SNL: Impeachment Cold Open

[Rhiannon12866]

With the threat of impeachment looming, Donald Trump (Alex Baldwin) calls those closest to him including Rudy Giuliani (Kate McKinnon), Kanye West (Chris Redd), William Barr (Aidy Bryant), Mike Pence (Beck Bennett), Kim Jong-un (Bowen Yang), Jeanine Pirro (Cecily Strong) Eric and Don Jr. (Alex Moffat, Mikey Day), and Liev Schreiber.

[DesertRat]

1. Thanks, Rhiannon!

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I was really hoping for Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon as Rudy, too!

And they didn't disappoint!

[Dennis Donovan]

13. Seeing Baldwin shocked me, since he said he was done with the role

Glad he reconsidered!

[calimary]

3. More, please!

After all, I understand dear leader doesn’t like being laughed at.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. You're right, Trump apparently hates this!

I'm so glad that Alec Baldwin agreed to come back!

[hlthe2b]

5. ++++ Somehow, I don't think Alec is going to be able to stick with his pledge

(to wind down his performances as Trump)

[Rhiannon12866]

6. That's the thing, I also heard that he didn't want to do this anymore

But obviously someone had to do it tonight since this is the biggest news story out there - and it's far from over, so something tells me that he's going to be stuck doing it for awhile - and he really is very good - not to mention Kate McKinnon as Giuliani!

[hlthe2b]

7. Kate is phenomenally good no matter who she is portraying. SNL is so lucky to have them both.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Oh, I know! She can impersonate anybody!

Any age or gender, she really is amazing! I know that a lot here were missing her impersonation of Jeff Sessions, but now we have Giuliani!

[Dennis Donovan]

12. She's definitely in my personal pantheon of GREAT SNL players

...near the top, actually!

[WePurrsevere]

9. Ha! That was pretty awesome! I figured Alec Baldwin...

wouldn't be able to resist returning if something big broke and SNL needed a 'Trump'. Hopefully he'll stick it out until Trump is gone since I'm hopeful that won't be much longer.

Kate McKennon knocked it out of the park as usual too. She never ceases to amaze me with her talent.

[underpants]

10. "...you mean....Jesus?"

Eric!

[Dennis Donovan]

11. Kick - glad to see Baldwin reneged on his vow to never play Trump again!

[smirkymonkey]

14. Thank you Rhiannon! I'm so glad you recorded this!

I was away this weekend for a family party and didn't get to watch it, so I was so glad to see it! I'm so glad they are back and this was great! I really hope Trump saw it too. I'm sure it would have driven him insane.

Thanks again! I really appreciate it!

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Oh, I hope that you had a great time!

You sure deserve a nice break! And I knew that this would be worth seeing, was really hoping that Alec Baldwin would agree to come back, wouldn't be the same without him - and of course Kate McKinnon, LOL!

So I made a point of watching and posted the 4 political sketches, but this one was a worthy season opening!

[smirkymonkey]

16. Thank you! It was interesting, nice in a way, but it was difficult for an introvert like me to

spend three entire days around tons of people non-stop. I will probably start a separate thread about it in the lounge tomorrow. Just got back a little while ago and am exhausted from the whole thing.

I have missed DU and my cozy apartment and just being on my own!

[Rhiannon12866]

17. I know what you mean, I was away last month

Went back to Vermont for three days for a summer camp meetup, and it was a lot of fun to see old friends. We climbed Mount Mansfield on Monday, visited a sister camp on Tuesday where we got to spend some time with horses, and on Wednesday we went kayaking. But I'm not used to getting up so early or being so active, LOL, so it was nice to get home - and I missed Jack and Felix, my dog and my cat.