Morning Joe Michael Wolff Cold Open - SNL

Mika Brzezinski (Kate McKinnon) and Joe Scarborough interview Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff (Fred Armisen), Steve Bannon (Bill Murray) and Oprah Winfrey (Leslie Jones).
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[@jasonstevens3371]

"You read it, right? And you liked it? ... So whats the problem?" God I love Armisen

[@eschwarz1003]

he was hilarious

[@catherinethorstenberg8957]

“And you liked it, so shaddup” lol

[@CreoleLadyBug]

She’s got Mika better than Mika

[@nicholasmaude6906]

She's better looking than Mika.

[@rosamariamendoza1466]

Not

[@teresev1435]

Omg, stop. Kate McKinnon is beautiful!

[@CraigMcfly1985]

Mika is queen❤❤❤❤

[@Jay-cp9kd]

@@CraigMcfly1985of reeetards!!

[@carolinainterprets]

The fact that Kate McKinnon can act this straight for a whole skit is a true testament to her acting skill

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

Because you can't "act" a sexuality in real life, it's... literally not hard to "act straight"?? Whatever that means lol. Great actors simply act. That's all there is to it. Whether or not their character is gay, straight, trans, or a Teletubby doesn't matter... great actors get it done!

[@carolinainterprets]

@@nomoretwitterhandles 😂😂

[@christianmccauley7340]

@@nomoretwitterhandles triggered. It was clearly a joke, maybe learn to take one.

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

@@christianmccauley7340 wow because people named christian are so threatening and Correct

[@zachsalvatore5175]

She’s doing scripted improv. And she’s good at it. She ain’t no great actor

[@Noone9227]

Kate McKinnon nailed Mika’s voice and mannerisms spot on. My husband marathon watches Morning Joe. I get so sick of it. The show is actually better when Joe is gone and it’s just Mika. Joe has an inflated ego and goes off on rambling commentaries while everyone looks at him like he’s God.

[@Sussy-hotdog]

My wife used to do the same thing with Nancy Grace.... and Nancy was a Witch-On-Wheels.

[@dystopian2153]

My mom worshipped him. I watched the show with her for years but eventually realized that it's just sensational crap

[@amin44444]

@@Sussy-hotdog I LOVE Nancy Grace!

[@jvcyt298]

How can you stand it? When Milka reads the news, it is like nails on a chalkboard.

[@user-ym9ry6ip5k]

Joe is awful

[@amadcarrot]

The number of coffee mugs!

[@ashtton_tapiwa]

amadcarrot only just noticed that 😂

[@jannyjanjanet]

Still not even close to how many they actually have on that table irl.

[@passiveagressive4983]

😂😂❤️😂😂😂 never noticed and now I can’t stop laughing

[@KnarfStein]

They gotta represent the 'Joe' in 'Morning Joe', ya know?

[@TheSuzstory]

You read it? You liked it? So what's the problem? Hahaha. Very close to Wolff's actual statements.

[@buf4wil]

JOE/MIKA: Is [that anecdote] true? WOLFF: (beat) Sure. The smug anti-left establishment Clinton Cult spent years calling out Republicans on their "truthiness" disregard for actual facts, and now when it works in their favor for Trump-bashing, they're just as bad. I knew there was a reason I detested smirky-sneery Stewart and Colbert from the jump. Unless you're actually interested in making real change, one flavor of partisan hackery (Bannon) is indistinguishable from the next (Mika/Joe/Wolff/Oprah). They can all go flush themselves. (And so can the show, which I haven't watched since they turned into Hillary shills in 2016. But this clip was pretty funny, I'll allow.)

[@jaycosper8048]

Amazin69 they can all go flush themselves? ...🤔 👍

[@TheSuzstory]

Im a democrat. But this is hilarious.

[@TheSuzstory]

Amazin69 I am a democrat, and I supported Clinton. And this is still hilarious.

[@SamAtScareworks]

They have literally made it impossible for me to watch Morning Joe now. I can't not think of this skit

[@gisellegazda3884]

Same here! 😊

[@5d512]

I find it makes all the interruptions on the real show slightly more tolerable.

