They must’ve rewritten this cold open to have it parodying the Iran strike instead of having it around the State of the Union speech. The usual laughs from the impression, especially the whole Forrest Gump portion. I admit getting a bigger laugh than expected from the time-traveling r-word line. They even mentioned the scrapped original open being the State of the Union. The making fun of Jeremy part, while funny, is an overdone trope of SNL with its newbies.
December 8, 2018 – Jason Momoa / Mumford & Sons (S44 E8)
Cold Opening - Trump Brothers Bedtime Robert Mueller (Robert De Niro) visits Eric Trump (ALM) at bedtime A good & different setting for a cold opening, and it also helps that I’m a big fan of Mikey & Alex’s Don Jr and Eric Trump impressions, respectively. You Know, as much as I hate to say …
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April 11, 2015 – Taraji P. Henson / Mumford & Sons (S40 E18)
Cold Opening - Election Video Good to see Kate’s Hillary back. And that laugh of hers will get me every single time. Kinda interesting to see Vanessa here, as she played Hillary Clinton before Kate took over the role starting with this season. A big laugh from Kate’s Hillary threatening message to the American people. …
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