Somewhere in my garage there’s a box with a tape of the very first Saturday Night Live, when Don Pardo referred to the ensemble cast as “The Not for Ready for Prime Time Players”. I haven’t watched the show much in the past 10 years, but I made sure the 50th Anniversary Special was recorded in my YouTube TV subscription.
Unfortunately, this last bit was not recorded. I just watched it now and it’s wonderful, despite Paul’s aging voice. This was always one of my favorite medleys of theirs. I miss the strings, which I still heard (in my head) while listening to this.
Saturday Night Live has been doing some wonderful dissing of Donald Trump and his entire litany of assholishness, and last night was no exception. This bit highlights the vapidity of Kellyanne Conway, as well as the intellectual and moral unscrupulousness of Trump and his entire entourage. I share it as a useful historical document.
Also joining in this cold open is John Goodman, who portrays Rex Tillerson, the Exxon CEO Trump has tapped as his new Secretary of State. Tillerson has a very close relationship with Vladimir Putin, having been awarded Russia’s highest honor for a non-citizen, the Medal of friendship, and his appointment as SoS portends a very disturbing future for U.S., Russian relationships, as well as our response to climate change.
In the video, Putin gifts Trump with an Elf on the Shelf, putting it on the mantel, where he pushes a button which then offers an electronic winding up sound, as if a piece of equipment was spinning up and ready to perform. He then tells Alec Baldwin’s Trump to keep it close to his wifi router <Hint, hint. Wink, wink>.
As all of these cold opens have been, it’s funny, topical, and (hopefully) it really pisses off Teh Donald™ and his cadres of deplorables. Enjoy!
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