[@abdulmismail]

This - is - absolutely superb. The constant interruptions by Joe is mocked with perfection and Mika's tutting, moaning and groaning in the background is something else.

[@latishahunt1968]

I cannot believe they captured the Morning Joe show to a “T”, I always wondered how Joe cut off off EVERYBODY. I’m happy they exposed the show for what it is.

[@eyrindirkharneus3815]

That Logan Paul Roast man... You know if THE Bill Murray calls you out on SNL, you're done for...

[@vanessaajohn]

Eyrindir Kharneus he says his name he gets more subscribers

[@fataloath]

Lmao you underestimate the Paul cancer

[@edgarvillarreal5886]

Eyrindir Kharneus Zaddy

[@tatesmith253]

Eyrindir Kharneus I legit was thinking this

[@ashleighholmes8422]

Alex Moffat deserves more credit than he gets.

[@mercoid]

Fred cracks me up! “Is that really TRUE??!” “...Yeah. Sure” he says with a shrug.

[@luisnavarro5298]

The sexual tension between the two isn’t exaggerated here

[@HH-gv8mx]

And Willie Geist who just sits there speechless..

[@Waltzhybrid92]

He's referringto the real life news anchors. Not Mckinnon.

[@RedefiningBodybuilding]

Lmao I watch this show in the mornings BECAUSE this is exactly how it is. Lmao

[@NJ-wb1cz]

Element Air, ur gay!

[@larryhigginbotham326]

Luis, They *barely* exaggerated how this happens on just about every news channel. I'm always left wondering why they bothered to have a guest come in for that spot in the first place. I don't watch him on TV, but on the radio, Sean Hannity is the *worst* for talking all the way through a guest's spot. And if they're Liberal? Forget about it! He'll ask them a question, and if he doesn't like what they're saying, he'll cut them off and ask the same question over and over again. That keeps happening through the whole segment. And if they do happen to answer to Sean's satisfaction, he then spends the rest of the segment yelling at the guest about how wrong he is. I think it's safe to assume he does the same thing on his TV show. And before anyone calls me awful names like, Democrat, or Liberal, or Progressive, I'm a staunch Conservative. I just don't need Hannity or the rest of Fox News to tell me how, or what, to think. The whole channel isn't that bad, but it's too hard to find when they're actually doing news and not opinion, that I just don't tune in. I do check out the website a couple times a week, though. It's much easier sorting news from opinion there. Edit: Added 2 words and 3 commas.

[@Sindollx666x]

Kate does Mika so well lol, they all nailed their characters, honestly. Fred totally looks like the author there!

[@Sindollx666x]

Bill Murray!!

[@kathyformica]

OMG Fred Armisen is SPOT ON as Michael Wolff! Hysterical!!!!

[@hopeemch8511]

That's Joe! Good luck any guest to get a word in edgewise.

[@codycrossman]

Hope Emch Hahaha... No kidding! They totally knocked it out of the park with this parody. So good! 😂

[@aocyeahyouknowme1555]

When Bill Murray showed up as Steve Bannon I thought I was going to pee myself. Fucking hilarious

[@chuehlor]

The baby racing part sounded like it could be true. Lol

[@jeckjeck3119]

Bernie Bernstein At least it's (Kinda) conservative president with 4,000 lawsuits against, sex assaulting dozens of women and admitting it on tape, 4 failed marriages, 6 bankruptcies, civil rights violations, slum Lord, traitor to RUSSIA, drinks hooker piss, draft dodger... it would be so much worse if it was a democrat, all of the above mentioned things would actually be counted as crimes. SAD. Fucking double standards.

[@markogle2635]

Chue Lor. It sounds like the whole book. What a fraud and Americans made the shill a millionaire. No one ever went broke who gambled on the gullibility of the American people.

[@Lucky-tf1ez]

Obama set the bar so low that Trump is a vast improvement.

[@animalanger]

False

[@tinner7359]

+Lucky -Obama has so much class that Trump is a complete punk.

