SNL Comes Back With Bits On Impeachment And 2020

SNL takes on impeachment and the 2020 Democratic Presidential race.

Saturday Night Live came back last night and, as expected, the current news was a big part of the content.

First, obviously was a cold open with Alec Baldwin back as President Trump:

Then, we got Larry David back as Bernie Sanders in a bit on the 2020 race:

All of this to start off the season, and I’m sure we’ll see more of it.

Update: And since it was mentioned in the comments, here’s Weekend Update;

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Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.

Comments

  1. CSK says:

    For the past 3 years, I’ve been having a very hard time distinguishing Larry David from Bernie Sanders.

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  2. DrDaveT says:

    Surprisingly weak opening sketch. My guess is that they had so much raw material to work with, they couldn’t focus on any one part of it.

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  3. Gustopher says:

    @CSK: I would vote for Larry David’s Bernie Sanders.

  4. Teve says:
  5. CSK says:

    @Gustopher:
    He is kind of appealing, isn’t he?

    @DrDaveT:
    I was hoping for something funnier, too.

  6. @Teve:

    I’ve posted that too now.

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  7. Teve says:

    The John Wilkes Booth joke was great 🙂

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  8. JKB says:

    Did they do better than the Adam Schiff “parody”?

  9. Just nutha ignint cracker says:

    @Teve: Not a high bar to jump.