Saturday Night Live is back. I care. I’m old and I care, get off my damn lawn.
The show did a bit with quick impressions of many of the Democratic candidates. Season premiere host Woody Harrelson took on Joe Biden, and while I don’t think his impression will be Alec Baldwin doing Trump (if Biden wins), he did manage to distill the entire Biden campaign down to its core: “I’m like plastic straws. I’ve been around forever, I’ve always worked. And now you hate me? Drink up, America. Also Barack.”
However, for our purposes, the most important thing is that SNL aped our thing:
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Hey, that’s OUR show!
Maya Rudolph was brilliant as Kamala Harris. “I’m the kind of aunt who would give you weed, then turns around and charges you for having weed.” Criminal justice reformers everywhere nodded ruefully.
But Senator Harris can take a joke:
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That girl being played by @MayaRudolph on @nbcsnl?
That girl was me. pic.twitter.com/btmrzJnm6u
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 29, 2019
Remember when we had politicians who could take a joke instead of tweeting out “PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT” like thin-skinned little punks? I do.
Just stop stealing our bits, SNL!
Elie Mystal is the Executive Editor of Above the Law and a contributor at The Nation. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at [email protected]. He will resist.