[@rfdodson109]

Kate kills it once again. She is so talented

[@aliciacatney4229]

RTR

[@mloftin6472]

She looks great with that haircut.

[@emminet]

I don’t know how she does it, I’m not straight and I don’t know if I could do that so well

[@mysticwatersoo]

She hardly did anything here...

[@triffus]

@@mysticwatersoo And you've done less in your entire life! Yay keyboard warrior!

[@antonscd2732]

i choKED WHEN THEY MENTIONED LOGAN PAUL. This cast gotta be the best in a while ngl, Kate literally brightens up all the sketches she’s in.

[@SoulTheMagnificent]

This is so good. Joe never lets anyone else speak and Mika keeps making weird sounds.

[@Thkmra]

Souleymane Coulibaly 😂😂 And male weird faces. Why does she do that?

[@smcg8504]

And Wolffs book is a fabrication.

[@Thkmra]

smcg A real life, fabricatt.

[@smcg8504]

Thkmra i just find it funny that even snl is taking this piss out of how much BS that book is yet everyone in the comments section is silent on it.

[@ZipplyZane]

That I liked. The creepy sexual tension got old and way too cringe-y.

[@muraddiab6393]

I've been saying all week that Fred needs to play Michael Wolff. This is just too perfect!

[@apriljk6557]

Murad Diab same. Fred's all I could see.

[@larryhigginbotham326]

I thought he was *brilliant* in that sketch! God I hope they get at least another couple of sketches in before Wolff disappears into obscurity.

[@andrewgrove1691]

Murad Diab me too. a identical resemblance

[@pkattk]

First thing I said to myself when I saw him in an interview was that he looked like an older fatter Fred Armisen.

[@RolandvanderFlier]

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[@ButterflyDaisies713]

Hilarious all around, especially with Joe, and how he ALWAYS interrupts ppl! Grrr

[@janehyden1652]

HES LIKE CHRIS MATTHEWS WHO I REFUSE TO WATCH ANYMORE.

[@stoverboo]

@@janehyden1652 Right? He would NOT let a guest get a word in. Drives me crazy. I don't know why anyone agrees to appear on his show.

[@brucemoody2539]

Facts

[@lydialillico7596]

😂

[@cherylcarpenter4698]

The sexual tension between them is how they really are lol

[@JustLikeAFlower]

I love when they do morning joe the play on their sexual tension is HILARIOUS 😂😂😂

[@benbellino3596]

Keke Scott Please learn how to punctuate your sentences.

[@Ryviusx01]

What sexual tension?

[@thevibe7415]

Keke Scott hahahahah for reals!

[@bashful_michael]

I missed Fred! Also Bill Murray is a treasure. Everyone played their part really well in this sketch.

[@larryhigginbotham326]

Except at the end. Did anyone else notice Bill flubbing the line, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!!!!" 7:54 How in the hell do you mess that up, Bill??? Well, at least he didn't spend the whole skit reading off the cue cards. I'd love to see him more often. Also, was that the only appearance he made? Also, I've never seen Leslie Jones play Oprah before, (of course I hardly watch anymore, so I don't know if she's played her before or not) but the resemblance is uncanny, and I think if she worked on her voice a bit more, she would go down as one of the best impersonations in SNL history. I really thought she was that good.

[@mad76s62]

Simon James bill Murray ground hog day that's one of the greatest movies.

[@Mia7189]

Larry Higginbotham I thought that was weird, too. Bill Murray screwing up 'Live From New York, it's Saturday Night!' That should be ingrained in his brain forever.

[@davmpls]

Totally. Fred is a walking erection.

[@Hollywoodchristian]

Who else has hated where snl has gone after 2012

[@rigvedkarambelkar1351]

Alex Moffat deserves way more credit for his portrayal of Joe. 🔥

[@nickimacme]

The way that “Joe” (Alex Moffat) says ‘you come because I tell you to’ makes it REALLY hard to believe he also plays Eric T!! 😂🤣.

[@sanniyasin]

Omg. This is not even a joke that's exactly how mika and Joe are.

