(Updated with SNL & Trump tweets, video) “Well, well, well, look who fell out of that coconut tree,” said Maya Rudolph tonight kicking off the cold open of the Season 50 premiere of Saturday Night Live. “I see you trying to leave, but the doors are locked,” added James Austin Johnson later, back as Donald Trump for another year.
With fellow alum Andy Samberg coming on as current Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff joining Rudolph’s Emmy winning Kamala Harris, and Jim Gaffigan as VP nominee Gov.
Tim Walz, it was all POTUS politics all SNL cold open tonight. Plus a few TLC moves from the current late night Veep, and SNL‘s current MVP Bowen Yang as a Radiohead quoting GOP VOP nominee Sen.
J.D. Vance were in the mix too. Tim Walz hasn’t been this excited since he got a 10% rebate on a leaf blower from a Menards #SNLPremiere pic.twitter.com/HEL9p7NDNSDoug Emhoff, second gentlemensch #SNLPremiere pic.twitter.com/E08g5htG7C Then, in a true blast from the past, Dana Carvey came on as President Joe Biden. “A lot of people forget I’m President, including me,” Carvey’s Biden quipped, and the cold open deal was sealed.
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