“Saturday Night Live” kicked off by resolving some of the most important stories of the week, including the controversial Kyle Rittenhouse judgment and climate change.
This episode is hosted by actor Liu Simu, with music guest Saviti as the guest.In addition to the headlines, the series also took time to remember a late “SNL” star.
Check out some of the famous sketches from the seventh episode of “Saturday Night Live” season 47.
Cold open
The NBC comedy sketch series kicked off that night and made several big headlines last week, including Rittenhouse’s verdict, Kevin McCarthy and Trump’s rants.
In a parody of the Fox News program, the anchor Jenny Pirro played by Cecily Strong started the show by defending the verdict and Rittenhouse.
She said: “This lovely villain went through a nightmare trial just because he did the bravest thing Americans can do-protect the old cars in other people’s towns.”
Judge Bruce Schroeder, played by Mitch Day, also joined her. He had a slight mistake in his preference for Rittenhouse. “These are all standard procedures,” he said.
“That’s why I ordered the prosecution not to use the word’victim’. They are thugs, they were not shot, they were screwed up. This did not give my clients any unfair advantage.”
Strong interrupted and pointed out his mistake. “You said,’My client.’ Are you talking about the defendant?” she asked.
“Oh, yes, of course. I always do this,” Dai replied.
Pirro also praised McCarthy, who gave an 8-hour and 32-minute speech from Thursday night to Friday morning, temporarily delaying the passage of the $1.9 trillion “Rebuild Better Act”.
Then, she invited former President Trump, who ranted on various topics, including the border wall, Chris Christie, Dua Lipa, and Bill Maher.
Weekend update
this “SNL” The weekend update was interviewed by Mother Earth, played by Eddie Bryant, who discussed the amazing rise in global temperature.
When Jost suggested that new technologies might help combat climate change, Mother Earth did not seem to be hopeful.
“I think all I see is a divorced nerd trying to colonize Mars. Honestly, I know Mars. She is a hot, dry, and windy prostitute,” Bryant continued.
Jost tried to be optimistic about improving climate change. Kobe praised this and pointed out that she would miss humans “after you burn.”
Before the end of this part, Mother Earth shared some things she wanted humans to know. “I am your mother. I care about you. I love you. This can be done in one of two ways: you help me, or I am going to kill you. Mom is going to kill you. No, I’m kidding. I Love you guys,” she shared.
Bryant added sarcastically, “I think the company will really help you.”
Tribute to Peter Aykroyd
The series used a special moment to pay tribute to Peter Aykroyd, who is a former “SNL” featured player and writer. The tribute features the image of Aykroyd, who died on Saturday, as well as the year of his birth (November 19, 1955) and the year of his death. Participated in the NBC comedy sketch show in 1979, is the younger brother of comedian Dan Aykroyd.
Peter Ackroyd played Joe in the short film “Java Junkie” and appeared in movies and TV shows including “Coneheads”, “The Blues Brothers” and “PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal”.
On Twitter, “SNL” shared “Java Junkie” besides Peter Aykroyd on their official Twitter account.
After the latest episode, “Saturday Night Live” Will be suspended for three weeks. When he returns on December 11, Billie Eilish will assume the dual role of host and music guest.
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