--- description: Rachel Bloom does a killer Katherine Hepburn doing Bugs Bunny. title: Rachel Bloom Does an Excellent Katharine Hepburn Bugs Bunny image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Rachel Bloom’s _Saturday Night Live_ Audition From 2012 by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2016 2:56 PM CUT by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2016 2:56 PM CUT _Saturday Night Live_ is fielding [host nominations](https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/771093622389346304 "undefined"), and [Rachel Bloom](http://time.com/4068058/rachel-bloom-crazy-ex-girlfriend/ "undefined") shared her old hilarious audition tape on Thursday night. The [_Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_](http://time.com/4185470/crazy-ex-girlfriend-rachel-bloom-spanx-diversity-cw/ "undefined") actor is dead serious about wanting to host, if only to bust out her impression of the legendary actor Katharine Hepburn’s audition for her most time-honored role ever: Bugs Bunny in _Space Jam_. Why the show didn’t consider Bloom’s tape more seriously is a mystery given the show’s love of all things [outerspace](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAxJg74NbwA "undefined"). **Quiz:** [_We Can Guess Your Major Based on Your Style_](http://motto.time.com/4461770/whats-my-major-based-on-my-style/ "undefined") Watch her doing an intense Hepburn doing an intense Bugs Bunny begging for Michael Jordan’s help below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4477509/rachel-bloom-saturday-night-live-audition-tape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4477509/rachel-bloom-saturday-night-live-audition-tape/"},"headline":"Watch Rachel Bloom’s Saturday Night Live Audition From 2012","datePublished":"2016-09-02T14:56:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:10.041Z","description":"People are loving her for this","url":"https://time.com/4477509/rachel-bloom-saturday-night-live-audition-tape/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrities","Saturday Night Live"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4477509/rachel-bloom-saturday-night-live-audition-tape/","name":"Watch Rachel Bloom’s Saturday Night Live Audition From 2012"}}]}] ```