We all know the scene from “Love, Actually.” You know, the scene. The one where the guy goes to Keira Knightley’s house and confesses his love via a message written on a bunch of poster boards. We got a send-up of that scene on this week’s “Saturday Night Live,” except instead of romance it’s Hillary Clinton begging members of the electoral College not to vote for Donald Trump when they assemble on December 19. Which is very soon.
It begins with Beck Bennett and Cecily Strong have a chill upper middle class holiday evening when the doorbell rings. Strong answers the door only to find that, standing at her door, is none other than Kate McKinnon doing Hillary Clinton again. And she has an important message to say via a ridiculously lengthy sequence of poster boards. You can see the full bit at the top of this post.
“I know you’re an elector,” one card reads. “And on December 19th, you’re supposed to vote for Donald Trump.”
It’s an amicable beginning. But then it gets to the point.
“But bish…he cray,” the notes continue. Hillary then unveils a long list of ways Trump has already been horrifying since the election. It’s really long.
From there, Hillary begs for the elector to pick literally anyone else. Like, one of the cards says “vote for literally anyone else.” She suggests a few names, including, John Kasich, Tom Hanks, Zendaya, The Rock or even just a rock.
To wrap it all up, she gave one very simple reason for why the elector should dump Trump, just in case they weren’t convinced by the dozens of other cards.
“SNL” will return on January 14, with “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” star Felicity Jones as host.
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.
