Saturday Night Live kicked off its 50th season with a series of dry jokes, gently mocking Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaigns.
The famously Democratic-leaning program has long been soft on the Biden administration and, true to form, saved its strongest blows for Donald Trump.
The sketch hardly had to do much work on its own, as it recreated the former president’s recent comments about Haitian immigrants eating dogs and cats.
At the beginning of the broadcast, Andrew Dismukes as news anchor David Muir made a joke about the ABC News debate being “skewed toward Democrats, which… sure.”
SNL alum Maya Rudolph rejoined the cast as Kamala Harris, bringing back her ‘fun aunt,’ aka the character ‘Funt,’ as a Democratic presidential candidate.
SNL alum Maya Rudolph rejoined the cast as Kamala Harris bringing back her ‘fun aunt’ aka the character ‘Funt’ as a Democratic presidential candidate.
But the hardest hits were reserved for James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump, who at a rally claimed to have noticed people heading toward the exits.
“The Funt has reset,” Rudolph said. ‘2 Funt, 2 Furious.’
Harris said she was campaigning in ‘WisconsinaPennsylvaGeorgia,’ referring to the crucial swing states needed for a Democratic victory.
“I’m very happy to campaign in whatever swing state I find myself in, which I’ll simply refer to as Wisconsin-Pennsylv-Georgia because I’m going to protect your Va-Georgia,” referring to Harris’ promise to protect the rights of the women. to an abortion.
“You see, my campaign is like the song ‘Espresso’ by Sabrina Carpenter,” Harris continued. “The lyrics are vague but the vibe is slapping.”
And he added: ‘Now, this election is about moving forward. You see, Donald Trump is stuck in the past, but it’s like I tell my husband Doug when he leaves his phone at Chili’s: “We’re not going back.”
Jim Gaffigan was next introduced as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and Gaffigan joked, “In Minnesota we have a saying: ‘Mind your own damn business.'”
“We also have another saying in Minnesota: ‘My balls froze on the park bench.’
Jim Gaffigan was next introduced as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
The broadcast saw Andrew Dismukes as news anchor David Muir making a joke about the ABC News debate being “skewed toward Democrats, which… sure.”
Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, was played by Andy Samberg, who proclaimed himself the ‘Second Gentlemensch’.
Walz boasted of his ‘BDE…great dad energy’ before showing off his Costo suit.
‘It’s personal for me. I love this country. And as a former teacher, I need the money,” he joked.
“I haven’t been this excited since I got 10 percent off a leaf blower at Menards,” Walz said. ‘Can I say I have that BDE…? Big dad energy. See what I did there?
‘I have it. I didn’t want it, but I got it,” Harris said before bringing up her husband.
“Tim’s not the only white Harris guy here today,” he joked.
Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish, was played by Andy Samberg, who proclaimed himself the “Second Gentlemensch” while joking about decorating the White House for Christmas: “The theme is Hanukkah.”
“I’ve heard what the right says about me simply because I don’t regret being a man who supports his wife: ‘Oh, he’s a beta, a wife guy, a traditional husband, a little spoon.'”
“You know what? If helping Kamala, who we call Mamala in my family, become president means being a little spoon, then you can cut my ass,” Emhoff said.
But the hardest hits were reserved for James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump, who at a rally claimed to have noticed people heading toward the exits.
‘I see you’re trying to get out, but the doors are closed!’ Johnson’s Trump said before noting how sad he was that he’s no longer running against Biden.
What we would give to have him by my side and be old! We had this in the bag, but then they made a change and changed Biden to “skubala,” he lamented.
‘They say blaming Democrats for inciting violence is the same as saying the kettle is black, but frankly, I didn’t know the kettle was black until very recently. I thought the teapot was Indian. “Then he decided to turn black,” he said, in another dig at Harris’ ethnicity.
Cast member Bowen Yang appeared on stage as Trump’s vice president, JD Vance, and Trump’s staff removed the bulletproof glass as he took the podium.
The broadcast skit then returned to the Harris rally with Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden, squinting and wandering aimlessly around the stage.
Trump then reiterated his claims about immigrants eating people’s pets.
“They’re doing crazy things with the dogs and they’re making the geese watch… They’re doing a Diddy,” he said, referring to the rapper’s recent arrest.
Cast member Bowen Yang appeared on stage as Trump’s vice president, JD Vance, and Trump’s staff removed the protective bulletproof glass as he approached.
‘Just this afternoon, he (Trump) told me, JD, you’re like a son to me because I don’t love you and I’m stuck with you. People say I’m a scoundrel, I’m a weirdo, what the hell am I doing here? I’ll tell you what I’m doing here, warming up this crowd. You guys are amazing. I want to talk about platform. It’s called project 2025 and…’
The broadcast skit then returned to the Harris rally with Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden, squinting and aimlessly wandering around the stage before becoming confused as he mixed up his words and began speaking in circles.
Biden began to get confused as he mixed up his words and began speaking in circles.
‘A lot of people forget that I’m president. Even me!’ Carvey’s Biden, right, said
‘A lot of people forget that I’m president. Even me!’ Biden said of Carvey.
Rudolph’s Harris thanked ‘J Biden’ for ‘putting the country first and handing over the reins.’
‘I didn’t want to! They forced me,” Biden said while seemingly blurting out the truth.
‘I think I did a pretty good job. I passed more bills than any president in history. Friends, we still have work to do, no joke. I’m being serious right now. Come on. Guess what, and by the way. The fact is,’ Biden said as he became increasingly confused as he mixed up his words.
Harris interrupted him: “We can end the drama-la and the trauma-la, and go relax in our pajamas,” she said before Biden interrupted her once again when he got too close to her.