Facebook Hearings Cold Open - SNL

[@WhatevrNevrmnd]

"You're watching C-SPAN....on a saturday night, wow. " an underrated part of this sketch lmao

[@Paula3238]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Chunkboi]

“Wait…you’re watching CSPAN?”

[@daniellemaddie1921]

What I say to myself when I’m actually watching C-SPAN on a Saturday 😂😂

[@knockknock1246]

Is this like capture the flag display on a sea full of blue water from Zuckerbucks on the 4th of July? Just more of the same, just like I said Seen at Brighteon under the title $1 Billion In Shady Money Stole The Election ✔️ Facebook fact checkers are paid by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ✔️

[@sona.kludjian5175]

@@Paula3238 pp

[@destinyn63]

“America is in a lot of debt right now should we do the squid game?” 😭😂

[@blythetaylor4063]

The Hunger Games was close tbh

[@kdw069]

Starting with all politicians.

[@jonplaud]

We know McConnell saw the show and thought "Great idea!"

[@viniciuslima9430]

We all died there!!!😂😂😂😂😂 and so many evil ideas came to our minds🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@gojosgirl6487]

Had to ask my younger brother what that was, heard people talking about it but I wasn't sure what it was

[@LaughBoys]

This Al Gorythm guy needs to be brought to justice

[@sha12310]

Al Gore’s dancing twin

[@phil_cassidy]

The word does actually come from the name of a guy. Al-Khwarizmi. Invented a bunch of things, most notably algebra.

[@mkawmi5362]

@@phil_cassidy "Al " is just arabic for "The"

[@BruhBruh-sb5xd]

Well we use this trick to manipulate the alggy.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3bCdnqJr7J0kNU

[@jaymakak]

I am assuming only a phony Vietnam Green Beret can do it. Ask Dickie Blumenthal.....,.or maybe his cat can do it..Apocalypse Meow!

[@EmKnowsThings]

“Is the dark web the same as black Twitter?” That actually sounds like something Ted Cruz would say. 😩💀

[@Patrick3183]

Fuck black twitter

[@EmKnowsThings]

@@Patrick3183 They politely decline.

[@chaelist.bernard6438]

😂😂

[@chaelist.bernard6438]

@@EmKnowsThings 🤣😭

[@jaebrooms9193]

@@EmKnowsThings Speaking for the black delegation, we concur.

[@lorenzoafable242]

Aidy as Ted Cruz makes me forget that Ted Cruz is a real person, and I can’t decide if that’s a good or bad thing

[@tucor]

@murray goldstein So you don't really know what communism is, do you?

[@lg316]

@murray goldstein communist? 😂 Ted Cruz is the opposite of communism.

[@JRMarquis30]

@@lg316 Ted Cruz, ugh. Inref 2 communism, Right? Never said by anyone1: A littl'ol authoritarianism never called caused a war. Ask people similar to murray goldstein "Are you sure it is communism and not socialism? Can we talk about the differences between the two?" I have done this. This is fun. People do not know the difference.

[@alce9951]

If someone described 2021 ted cruz to me in 2010 and cited a random sample of his quotes, actions, and votes, I would adamantly disbelieve that they were describing a real person.

[@xcelestialsongx]

Aidy's Ted Cruz is quickly becoming an iconic character on SNL.

[@strlightcutie521]

As someone who is a political nerd and not much of an SNL watcher, this is my first time seeing this. And oh. My. God. I might have to start tuning in just for this!

[@JacobSantosDev]

I hate that she makes Ted Cruz likable. Ted Cruz sucks too hard to have her

[@rainman42]

Shes usually on point,especially with her Cruz......she follows a long line of women doing men's roles like Melissa McCarthys Spicer or Kate's, well any male role...but Aidy is underratedly funny..even her Hulu show is like 85% fresh, or something like that....she's got a bright future,which she's already done some amazing things on SNL and SHRILL is actually funny....

[@DETSRC313]

FACTS

[@pamplemoussejus7583]

Omg yes. She’s so great in this role!

[@gojosgirl6487]

"If you open an incognito tab on Google, does that keep God from seeing it?" Good Lord, haha

[@sunnyjames9658]

No, but Bill Gates blocking out the sun can.

[@elizamcclain207]

No. Lmfao

[@sunnyjames9658]

Paise be The Lord!!!! Can't wait for based China and Russia to destroy America and The West. Please Lord Jesus, bring the equity on!!!!!!

