquarters. Credit: YouTube
A “Saturday Night Live” skit parodies the bids of Atlanta and other cities for Amazon’s second headquarters. Credit: YouTube
By Mark Niesse
Jan 21, 2018

"Saturday Night Live" is joking about Atlanta's traffic, accents and Southern cooking after Amazon named the city as one of 20 finalists for its second headquarters.

Not even Coca-Cola, Chick-fil-A and Waffle House escaped comedians' jibes on the latest episode of "SNL."

The episode also took aim at three other cities contending for the internet retail company’s business: Boston, Miami and Newark, N.J.

Amazon is deciding where to locate as many as 50,000 employees at a headquarters that would supplement its main campus in Seattle.

About the Author

Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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