William Earl In this week’s political cold open, President Biden, played by Mikey Day, hangs Halloween decorations around the Oval Office and welcomes some drop-ins, as well as topical humor.
Biden starts his decoration chat by musing that the world is now a scary place: “Wars, shooting, climate change, everything in the new Britney book,” the latter referring to the litany of revelations that came from Britney Spears‘ bestselling new memoir.
Then, Biden took to a shaky ladder, as “nothing puts people at ease like an 80-year-old man hanging Halloween decorations.” That opened the door to some “Biden is old” humor, including, “When I was a kid, ladders were cutting-edge technology.
This was like an iPad,” and, when referring to the supernatural, saying, “a lot of my closest friends are ghosts.” Then, the newly-elected Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, stopped by to visit Biden.
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