[@cheri7054]

They aren't that sexual

[@benglaser1345]

Cheryl N lol

[@greggriggs3913]

Not exactly my friend. You need to watch them more. This actually IS a joke.

[@SuperBluesify]

Kate McKinnon’s mika brzezinski is so damn good.

[@soulsage1984]

"Cucks in cars getting coffee" LOL

[@antg007]

"I thought I smelled lavender and money." LOL!

[@OllyRoberton]

This guy actually appears less rude than the real Joe Scarborough...

[@DravenGal]

Bill was a surprise, but perfect casting, really.

[@hapt-di1pq]

I agree. Bill Murray is amazing here.

[@merlin1560]

What exactly was so amazing? I can think of 20 other people who would have been better in this part. Not sure why they picked Bill Murray for this role.

[@michaelclarke146]

Every morning I watch Morning Joe. This had me howling with laughter

[@photostudio5861]

The baby races are a real thing. Baby race truthers will not be silenced.

[@nevermore464]

@Jackie Daytona Yes they're so tiring with the b.s.

[@billwhelpley6825]

Joe asking and answering over other commentator, dead on!

[@TralfazConstruction]

Bill Whelpley: Eerily accurate. Have to watch them dissect this skit tomorrow morning.

[@ZeroHootsGang]

6:25 "Logan Paul, Martin Shkreli, Jared Fogle" 3 names that make sense together.

[@ZeroHootsGang]

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[@melchristensen8282]

Joe constantly interrupting everybody is spot on. When he brings people on to speak he needs to... let them actually speak.

[@stoverboo]

They never did give Lesley Jones enough to prove just how good she is. Her Oprah was top-notch!

[@tyroney2]

The only mistake Bill Murray made was smiling here and there. Bannon doesn’t smile/can’t smile. It’s one of the most haunting things about him.

[@wmfife1]

Tyler Breeden Seems he couldn't help it and it's understandable. The sketch was just too good. One other miss I noticed was he was clean-shaven. Yeah I know the real Bannon finally got around to it but know what they say about first impressions. Wouldn't have been that hard to just miss a couple of days for effect. Either way he was brilliant. Love snl cameos and this one rates at the top.

[@alisonabuhadema659]

I saw Bannon smile once in a photo. No teeth, but it was a smile.

[@tammyv1107]

I thought I smelled lavender and money lol

[@AnonymousAnonymous-xy9tz]

Fred gets the "yeah whatever" look so perfect 2:59.

[@allyjay7395]

Kate's Mika Impression is so spot on it's insane! I love her so much! Hahaha

[@pianofromthegrave]

Kate McKinnon has real talent.

[@ivegotthedocuments9963]

That fake Mika was so accurate.

[@redwoods7370]

When SNL gets it right, it's always brilliant.

[@estimatedeyes]

Kate McKinnon nails it again!

[@mygetawayart]

I literally fell on that Logan Paul shoutout. My god, Bill Murray and Fred Armisen back in this one amazing skit ahaha

[@bokani79]

Joe needs to watch this. He never lets other people speak

[@drao0907]

Beau33 the show is actually a lot more bearable....when he isn't there!

[@robynb1262]

Beau33 ii

[@patford8488]

LOL: “You come . . . because I TELL you to.”

[@isaacmiller5688]

Anybody else get the Ghostbusters reference "monster of biblical proportions"?

[@TabethaAurochs]

It's the sweetest thing anyone's ever said to me.

[@junejunejuniejune]

The minute I saw Michael Wolff, KNEW he should be played by Fred Armisen!!!! So happy SNL got him to do it!!!!

[@thememo9941]

junejunejuniejune Mike Myers should have come back in Dr Evil costume

[@farhankabir2575]

junejunejuniejune wwwxxx

[@claudes.whitacre1241]

McKinnon is so great as Brzezinski.

[@benshulman6068]

McKinnon is so great!

