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Post by Admin on Oct 5, 2020 2:57:10 GMT
Saturday Night Live’s return to television last night seemed intended to project a reassuring air of normalcy. Yes, there may still be a pandemic ravaging the nation, and the president is currently in the hospital afflicted with COVID-19, but Season 46 of SNL was going to proceed much like the past 45, live from Studio 8H at 11:30 p.m. The show opened with a re-creation of Tuesday’s chaotic presidential debate; it introduced a new celebrity guest (Jim Carrey), in the recurring role of Joe Biden; and it mixed in plenty of goofy apolitical sketches alongside whatever Donald Trump zingers “Weekend Update” could rustle up. It certainly felt familiar—the show has managed to largely re-create its normal filming conditions thanks to aggressive testing protocols. But it also felt entirely inadequate. When SNL returned to our screens in the spring, at the height of the pandemic, it adapted to the strange circumstances by producing a series of episodes filmed in the cast’s homes. While the humor was spotty, the DIY nature of the production was heartwarming, oddly reaffirming SNL’s institutional status as undefeatable, even by social-distancing protocols. But the show’s return to a standard format makes clear that its brand of topical satire simply won’t be enough for the chaotic months of pandemic and election uncertainty that lie ahead of us.
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Post by Admin on Oct 25, 2020 19:49:25 GMT
Saturday Night Live" hammered President Donald Trump for his lack of a clear plan to combat the spread of COVID-19, opening with a spoof of the last presidential debate. With Alec Baldwin as Trump and Jim Carrey as former Vice President Joe Biden, the two candidates went head-to-head in the cold open. Maya Rudolph appeared as moderator Kristen Welker. After performing as the musical guest twice – for the first time at the start of her career in 2008 – singer-songwriter Adele made her hosting debut. In her opening monologue, the British star joked about her recent weight loss, saying that with new COVID traveling restrictions she could only bring "half of me, and this is the half I chose." She also gave a glimpse into the timeline for her highly-anticipated fourth studio album, explaining she's not the musical guest because her new album "isn't finished."
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Post by Admin on Nov 3, 2020 19:30:27 GMT
“How’s everybody feeling tonight, relaxed?” Jimmy Kimmel asked at the top of his final monologue before Election Day 2020. “What a great time to be alone in a house filled with giant bags of mini candy bars.” The host said he’s feeling like it’s “somewhere between Christmas Eve and the night before a liver transplant.”
“It really is unbelievable,” Kimmel said. “The fact that people are boarding up their businesses for an election should alarm us. If anyone needed any more proof that he didn’t make America great again, there’s plywood in the windows at the Wetzel’s Pretzels across the street from us.” And later, he added, “Right now, they’re erecting a massive protective fence around the White House in the event that things get crazy. Took four years, but Trump finally got his wall built.”
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Post by Admin on Nov 3, 2020 20:16:26 GMT
Late-night hosts, like Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers, addressed the coming uncertainties that Election Day as all the ballots—including mail-in ballots—are counted. But one thing is for sure, says Stephen Colbert, "we gotta dump this loser" Donald Trump.
Colbert issued a lengthier warning during his Late Show monologue Monday night. “You see," he began, "I think everyone has made up their mind — back in 2017, in fact. Have you seen Trump’s approval numbers? That’s flatter than the Black Rock Desert. You could set a land-speed record on 44 percent. So, to quote Jim Lovell from Apollo 13, ‘Isaac Newton is in the driver’s seat now.’ "
"We are in the grip of the gravitational forces of democracy, which are pulling us toward the results," he continued. "It’s like our country is a deep-space object falling toward a black hole. Either we’re going to get sucked over the event horizon into a well of corruption that not even moats can escape from, or we’ll use this gravity well to slingshot and pick up speed and go off in an entirely new direction. Maybe that planet where Baby Yoda lives. He’s cute.”
John Oliver, after making his final pre-Election Day case to vote out Trump on Last Week Tonight, became the top interview on the Late Show. He described the overwhelming feeling of voting for the first time as an American citizen, which he became in December last year.
"Scanning [the ballot] into the machine and the machine saying your vote has been counted, I nearly burst into tears," Oliver told Colbert. "That is the truth. My eyes got misty and I thought, 'I don't know if I can cry in a voting station.' "
"Twenty-four hours from now, our national nightmare... will be contested for weeks," Jimmy Kimmel said on his show. "The best way to describe how I'm feeling right now, it's somewhere between Christmas Eve and the night before a liver transplant."
Kimmel remarked that "nobody knows what's gonna happen," but that he has a solution to help American voters get through Election Night. It's called tequila.
"Tequila is an alcoholic liquid that tastes great and hits hard," Kimmel said as he joined Guillermo for a shot. "And trust me, either way this goes tomorrow night, you're gonna be glad you had some on hand."
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Post by Admin on Jan 15, 2021 19:21:06 GMT
Lisa Kudrow's character in Death to 2020 is Non-Official Spokesperson Jeanetta Grace Susan. Here are some of her most hilarious backtrack doublespeak moments that perfectly parody what politics felt like in 2020.
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