VIDEO ‘SNL’ Skits From Last Night: Watch Cold Open, Weekend Update Mocks Tom Brady
“Saturday Night Live” wasted no time poking fun at former President Donald Trump’s acquittal in his second impeachment trial. The episode was hosted by actress Regina King and featured musical guest Nathaniel Rateliff.
Aside from the impeachment, the sketch comedy show also joked about a Peloton commercial and made light of Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady.
Here are some of the notable sketches from the 12th episode of Season 46.
Cold Open
The opening sketch mocked Trump’s acquittal in his second impeachment trial, along with the Senate Republicans who voted against his conviction.
In a parodied episode of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” castmember Alex Moffat played the Fox News host. The sketch featured Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was played by Kate McKinnon, as well as Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who was played by Aidy Bryant.
Graham revealed that since the trial was over, the government could focus on more important issues like freeing Britney Spears and locking up Hillary Clinton.
Cruz reflected on Trump’s past comments in which he called the senator’s wife "ugly."
Peloton
A sketch about the popular Peloton workouts touched on consumers who don’t respond well to encouragement.
“If anyone yells that I can do one more, I will immediately get off this thing, unplug it and go smoke,” Ego Nwodim’s character said during the sketch.
Instead of offering motivational speeches, “Pelotaunt” has its virtual trainers use negative reinforcement to manipulate customers into working out.
Weekend Update
Anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che welcomed Super Bowl champion quarterback “Drunk Tom Brady,” played by Beck Bennett, on to "Weekend Update."
Beck’s character showed up slurring his words while wearing a pair of sunglasses. He also cracked open a bottle of beer on his damaged Lombardi Trophy. He went on to talk about the celebration of his Super Bowl win, which included him tossing the coveted trophy from one boat to another.
“People were surprised I was tossing this bad boy around. But the trophy has got a football on it, and I’m a quarterback, so it made sense,” Beck said. “What else am I going to do, punt it?”
Actor Regé-Jean Page will host the next episode of “Saturday Night Live” with Bad Bunny as the musical guest.
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