Tag Archives: SNL

SNL Roasts Sen. Katie Britt’s SOTU Response [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: Played by Scarlett Johansson, SNL’s Britt declared she was “auditioning for the part of Scary Mom” with a scene that, in line with Thursday’s address by the senator from Alabama, included family photos, a faucet and a fruit bowl on the countertop. “I’m worried about the future of our children. And this is why I’ve invited …

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SNL Roasts Trump Over E. Jean Carroll Judgment

Deadline reports: Colin Jost and Michael Che had a field day roasting Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment. The topic at the top of the show was news that Trump was ordered to pay $83 million to E. Jean Carroll in the defamation trial. “Trump is a billionaire, so obviously, he immediately hit up your grandma for …

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SNL Skewers Trump’s “Worst Lawyer” Alina Habba

The New York Times reports: After a brief introduction by Chloe Fineman, who played Alina Habba, Trump’s lawyer, (“I am new at this, and I am learning,” she said), James Austin Johnson entered as Trump and quickly dressed down his own legal representation. “You’re great on TV,” Johnson told Fineman, adding: “Maybe the worst lawyer I’ve ever had, which is …

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SNL Devotes Opening To Expulsion Of George Santos

“I’m being assaulted. This entire country has been bullying me just because I’m a proud, gay thief. But what else is new? America hates to see a Latina queen winning. “Since the day I was elected, it’s been a witch hunt, but if I’m guilty of anything it’s for loving too much/fraud. One of America’s favorite sons, me, has been …

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SNL’s George Santos: “I Invented Being Gay” [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: Bowen Yang’s remaining opportunities to play Santos on “S.N.L.” are surely dwindling as the congressman faces another vote to expel him from the House. If this appearance on Weekend Update was Yang’s swan song in the role, he gave it his all as he explained — in typical over-the-top fashion — why he spent campaign …

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SNL Runs Supercut Of Trump’s “Strong Men Crying” Lies

Mediaite reports: On the popular Weekend Update segment with Colin Jost and Michael Che, this week featured a montage of clips starring Trump talking about people crying over him that was longer than you’d expect. He does it a lot. “In an interview, Donald Trump claimed that New York police and court employees were crying when they arrested him. Why …

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SNL’s Donald Trump Crashes The Last Supper [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” opened its latest episode with an Easter-themed sketch that had former President Donald Trump crashing The Last Supper and comparing his recent indictment to the persecution of Jesus. “Alas, one of you will betray me,” said Jesus, played by Mikey Day. “It is foretold. And though I have committed no …

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SNL Takes On Tennessee’s Thirsty Lt Governor [VIDEO]

The Huffington Post reports: Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally (played by Molly Kearney), who made multiple comments on a gay 20-year-old man’s racy Instagram photos despite support for bills targeting LGBTQ people, said he’d support “any man who puts his body online for others” in a “Weekend Update” parody on “SNL.” The mock governor told “Weekend Update” co-host Colin Jost …

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Woody Harrelson Delivers Anti-Vax Riff On SNL [VIDEO]

“So the movie goes like this. The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes. And people can only come out if they take the cartel’s drugs and keep taking them over and over. I threw …

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SNL’s Drag George Santos Crashes Fox Sports Show

Rolling Stone reports: “George Santos here reporting live from the Super Bowl,” began Bowen Yang, wearing a sweater not unlike the one that Santos was pictured in on his first day in office. “Congrats on an amazing career,” said James Austin Johnson as NFL on Fox commentator Jimmie Johnson. “I didn’t even know you played football, but I’m seeing here …

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SNL’s Cold Open Scorches Kari “Vaseline” Lake [VIDEO]

Deadline reports: As Rupert Murdoch-owned outlets noticeably pinned the blame for the Republicans’ midterm losses on Donald Trump, Saturday Night Live spoofed Fox & Friends as its tried to break the news to the former Celebrity Apprentice host that he was no longer their favorite guest. The highlight of the skit was Strong’s return playing Lake, the former TV anchor …

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Tom Hanks Revives David S. Pumpkins On SNL [VIDEO]

Deadline reports: He is back! Saturday Night Live‘s hugely popular Halloween character David S. Pumpkins, played by 10-time host Tom Hanks, returned to the show after a lengthy hiatus. He did it in a prison ride skit, in which Pumpkins and his trusty dancing skeletons, played once again by Mikey Day and SNL alum Bobby Moynihan, mix it up with …

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SNL Takes On Leaked Supreme Court Draft [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: “Saturday Night Live” dug deep for its opening sketch this weekend, far into the text of a leaked draft opinion indicating that the Supreme Court has voted to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision, at the section where the draft opinion’s author, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., cites legal theory from 13th century England. As …

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SNL’s Pete Davidson Bows Out Of Blue Origin Flight

The Associated Press reports: Pete Davidson has bowed out of a short ride to space on a Jeff Bezos rocket. The “Saturday Night Live” star is no longer able to make the flight, which has been delayed for nearly a week, Bezos’ space travel company said Thursday night. The company announced earlier this week that Davidson would be one of …

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SNL’s Pete Davidson To Be Passenger On Bezos’ Rocket

CNN Business reports: Pete Davidson will become the latest celebrity to fly to space with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, in a brief, suborbital flight slated for later this month. The company announced Monday morning that Davidson, the Saturday Night Live star who’s become a pillar of entertainment intrigue amid his relationship with Kim Kardashian, will fly alongside five …

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SNL Roasts Fox Hosts For Defending Russia [VIDEO]

USA Today reports: The cold open featured a Fox News special titled “Ukrainian Invasion Celebration Spectacular” with hosts Laura Ingraham (Kate McKinnon) and Tucker Carlson (Alex Moffat). The Fox News anchors kicked off the show by attempting to apologize for calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “pathetic” and reducing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a “border dispute,” respectively, by hosting a …

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SNL Opens Show With Song By NYC Ukrainian Chorus

USA Today reports: “Saturday Night Live” did not go for laughs kicking off its first show after hiatus with host John Mulaney on Feb. 26. After the Russian invasion of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, intensified Saturday, “SNL” paid solemn tribute to the people of Ukraine with a powerful choral version of “Prayer for Ukraine” during the normally raucous cold open …

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SNL’s Jeanine Pirro Hails “Lovable Scamp” Rittenhouse

The New York Daily News reports: “Lovable scamp” Kyle Rittenhouse was the real victim, according to the fake Jeannine Pirro on this week’s “Saturday Night Live.” The 18-year-old acquitted Friday of killing two people in Kenosha, Wisc., last summer and injuring another was “put through a nightmare of a trial just for doing the bravest thing any American can do: …

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SNL Riffs On Ted Cruz’s Battle With Big Bird [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: “Saturday Night Live” took sides in the culture wars between Democrats and Republicans when it mocked Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for picking a fight with “Sesame Street” character Big Bird, a fictional 6-year-old. On “SNL,” Aidy Bryant’s version of the senator hosted a show, “Cruz Street,” on the imaginary Newsmax Kids channel. The show’s vision of “Cruz …

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Trump Wanted DOJ To Stop SNL From Mocking Him

The Daily Beast reports: According to two people familiar with the matter, Trump had asked advisers and lawyers in early 2019 about what the Federal Communications Commission, the courts systems, and—most confusingly to some Trump lieutenants—the Department of Justice could do to probe or mitigate SNL, Jimmy Kimmel, and other late-night comedy mischief-makers. To those who heard it, Trump’s inquiries …

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