(The following contains spoilers for “Stranger Things” season 2. That’s just a joke, actually, much like the “SNL” sketch I’m about to describe.)
“SNL” set its sights on the hit Netflix series “Stranger Things” this week, presenting what it referred to as a sneak peak at what season 2 has in store.
The sketch opened with an intro from the faux-Duffer Brothers, the creators of “Stranger Things,” promising that “next season we’re solving some of the first season’s biggest mysteries,” such as the nature of the “upside down” alternate dimension and the ultimate fate of fan favorite character Barb.
But this sketch isn’t about either of those things. Instead, it asks a completely different question: “where is that black kid’s family?” You can see the sketch above.
Said black kid’s parents, played by Kenan Thompson and Leslie Jones, pop us as the kids are out in the woods searching for the monster from the upside down. And they aren’t having any of this nonsense.
It’s like the normal world but it’s scarier, there’s danger every turn,” Lucas attempts to explain.
“baby, people who look like us already live in the upside down,” Jones replies.
Let me put it to you this way, Lucas,” Thompson chimes in. “you don’t have to go looking for scary stuff, it’s going to find you.”
We also get Kate McKinnon popping up as the weird little girl known as Eleven, who attempts to stop Lucas’s parents from making him go home with her telekinesis powers but lets them go when Jones threatens to “take these five fingers across your scary ass.”
They also, topically, throw their hands in the air when the police chief shows up to help the kids out.
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.