[@TheBinweevilsrocks10]

Prospecting And Closing Sales Training Videos ii

[@Ryan6586]

For a second I was like "oh no Bill Murray looks terrible!" then I was like oh thank God they just made him look one quarter as bad as Steve Bannen actually looks

[@lydialillico7596]

😄

[@EarthquakeStar]

Nailed Joe’s domination of the conversation LoL.

[@minhtran1960]

Nail Joe & Mika down to the tee

[@kaylashalayla5037]

we need better joe

[@MerkinMuffly]

Joe sounds more like David Spade, Mika's ok.

[@waggy007]

It's actually a toned down Joe!

[@sahitibatchu]

dad

[@sciencemama6801]

Fred Armisen is meant for this role. When I first saw Michael Wolff I seriously thought he WAS Fred Armisen.

[@melissaguzman3139]

Julie Nance He IS! He is playing that character when he is making that head thing, the glasses, and the suit.

[@GaryTurbo]

Its like they read all of our minds

[@priscillahasette8380]

Julie Nance cdes1q1

[@priscillahasette8380]

Melissa Guzman ii2iixjjfanenfndjrlļi9

[@janelin6083]

Ever notice that you never see Michael Wolff and Fred Armisen in the same place at the same time...?

[@WAAAAAAAAAAAY]

"It's time for America to slide down the Bannon-ster".....brilliantly tortured lol :)

[@KnockemOrLockem]

“The Cannon” hahahaha

[@stephengrahn9361]

Knockem or Lockem slide down the bannonster

[@Nemcoification]

I love how they captured Joe interrupting his guests and Mika constantly talking through Joe.

[@BeausToyFarm]

The look on Bill Murrays face when he realises he's forgotten his lines... Just picks it up in time!

[@MonicaChen]

he was waiting for whomever was feeding him the line via the ear piece to finish.

[@mahmoudnamazi8869]

Beau's Toy Farm u

[@alanwilson4092]

They use cue cards.

[@user-ut5ki2fi6b]

They do use cue cards, but Bill Murray was looking all over the entire studio. He might have chosen to memorize his lines seeing as it was one skit.

[@skfreelancers2975]

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[@Golden_Kelsi]

Fred can be any character you could think about. Love him.

[@fawnebrown4619]

Love the Mika/Joe sexual tension parody....oh, and the baby races. I watch every day. (Death WarmedOver) Bill Murray is just an added bonus.

[@supernewuser]

These aren't so much skits as re-enactments.

[@BrandonCMaximum]

Only Bill Murray could steal the show from Kate McKinnon

[@cutzymccall7675]

Murray and Armisen just sitting next to each other LOLOLOLOL!

[@gisellegazda3884]

“Blotch” skincare, lol 😂

[@coolmoe3289]

There's only one job in the world more powerful than being President... What's that??? "BEING OPRAHHHHHHHHHHH" I'M LMMFAO

[@talariswatts-el9832]

Kate McKinnon's portrayal of Mika is perfect. Her reaction of disgust is perfect!

[@AljIsHere128]

She nailed her theatrics to the T!

[@seanxu2517]

Impression of Joe is so good.

[@justinhall8201]

Great job kate . \m/

[@mianawawi918]

“You come because I tell you to” *kate’s face, tho* I died.

[@TacettheTerror]

So much sexual tension.

[@ericbrown1179]

You felt that too, Fred couldn't stop looking a Bill.

[@JacquelynNhi]

There's no sexual tension..they're are ready doing the nasty and engaged..Yuck! I still think he's gay...IJS

[@ericbrown1179]

Jax what the fuck did you just say, that made no sense.

[@NJ-wb1cz]

eric brown, he said there is no tension because they are boning each other every day before and after the show. In fact, when you do see them live on tv that's the only time they are guaranteed to not have sex.

[@kimberleymorris8052]

Joe and Mika are engaged

[@rubymars5493]

Alex is very talented! Love him!

[@tonydaysog9164]

That Eddie Glaude bit hilarious.

[@kingjamestres]

Yooo they really came for Logan Paul.