[@jayashreechakravarthy4949]

Let’s not throw Abbey under the bus. We need her to beat up the creepy lizard CEO

[@cindygarwood109]

Only if you cover the screen! 😇🤣

[@bettyveronica460]

Ted Cruz has got to be jealous of how likeable Aidy Bryant as Ted Cruz is.

[@justvibinbro7406]

She’s still Ted Cruz and we all hate him so I guess it balances out

[@bluemoon9530]

She is much better looking also

[@evehudson2024]

Ted Cruz is FOR THE PEOPLE

[@dtrahn1218]

And how even a woman comes across as more masculine than that little weasel.

[@spencers.7605]

Reptiles can't feel jealousy

[@martinm8991]

Heidi Gardner is clearly the star of this sketch and she excels. She deserves to play a few more (almost) sane characters.

[@shawnsg]

Yeah, for her role not to have a lot going on this seemed like the most expressive I've ever seen her.

[@mkechandler5776]

Ok but Pete was the star...

[@lgonzalez1154]

And what a body on her!

[@wehosrmthink7510]

Former hairdresser, a great career path!

[@janelliot5643]

Heidi gets to play a sane, together executive after hundreds of crazies, from old ladies to kids! She can do it all!

[@Lulzswag]

"Is the Dark Web the same as Black Twitter?" LOL fucking savage

[@one7deep7savage7]

- "Oh my gawd?!" 😂😂

[@MrDukeSilverr]

Yea i feel like the crowd didnt get that one

[@ĶČXXĻ-ĀxÐ]

@@one7deep7savage7 Yeah, that reaction sold the joke and killed it for me. 😂

[@breakingames7772]

savage? lol unfortunately snl has not been savage in its history and has been nothing more than a show to push democrat agendas, thats why 15 years ago it had 15 million viewers and now cant even get 2 million

[@lewid019]

@@breakingames7772 yet here you are...😕

[@drmrsthemonarch9727]

MySpace out there actually teaching people how to code. I miss MySpace.

[@joejacko1587]

i miss Bulletin board systems

[@DelightLovesMovies]

Myspace was the best..Its too bad Rupert Murdoch destroyed it.

[@Ou8y2k2]

Meh. Myspace was nothing more than an annoying Geocities site. Facebook is nothing more than than a college site that turned into a boomer's fantasy land.

[@TheMjphoto45]

MySpace started it Facebook stole idea

[@millsykooksy4863]

I miss my space too

[@WorklLife]

"How big is an algorithm?" Funny, but I can imagine a senator really asking that.

[@robbrown3941]

This representation of his state is spot on. Dumb mofos.

[@jfrsnjhnsn]

My dad asked my how big a megabyte was

[@texaswunderkind]

The Jitterbug phone thing is spot-on as well. I'm guessing half of the people on the various technology committees in Congress have them.

[@krismccoy8581]

@@robbrown3941 Nope... It should be worse. He was rushed.

[@liamg2271]

Senator Kennedy is funnier than everyone on SNL combined.

[@danielavelasquez5634]

"Is this the Stuart little challenge?? " 🤣I died

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

“You’re watching C-SPAN. On a Saturday night. Wow.” 😂🤣😂 I’M DYING!

[@thisnerdycorner4982]

Cecily Strong is a national treasure, the most consistent player in the cast.

[@rainman42]

Weeellll,I'd have to disagree...don't get me wrong,she's funny and very talented...but THE most consistent? Kate I think is just a little better,but overall out of the whole cast,you have to say Keenan...not because he's a man,who gaf about that...its just 95% of what he's done is funny....ill give CS a 90%,imo.....just respectfully disagreeing,that's all....and even my statement is just an opinion

[@Trashheapcuntspawn]

@@rainman42 Kenan is known for being the most consistent cast member and a reliable fallback. I agree.

[@millsykooksy4863]

She was hilarious

[@nathanmckenzie904]

Keenan and Kate are 1 and 1.1 Both are the best

[@scouts.748]

Love Cecily, Heidi, and Aidy. I can't wait to see Kate soon!

[@malembeism]

“How Ted Cruz have kids when he’s a virgin?” I lost it 😂😂

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

BTW... it's a race-baiter named Rafael, not "Ted"...

[@Winteramen]

I wonder if those are real fb groups

[@TrixieWolf]

"he a virgin"

[@amycortez3289]

@@Winteramen I'm willing to bet they are. We really hate him down here. Yet sadly there are juuuust enough white people voting for him every election. It's soul crushing, not because I disagree with him, but because he is a genuinely terrible senator. And human.

[@joelesser2550]

I can't believe you thought this was funny. Really?

