Saturday Night Live fans have declared that the show destroyed Kamala Harris with a hilarious sketch of her drinking wine while watching the vice presidential debate.
The second episode of the season began with a cold open that showed Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris and Andy Samberg’s Douglas Emhoff sitting down to watch the debate on the couch at home.
Rudolph’s Harris becomes increasingly stressed as he watches the debate and says he wishes he had chosen Josh, the brand of wine for his favorite drink.
She smashes her glass while Jim Gaffigan’s goofy Tim Walz imitates the real-life Walz by botching the line: “I’ve made friends with school shooters.”
Viewers shared on social media that they loved the parody and were happy to see SNL making fun of the Democratic nomination.
‘SNL has OFFICIALLY turned on Kamala!! Absolutely BRUTAL!!’ said one person.
Saturday Night Live fans declared that the show destroyed Kamala Harris with a hilarious sketch of her.
The second episode of the season began with a cold open that showed Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris and Andy Samberg’s Douglas Emhoff sitting down to watch the VP debate.
“Finally, SNL gets back to non-partisan comedy. I love this,” said another.
A third person said: “You know things are bad when left-liberal Saturday Night Live mocks the Harris-Walz campaign.”
‘OMG, SNL really made fun of them! They know it’s cooked, so that’s it,” a fourth person said.
Others appreciated the moment when Dana Carvey’s Joe Biden later arrives at Harris’ house to give her some advice.
Biden is portrayed as clumsy as he appears with his trademark ice cream cone and general confusion.
‘Opening sketch —fun! ‘Fox News has been more complimentary of President Biden!’ said one person.
“Wow, you know the left is in trouble when SNL actually does comedy,” said another.
The parody poked fun at how reverential JD Vance, played by Bowen Yang, and Walz were during Tuesday night’s debate, while also poking fun at the Democratic presidential candidate.
“I feel good tonight,” Harris says of Rudolph. ‘We have momentum. Liz Cheney is about to endorse me and Bruce Springsteen. ‘Cause honey, I was born to run,” he jokes, quoting a line from one of The Boss’ legendary songs.
They proceeded to heat up the vice presidential debate with SNL’s Heidi Gardner and Chloe Fineman playing CBS News debate moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan, respectively.
As questions begin in the mock debate, moderators Gardner’s O’Donnell and Fineman’s Brennan ask Gaffigan’s Walz: ‘Governor Walz. He claimed that he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre when he was at his home in Minnesota. Can you explain that?
Gaffigan’s Walz responds: ‘I think what happened is I went to Epcot. You can travel all over the world, and I had a couple in the Germany section and I thought I went to China. Anyway, I’m an idiot.
Back at the Harris residence, Rudolph’s Harris begins to show concern for his running mate.
“Okay, okay, he’s out there and he’s doing his thing, whatever that may be.” Says Doug Emhoff of Andy Samberg. ‘Do you want to watch something less stressful like the Menendez brothers’ show?’ ask.
Rudolph’s Harris suggests they rewatch her presidential debate against Donald Trump. —Remember when I said his crowds were small and I broke his brain?
Samberg’s Emhoff tries to calm Harris’ fears of Rudolph. “It’s not like I’m going to say anything crazy,” he says.
But Samberg’s Emhoff curses Gaffigan’s Walz, who gets it wrong: “I’ve made friends with school shooters,” he shouts, imitating a line during the debate that he got wrong.
In what were probably the most memorable moments of the sketch, the two vice presidential candidates find “common ground” and can be seen on screen looking into each other’s eyes.
The skit poked fun at how reverential JD Vance, played by Bowen Yang, and Walz, played by Jim Gaffigan, were during Tuesday night’s debate.
Others appreciated the moment when Dana Carvey’s Joe Biden later arrives at Harris’ house to give her some advice.
During the play, the two are seen saying the same thing at the exact same time while looking at each other.
‘Why are they friends? Why are they vibrating?’ exclaims Harris, played by Rudolph.
Gaffigan’s Walz is then allowed a few more seconds to speak and attempts a “Hail Mary,” referencing a soccer term to score some points before time runs out in the game.
“I have to get some points on the board here, so I’ll throw in a shout out Maria.” Senator, will you admit that Donald Trump lost the election? ask.
“Tim, I’m focused on the future,” Yang’s Vance responds, deftly deflecting the question.
‘Bump, it’s good!’ praises Gaffigan’s Walz.
Back at the Harris house, Rudolph’s Harris expresses relief that Walz made it through the debate.
‘This is a great victory. It didn’t make any difference,’ he said.