Shakopee Mayor Brad Tabke Sends Thank You to Saturday Night Live

was able to take a break over the weekend from getting the city of Shakopee into the limelight.

Instead,  with a skit featuring a fictional radio station in Shakopee.

To show his appreciation, Tabke has sent SNL creator and Executive Producer Lorne Michaels a letter of thanks and appreciation, "for putting Shakopee in the national spotlight, even if it means a few well deserved laughs at our expense," he said.

"The fact that they selected Shakopee, Minnesota, of all random places and researched our actual schools is very exciting to those of us in this growing and thriving community," Tabke said.

President Angie Whitcomb shared in the Mayor’s sentiment.

“We would love for folks to come to Shakopee and see that it’s not just snow drifts and blinking stoplights," she said referring to language in the skit. "We are home to amusement park, horse racing track and some of the best golf courses the nation has to offer.” 

Whitcomb did take a tongue-in-cheek exception to one thing from the skit – namely that in the skit local schools had closed due to a snowstorm.

“Shakopee schools rarely close," she said. "We’re tough, grizzled and don’t let a few inches of snow get in the way of our early work day!"

This isn’t the first time SNL has poked fun at the land of 10,000 lakes. SNL star and cast member Kristen Wiig has a reoccurring role on the show as the “Target Lady.” 

Tabke and a small team made headlines in January after making a bid to build a . He has also said he wants Shakopee to be known as the entertainment capitol of the state, if not the region.

See the SNL skit here.