The bizarre saga of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in Oregon is a vivid memory for locals who were here and lived through the arrival of the Rajneeshees, Ma Anand Sheela, the poisonings in Wasco County, and more. The Netflix documentary series "Wild Wild Country" has been spreading the strange-but-true story to Netflix viewers since it began streaming on March 16.

On Saturday's "Saturday Night Live," the Rajneeshees got some new pop culture exposure, thanks to "Wild Wild Country." In a filmed parody of the six-part docuseries, "SNL" cast members past and present appeared in a bit that had fun with the documentary's new interviews of Sheela, Bhagwan true believers, rural Oregonians and, in a goofy new addition, Kenan Thompson as a guy who joined the cult just so he could get in on the sex action.

Former "SNL" cast member Nasim Pedrad made an amazingly convincing present-day Sheela, talking about "the people of Oregon" being so "blinded by their bigotry that they couldn't even witness the miracle that was happening right in front of them."

Thompson's horndog, on the other hand, remembered everybody getting "naked" and wiggling their body parts, and him confusing the crimson-clad Rajneeshees for members of the Bloods gang.

-- Kristi Turnquist

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