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Saturday Night time Reside took one other swing on the 2024 presidential election of their newest episode, however this time with a twist—bringing the talk chaos to the set of Household Feud, hosted by none aside from Steve Harvey, performed as at all times by Kenan Thompson.
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Within the skit, which was a part of SNL‘s fiftieth anniversary season, Harvey moderates a wild recreation of “Democrats vs. Republicans.” On Group Democrat, Maya Rudolph returns as Kamala Harris, alongside Andy Samberg as Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Jim Gaffigan as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and SNL legend Dana Carvey reprising his spot-on impression of President Joe Biden.
In the meantime, on Group Republican, James Austin Johnson serves up his pitch-perfect Donald Trump, joined by Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr. and Bowen Yang as Ohio senator J.D. Vance. However in the event you’re questioning the place Melania is, properly, Trump himself can’t appear to maintain monitor. As Johnson’s Trump quips, he final noticed her by his facet “two years in the past.”
As anticipated with Household Feud, the sport shortly went off the rails. The Democrats simply snagged factors on “What’s in your glovebox?” with Kamala Harris answering “Gun” and Doug Emhoff following up with “A second gun,” the higher-scoring response.
On the Republican facet, solely Donald Trump bought the highlight, whereas Trump Jr. and J.D. Vance had been informed to remain quiet. Bowen Yang’s Vance deadpanned, “We had been informed to not communicate.”
It was a strong Chilly Open to start out Saturday’s affairs as Ariana Grande hosted forward of the premiere of Depraved, with Steve Nicks because the musical visitor efficiency. It’s going to be attention-grabbing to see what’ll be cooked up subsequent week.
Brandon Fletcher