[@SayYoJ]

“Yes I was particularly drawn to your testimony about bullying online and how some teenagers an even some ADULT men are bullied almost constantly” GOLD 😂

[@givenscommunications6307]

Ted Cruz: A Bully Senator Himself! It Takes A Bully To Know A Bully!

[@babifacedcutie09]

Kyle trying to show the size of the algorithm with his hands is gold 😂

[@owenhunt]

SNL actually hitting it out of the ballpark

[@just-tess]

he has weirdly long fingers? is it just something about this shot? how has that never been noticeable before?

[@PBWK]

Austin Johnson is an absolutely great add on to SNL. He is a natural to impersonations.

[@nickh5021]

I love how they completely got how ignorant the majority of congress is about technology.

[@--minttea--4234]

Like your ass actually watched cspan

[@bethprather9241]

This reminds me of the time they questioned Mark Z ...not the recent CSPAN..Unless I missed it.

[@ChigoIEbere]

Funnily a good chunk of these people weren't in the hearing. They completely left out Cantwell

[@KellyKSmith]

Al Franken was one of the few in Congress who was actually tech savvy and was doing things to try to break up big media.

[@izzybeth]

Alex's Zuckerberg was terrifying. They need to let him do more (especially now we're all mourning the departure of Beck)

[@It_still_wuznt_meme]

That moment made me laugh so hard I spit my coffee off the porch in the most picture perfect way 🤣 massive sprayage

[@cryptsub]

Yeah the big problem with Facebook is that there's not enough censorship.

[@HoNow222]

Beck was my absolute favourite, still can't believe it.

[@davidl570]

@@HoNow222 Bums me out too!

[@daddiesgurl68]

Beck was interchangeable....

[@sadiemcc9363]

That girl in the back was a really big fan of Tom from MySpace.

[@SilkSatin]

You look good in a silk robe!

[@unloveableandre]

Lots of respect for Pete, and the infinite talent of Heidi!

[@atlasfeynman1039]

Not.

[@phredbookley183]

Wow, he got to solo the opening shout? I literally can't remember the last time I saw that.

[@sassafrassiest]

When Cruz insisted it was pronounced “mem-may,” they should have had him say his daughters told him that was the right way to say it

[@Zero11_ss]

Its the way it should be tho :)

[@garryrc]

@@Zero11_ss It's "may-may". Like "co-fay-fay".

[@jhonshephard921]

his daughters deserve some revenge after he blamed them for the Cancun trip, also his wife

[@zyxw2024]

@@Zero11_ss R e a l l y ? 🙄

[@zyxw2024]

sassafrassist Improve on your use of words expressing your thoughts. *Pronounce*

[@blipmachine]

Damn Pete got to do Live From New York solo.

[@sfmike711]

@Blip Machine : Pete Davidson for president 2028!! Edit made for year of Pete's election (not 2032). He would be 34 at the time of the election, turning 35 several days later. The Constitution stipulates the president be 35 or older. There is no age requirement for election. Let's get Pete elected!

[@cactaceous]

For what purpose?

[@aristotleasparaguspodcast1129]

LFNY used to be a mostly solo thing

[@YIKESMF]

Pete is awesome

[@PBthesquirrel]

Im surprised he got it when there was a sweet group of stars dressed as congresspeople right next to him, especially for the first episode of the season. Pete could've run into frame like they usually do. *shrugs* Oh well.

[@jacklichtenstein19]

They gave Pete his own “live from New York”! I love it, he’s slowly becoming a vet, and that’s awesome!

[@YIKESMF]

He's been on there so long. Lol He's one of my faves. :)

[@DocOrtmeyer]

I applaud my main man Pete 🙏

[@aarondigby9859]

Pete could've put more enthusiasm and vigor into his, "Live from NY It's Saturday night."

[@Ohalexsimmons]

Oh my god, it's 2021 and Animorphs just got an SNL shoutout. What is this timeline?

[@canaisyoung3601]

A really strange one? Besides, most of the cast members and writers are probably young enough to remember that.

[@mikemagesh1385]

had a huge crush on rachel

[@Ohalexsimmons]

@@canaisyoung3601 I won't dispute that the writers are young enough to remember. It's just that Animorphs was popular before the YA literature boom driven by Harry Potter. It's not the first YA boom series people think about though it had its day.

[@midsummersnight3848]

"And stop Trump from using executive privilege even though he's no longer President!" 😂 I actually LOL'd. I think the irony and actual humor of that statement just went right over the audience's heads. 👏 Brilliant!

[@svjim1]

And stop going after Trump because he's not president.

