Is Trump’s America theme park of “Westworld”? This week’s “Saturday Night Live” asked that question, focusing on a panel of CNN political pundits and Anderson Cooper (Alex Moffat returning to that impersonation) as they reacted to the past week’s headlines revolving around Donald Trump. You can see it above.
With an assortment of media personalities from both left and right, all “SNL” cast, of course, Moffat’s Anderson Cooper threw out topics, and received the same slew of replies each time with only slight variations. The order went something like this:
“Okay, you know what? this is not normal.”
“This is crazy!”
“This isn’t like when [horrible Trump thing that was discussed last round].”
At first, the skit seemed like a standard “SNL” jab at the roundabout ways that pundits often argue with little result or mutual understanding. But then the pundits began to malfunction and stop working. As they froze up and stared blankly forward at the audience, a repair crew walked out to survey the damage.
“Okay, which one’s malfunctioning?” asked one cast member in a hazmat-style suit — revealing that the true punch line That’s one way to pull one over on your audience: take shots at politics and go extra dark with the latest HBO hit series.
Here's Every Time Alec Baldwin Was Donald Trump on SNL This Season (Videos)
"SNL" held off on starting its 42nd season until the first presidential debate aired, and it turned out to be the right move. Baldwin replaced Darrell Hammond as the man to play Trump, and his act quickly went viral.
A week later, Baldwin did the first of several encore performances, starting with a sketch in which he responded to the tapes of Trump's infamous comments to Billy Bush.
Baldwin then got a chance to be a bit more physical when he and McKinnon parodied the Town Hall debate, which featured a cameo from Bobby Moynihan as Ken Bone.
In that same episode, Baldwin also had an appearance in a digital short parodying Beyonce's "Lemonade," in which Trump's ladies strike back after all his antics.
Then Baldwin and McKinnon did one more debate parody, which featured Tom Hanks as Fox News anchor/debate moderator Chris Wallace.
In the final "SNL" episode before Nov. 8, Baldwin finally broke character and ran out with McKinnon to detox from the ugliness of the campaign with the help of some fellow Americans in Times Square.
But while Baldwin's run has been widely hailed, there's one guy who didn't like it: his own brother and avid Trump supporter, Stephen Baldwin. Here's what he had to say about Alec's bit after the final debate in Las Vegas.
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Alec Baldwin’s weekly Trump parodies on ”SNL“ this season have been so good it almost made this tire fire election seem worth it
"SNL" held off on starting its 42nd season until the first presidential debate aired, and it turned out to be the right move. Baldwin replaced Darrell Hammond as the man to play Trump, and his act quickly went viral.
