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Every once in a while, Saturday Night Live gets it just right when it comes to skits related to the legal issues du jour. This past weekend, the cast presented an episode of Shark Tank: Legal Edition, where celebrities in legal trouble pitch their defense to a panel of legal sharks to see if any of them will take their case.
With Pete Davidson as Michael Avenatti, Cecily Strong as Jeanine Pirro, John Mulaney as Alan Dershowitz, Kate McKinnon as Rudy Giuliani, and Alex Moffat and Kyle Mooney of “jingle-based atttorneys” Cellino & Barnes as guest sharks, this was absolutely on point, leaving viewers wishing this could be a recurring sketch.
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The clients seeking legal help were Robert Kraft and Jussie Smollett, and with lines like these, you need to take a break and watch this clip, featured below.
- Jeanine Pirro: “If you ask me, the real criminal in this story is the immigrant who stole that job from a soft, white, American hand.”
- Rudy Giuliani: “If you pick me, I would happily go on TV, contradict everything you’ve ever said, and then add some additional damaging information free of charge.”
- Alan Dershowitz: “You’ve got everything I love in a client: You’re famous, you’re probably guilty, end of list.”
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