[@sarahcontinenza3169]

james d

[@12oscaralex]

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[@gavtrot]

I wasn’t expecting that at all as I was crying the whole time for the rest of the cold open. This cast gets me every time

[@JefeDeJefes8484]

This sketch nails every single aspect of what's going on with the characters they are playing. Also Fred as Wolff spot on and Murray killed it as Steve Bannon aka "The Bannon Cannon" LMAO gold.

[@quyendu4568]

Om

[@tayo2810]

tbh he forgot his lines

[@heartandtroll9993]

This was the worst thing ever to be on TV.

[@JohnDoe-rw4hl]

+Tayo I was wondering whether Murray was making a point about Bannon's mental health or whether Murray's mental health had been impaired. :(

[@CLHLC]

2:57 - "Is that real? *Shrugs* Yeah............" gets me everytime!

[@jmsmith1767]

I say “Steve Bannon the Bannon Cannon” out loud all the freaking time

[@jmsmith1767]

I’m still saying it

[@olivialaforme4714]

Kate McKinnon is just the best she can do it all💕 and Leslie as Oprah is on point

[@aarondigby5054]

Leslie had been on 5yrs and she was ready to move on , she was offered more lucrative challenges, she said in an interview when she was plugging her new grocery shopping show that sometimes she out in 80hrs rehearsing sketches.

[@fnikitathomas]

Bannon: _"I'm working on a web series for Crackle..."_ Please God, no.

[@Rawker101]

Idk why but that little “bye!” at the end from Oprah cracks me up.

[@josephdelatorre3751]

Mika is so funny, she hits the nail right on the head.

[@MaryamofShomal]

Thank you, Fred!!! I've been waiting for you to make your appearance as Wolff 🤣

[@stephanieyanes9405]

That might really be Michael Wolff

[@nofacewilly]

Stephanie Yanes that's not the real Wolff?

[@larryhigginbotham326]

Willy, LOL!

[@skoto8219]

I thought it was until reading the comments

[@valerietucker80]

This skit has an amazing group of talented performers all gathered together! I loved it. Thank You for much needed humor during tough times! SNL rocks the house

[@victoralgaze7527]

@6:34 "It's time for America to slide down the...Bannon'ster"

[@christopherkwiatkowski3866]

His smile after he says it is what kills me every time 😂

[@michelleriggs2571]

I thought I smelled lavender and money 😂

[@tomadams2892]

GENIUS!!!! Fred Armisen & BILL MURRAY!! !! SNL always the best, even bringing back old cast members. Great SNL cold open.

[@adamgardiner5869]

Kate McKinnon is everything. Ever. Forever.

[@bcarlosd]

“Blotch” sounds like an amazing skincare line.

[@DelishBish]

Fred Armisen is a better Michael Wolff than Michael Wolff. Bill...call me.

[@babebave]

SO TRUE!!

[@josephines.9210]

Melissa Cameron 😂

[@corabrei]

GENIUS THIS CAST IS KILLING IT

[@LaptopmenaceMTK]

Genius compared to what? There was nothing funny about this skit. The writing is awful.

[@Platerpus7]

Cora LovesGlam this cast is killing it? Lol. You missed some good years of snl

[@Lilsisco]

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[@jaredmitchener9175]

SNL been creoles for 2 years

[@briangalvan9967]

Laptop Menace I really feel like whoever is in charge of the SNL KZbin channel creates fake profiles to write positive reviews. Almost all of the sketches sucked. Keenan acting as Lavar Ball was the only funny thing that happened.

[@littleregal158]

They have such good chemistry I love them❤️

[@klatskyn]

Joe: Mika has been at an eleven for the past year 🤣 Weren't all of us? Also Alex Moffatt and Kate McKinnon together, just gold.

[@there_is_nothing_here]

😂😂 Kate McKinnon's impressions are spot-on.

[@Spunky1991]

Great to see Fred back in a skit.

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[@adamwho9801]

He cannot stop being Candice...

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[@juliogomez9616]

They are so good to the point! All their movements and gesture !!

[@TheHunnyBeee]

I love their Morning Joe spoofs!!! 😂😂