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

@@svjim1 well done for explaining the joke bozo. made it 10× less funny

[@sayusaymee7722]

7:46 *Real Talk* Tom was a real one...he never let us down, we let him down when we all jumped ship to FB 🥺 can we just go back to html codes, templates and top 8 😩

[@dpaul89]

Theme songs and custom backgrounds 🥲🥲 those were simple times

[@lowkeybruja]

myspace needs a revival like vinyls. totally obsolete and inconvenient, sure, but think of all the warm & fuzzy serotonin from the aesthetic™️ nostalgia

[@anomalocaris2593]

Well they had that teenage catfishing thing

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Well I mean until Tom sold myspace to Rupert Murdoch.

[@anomalocaris2593]

@@markymarksthirdnipple8305 Yeah but it still is a stain on MySpace

[@jfrsnjhnsn]

Heidi saying “Please just stop” is all of us To the government, the Internet, America,

[@no_peace]

I have to remember that "You don't have to do this" is a phrase that's available to me whenever i need it

[@user-cg9zq4bt5q]

Well you probably voted for the lockdowns and destruction of Americas economy....so you're partly to blame LET'S GO BRANDON?🇺🇸

[@milascave2]

@@user-cg9zq4bt5q It's like a comment from a completely different part of the internet got lost and wandered around and finally ended up here by accident.

[@user-cg9zq4bt5q]

@@milascave2 no. I'm sure you're intelligent enough to know that snl is heavily "biased" as is their viewership. Biased towards the only governmental "group" that was advocating for such policies that economically would destroy the economy (like staying home/not working/ accosting anyone who thought differently, etc)

[@jXmikeX]

*big corporations

[@Jack-sy8mr]

Did they consider getting the real Tom from MySpace? I’m sure he would have loved to be on, I don’t think he’s busy

[@YIKESMF]

Busier than you!

[@PBthesquirrel]

He's busy maintaining what's left of MySpace, he's the only one left lol

[@athena854]

@@PBthesquirrel Someone’s gotta be everyone’s friend.

[@smittywerbenjaegermanjensen]

He is a multimillionaire and he doesn't have any affiliation with Myspace anymore. He sold it to Rupert Murdoch for 500 million dollars and he just spends his time vacationing and taking photos.

[@you-in-yourfeelings7166]

@@smittywerbenjaegermanjensen good for him.

[@clintonlied]

The Animorphs... Lol That brings me back to Goosebump days.

[@EV-wp1fj]

Myspace Tom has been holding his neck like that for over twenty years. Respect!

[@pman-geli]

The writing is already so much better this season

[@joelesser2550]

How did you get that from this sketch? This was boring. Not one good joke or performance. This was painful

[@wildcountingdayswithourcan2519]

@@joelesser2550 yeah, I didn’t think this skit was that good. It had its moments, but most of it fell flat in my opinion.

[@UpsonPrattJr.]

Definitely not saying much.

[@priyachoudhary9896]

Yeah, it's significantly better than the last.

[@cooljunkproductions]

@@joelesser2550 we must be watching different videos. im usually pretty hard on snl but they knocked this one out of the park especially with lindsey graham and ted cruz. Also the dark web jokes. And the animorphs joke. and the furry convention joke. And the squid game joke. and basically all the maymays. SNL may be getting back into a groove.

[@efrazable]

"you're watching cspan on a saturday night. wow."

[@emnm144]

one of my fave cold opens starts with "You're watching c-span. Sorry, you're watching c-span???"

[@spiritualempress6691]

As I watch this on a Saturday night 😂

[@djmontyforyou]

When I heard that open about it being on a Saturday night I knew it was going to be epic

[@rickrose5377]

Very soon it will be, "You're watching SNL on a Saturday night. Wow."

[@katie-allen]

The cast this season is so solid, it makes these cold opens amazing!! All these imitations are golden

[@DARWINZOO]

Miss Leslie Jones she would have rocked the older women bar skit

[@jancramp8252]

I miss Beck.

[@marisahokefazi2949]

" That aint a face. It's a filter," regarding all the cosmetic surgery. That was hilarious.

[@heydeanie]

And ironic, since Kim Kardashian is the host

[@michaelhertz8717]

@@heydeanie kim's all natural wdym? /s

[@heydeanie]

@@michaelhertz8717 lmaooooooo

[@msmarshall3pt0]

I SCREAMED when Tom came in! Pete nailed it!

[@mariilona]

You apparently weren't the only one

[@elianad2083]

I hope your screaming didn't wake the neighbors..

[@GTMQ8]

The pose for Tom from My Space made it perfect.

