‘SNL': Debate Parody Cold Open Mostly Ignores Trump’s COVID-19 Diagnosis (Video)
The incredibly weird first presidential debate freaked people out earlier this week, largely due to Donald Trump’s combative demeanor and constant interruptions, a performance that ended up hurting him in the polls. But whatever it was that people thought about the debate was definitively knocked out of the news by the thing that has dominated everyone’s attention since Thursday night, the fact that that Trump — along with a ton of Republicans — contracted COVID-19 and is currently recieving treatment at Walter Reed hospital in Washington, D.C.
Even so, the writers of “SNL” chose to open the first show of the the 47th season of “SNL” with a parody of the debate and only vague references to Trump’s situation, and like we said the the situation of quite a few of his fellow Republicans.
After a relatively low-energy take on the insanity that was the debate, near the end of the sketch as Alec Baldwin’s Trump began to interrupt Jim Carrey’s Joe Biden’s closing statement, Carrey’s Biden pulled out a remote control and hit the pause button, which froze Trump in his tracks.
“Sorry, but I think we all needed a break. Isn’t that satisfying? Just not to hear his voice for a single goddamn second?” Carrey said, addressing the audience. “Let’s wallow in it. Let’s bask in the Trumplessness.”
Carrey’s Biden then asked to “speak directly to the American people.” “Is it gonna be weird?” asked Beck Bennet as Chris Wallace. ” “Totally. Totally weird,” Biden said.
“America, look directly into my eyeballs. You can trust me. Because I believe in science. And karma, Now just imagine if science and karma could somehow team up to send us all a message about how dangerous this virus can be. I’m not saying I want it to happen. Just imagine if it did,” Carrey continued, alluding to Trump’s medical situation.
“So this November please get on the Biden train, which is literally a commuter train to Delaware. And we can all make America not actively on fire again.”
Following that was “Live From New York” etc.
Watch some of that below right now:
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— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) October 4, 2020
More to come…
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