Former and Vice President are facing off one more time before the election − on “,” at least.
The NBC sketch comedy show’s latest cold open depicted Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) declining another presidential debate with Harris (), but agreeing to compete with her on the game show “Family Feud.” Second gentleman (), Minnesota Gov. () and President () joined Harris on the Democratic team, while the Republican team included . () and Sen. ().
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“It’s wonderful to be here, Steve,” Rudolph’s Harris told host , played by . “I love to see a man getting paid millions of dollars at his .” After Harris declared her campaign has raised $1 billion, Harvey asked how she isn’t winning by a landslide, leading the vice president to nervously laugh. “That’s a question I scream into my pillow every morning,” she said. The sketch also joked about Harris’ , with Samberg’s Emhoff saying he was “not asked” to do any interviews.
On the Republican side, Yang’s Vance announced it was refreshing to be on a show “that celebrates families, unlike the Democrats, who turned , into a gay guy who’s obsessed with !”
During the game, the contestants were asked to name something they keep in their glove compartment. After ringing in, Rudolph’s Harris gave a long-winded response about her family history before finally answering, “.” Samberg’s Emhoff, so impressed by Harris’ answer, gave the exact same response − which turned out to be on the board again (another gun).
Biden, meanwhile, was depicted by Carvey as being confused about where he was, mistakenly calling Harvey “Regis” (aka Philbin, ) and asking to buy a vowel. “I’m not the old one now, Trump is,” he said. “The only difference, I know when to walk away: about six months too late!” The sketch wrapped with Johnson’s Trump giving a rambling answer, after which Harvey yelled, “Show me dementia!”
Ariana Grande impersonates Britney Spears, Jennifer Coolidge and more on ‘SNL’
hosted the episode and showed off her spot-on celebrity impressions throughout the show. In her opening monologue, the “” star performed a song about how she won’t be singing during the episode, all while doing brief impressions of , and .
Grande also quipped during her monologue, “The last time I hosted was in 2016, and we were right on the verge of electing our first female president, so I guess second time’s the charm.”
Later, Grande got the giggles while showing off a impression the “” star talks to her reflection during a commercial for Maybelline, and saw her play in a spoof of the singer’s .
Stevie Nicks performs ‘The Lighthouse,’ ‘Edge of Seventeen’ on ‘SNL’
This week’s musical guest was Stevie Nicks, who dazzled with a performance of her .” She previously said she started writing the song after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Nicks also performed her classic song “Edge of Seventeen.”
“SNL” will return next week with .
Contributing: Jennifer McClellan
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