The fact that “Saturday Night Live” is on hiatus didn’t stop Kate McKinnon from doing a little sketch during her appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” in which she reprised her Jeff Sessions impression.
“Oath. Oath is such a strong word,” she said, spoofing Sessions’ Senate testimony on Tuesday. “Now, when I said oath, I thought I was saying oats in one of those lisp-y Barcelona accents.”
She continued, “As for [former F.B.I. director] Jim Comey, he asked me to keep Trump outta his way, right? And they’re saying I didn’t respond. But the truth is I didn’t hear ‘em ’cause, now, this guy was about 6-foot-8 and I had heard a sound above my head. I thought it was a cicada.”
Sessions appeared Tuesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee to discuss possible Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election. Sessions said in his testimony that although both he and the Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were present at an event in Washington, D.C., he did not actually exchange words with the Ambassador or any other Russian officials.
“I only met him two times,” McKinnon joked as Sessions in regards to the meeting. “Three times. Okay, three times, but the third, the third time was in a men’s restroom and we were just talkin’ about what a trial it is to get soap outta those electric soap dispensers.”
McKinnon told Meyers that she enjoyed playing Sessions more than Kellyanne Conway because “there is a joyfulness with which he proceeds.”
“He’s got this funny little mouth,” she explained. “I could always do this funny thing with my lip. I’ve been trying to use it and then he popped up into the world and I thought, ‘oh my gosh, I’m going to use it!’
McKinnon will next star in “Rough Night” alongside Scarlett Johansson, Zoe Kravitz and Ilana Glazer, which opens Friday.
11 Hilarious 'SNL' Election Sketches, From Scheming Reagan To 'Yuge' Bernie Sanders (Videos)
If there's one good thing about this chaotic election, it's that it has given the comedians of America an endless well of material. "Saturday Night Live" has certainly dug into that well, with plenty of skits poking fun at Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump (the latter of which, ironically, hosted last year). Here are some of the best "SNL" sketches from this election, along with classics from elections past, starting with Alec Baldwin's parody of Donald Trump in the first presidential debate.
If you asked someone to name an "SNL" election sketch, they will likely come up with Tina Fey's famous 2008 parody of Sarah Palin. Fey's quip about how Palin could see Russia from her house immediately entered the zeitgeist and became one of the most famous "SNL" jokes ever.
Eight years later, "Fey-lin" made her return to "SNL" in a sketch that parodied Palin's endorsement of Donald Trump at a rally in Iowa.
Imagine an alternate universe where Al Gore won the 2000 election. Well, Al Gore himself is here to show you what kind of speech he would have made as our 43rd president. Don't worry about George W. Bush. He landed a nice cushy job as the commissioner of Major League Baseball.
When Amy Poehler left "SNL," Kate McKinnon was tasked with taking up her job as the show's Hillary Clinton impersonator. Last year, the two reunited for a very special Clinton Christmas sketch that highlighted the duo's different approaches to impersonating the Democratic candidate. .
For "SNL," the breakout performance of this election has been Larry David and his impersonation of Bernie Sanders. The finest example of his work is "Bern Your Enthusiasm," where David gets to combine the two roles that have made him one of the biggest stars of 2016.
Plenty of late-night shows have done parodies of Beyonce's "Lemonade," but "SNL" nailed it with "Melanianade," a sketch where Melania Trump and several more of the women in Trump's life warn him to not take them for granted
Several actors have impersonated George W. Bush on "SNL," but the most famous by far is Will Ferrell's version. Here's a recent skit in which Ferrell shows Dubya announcing his endorsement for president.
In 2012, Taran Killam starred in a digital short parodying undecided voters. This election, he was featured in a spiritual sequel that went after people who would be checking the box next to Trump's name.
Alec Baldwin has been putting good work in as a guest star over the last couple of months with a dead-on impersonation of Donald Trump for the cold open sketches. Here's one of Baldwin stalking Hillary Jaws-style in a parody of the town hall debate.
Finally, here's McKinnon again in a Hillary Clinton ad that tries to reach out to millennials disappointed that Bernie Sanders didn't win.
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Tina Fey, Darrell Hammond, and Kate McKinnon have made a name for themselves on ”SNL“ by making fun of America’s democratic process
If there's one good thing about this chaotic election, it's that it has given the comedians of America an endless well of material. "Saturday Night Live" has certainly dug into that well, with plenty of skits poking fun at Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump (the latter of which, ironically, hosted last year). Here are some of the best "SNL" sketches from this election, along with classics from elections past, starting with Alec Baldwin's parody of Donald Trump in the first presidential debate.
