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“Saturday Night Live” is ready to strike a brand new tone in its first episode since his election victory because it marks a second term for Donald Trump.
Standup comedian and actor Bill Burr will host for the second time, with Mk.gee as musical guest.
But most eyes will probably be on the NBC sketch institution's cold opening and the signal it sends about what 4 more years will mean for the widely liberal-leaning show, apart from a everlasting job for solid member James Austin Johnson , which does an impression of Trump, has grow to be definitive.
In the primary five episodes of the fiftieth season, which saw a rankings surge, the show's openings made Vice President Kamala Harris — played by recurring solid member Maya Rudolph — the central star, culminating last week in an appearance by Harris herself culminated Dizzying pre-election energy is within the air.
This Saturday evening could possibly be a little bit less live.
After Trump's first election victory in 2016 Kate McKinnonwho played Hillary Clinton on the show, appeared because the losing contestant on the piano and sang an almost entirely somber and serious version of Leonard Cohen's “Hallelujah,” changing just one verse from the preferred versions of the song.
“And even though everything has gone wrong, I will stand before the Lord of the song with nothing on my tongue but 'Hallelujah,'” McKinnon sang in what became a nationwide moment of catharsis for the losing side.
After he finished, McKinnon said in a shaking voice, “I'm not giving up and neither should you,” before delivering the obligatory “Live from New York, it's Saturday night!”
Standup comedian Dave Chappelle hosted this episode. In one skit, he and one other black comedian, Chris Rock, watched the election results with white liberals who, unlike their black guests, were shocked by the outcomes.
“This is the most shameful thing America has ever done,” says white actor Beck Bennett at the tip. Rock and Chapel Then we take a look at one another and burst out laughing.
Chappelle also hosted the post-election show “SNL” in 2020, but this time that honor goes to a different comedian, Burr, who’s currently on a serious stand-up tour and can appear in a revival this spring with Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk “Glengarry Glen Ross” will appear on Broadway,
Burr's politics are best described as furiously centrist, no less than as reflected in his comedy and frequent guest appearances on podcasts and talk shows. But apart from the fake news of “Weekend Update,” the show tends to veer away from politics after its opening.
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