[@elsie384]

The impression of Zuckerberg is hilarious 😂😂

[@plz1277]

It was spot on! 🤣

[@markjacobs3337]

I liked seeing Alex as Zuckerberg, however briefly

[@vanash4]

@@markjacobs3337 u

[@shaec3405]

Wait that was an impression. LOL

[@elianad2083]

Lol! It was so good, I thought it was the real Mark Zuckerberg!

[@TheSiemek]

Finally one of my friends made to SNL. Congrats, Tom!

[@ksaraf23]

“You’re watching C-SPAN on a Saturday night. Wow.” These writers sure don’t hold back with their punches.

[@landonhaney3882]

As a Texan there's nothing I love seeing more than Aidy as Ted Cruz

[@edhickey6336]

The dead eyed expressionless derpy mark zuckerberg at the end had me howling

[@elianad2083]

I know..lol..they made him look so goofy.. hilarious.."no.. not him..the OG..

[@jfrsnjhnsn]

Can’t believe they didn’t do the finsta guy

[@danielwest9955]

The whole skit was a send up of the Finsta guy.

[@gherkingamer]

@@danielwest9955 But they made all the dumb guys Republicans, when the Finsta guy is a Democrat.

[@danielwest9955]

@@gherkingamer Totally fair point.

[@billyj4317]

Eye really liked Chris Redd as Corey Booker.

[@churdle92]

See what you did there.

[@williamsmonier1706]

Saturday Night live has really improved since the pandemic started. They are killing it with these sketches

[@timjohnsson7739]

That myspace ending was awesome

[@Mewse1203]

The way they don't understand "the algo rhythm" is so true to how little most senators understand anything on the internet. Most are too old and shouldn't be there. This is less a parody and more an accurate rendition of what they're all thinking

[@AG-kp4sh]

It's satire.

[@bookgirlny8511]

I want me a Jitterbug lol

[@Mewse1203]

@@AG-kp4sh yeah, I always confuse the two

[@devchekhov7512]

It's too bad Ted Cruz's parents never used the "algo-rhythm method"

[@sarahoshea9603]

If u ever saw the other time they had a committee questioning Zuckerberg (over data collection I believe) you would've been able to draw clear parallels between the two. There was nobody under 60 and it was painfully obvious they didn't know what to ask or what any of his answers meant. I caught a big chunk of it on TV just by accident and watched it for too long..

[@sergios.vazquez2456]

Make MySpace Great Again

[@snicksabea]

We can do it

[@jpsarver5514]

Yea James Johnson is really fucking good. Like he's just a natural.

[@disgruntledcashier503]

such a good impressionist and a presence. I've never seen a cast member find their niche this quick.

[@BruhBruh-sb5xd]

Yo JP... like JO Morgan 😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3bCdnqJr7J0kNU

[@zedlyfe]

Unbelievably, these SNL characters know more about the internet than actual congresspeople

[@oscarsalazar5876]

Animorphs! There's literally hundreds of us fans still out there!

[@beckylecky4155]

Some big MySpace fans in the audience

[@WiseAilbhean]

Just one lady desperate for attention

[@rossboylan18]

Wtf... This James Austin Johnson guy is funny as hell.

[@TrixieWolf]

It's pretty amazing to land a job on SNL because you're so flipping talented doing impressions online.

[@Ryan-kh9oz]

I prefer Kate’s impression

[@anthonynasti1279]

@@TrixieWolf That's essentially how Jay Pharoah got the job.

[@liasfiligoj3906]

He was great 🤣

[@cindyoser9988]

"Ted Cruz sucks isn't misinformation." LOL! You got that right!

[@TimeBucks]

He just nails it again

[@tripleRNL]

What happened to Beck?

[@mre6005]

This segment of SNL has been brought to you by the U.S. Department of Propaganda

[@janemargolis1178]

@@tripleRNL He's not coming back :(

[@nadiashireensiddiqi]

Senator Diane Feinstein has 175K followers on Facebook, I don’t know about friends though, but the friends’ limit is 5,000 so Drake couldn’t have millions of friends.

[@thomasbenau2810]

tripleRNL guest host.

[@matthewhines9787]

I got kind of triggered when Heidi called "Animorphs" an "old" book series.

[@Zoecat101]

I’m an adult and the books are older than me

[@Fullmoonat9am]

I mean yeah haha most of them came out in the mid 90’s

[@darnellrobeson4761]

The animorph pic of the mouse and Tom from myspace both had me in tears. The congressmen never even asked her about Facebook 😂😂😂😂. SNL u killed it this week.

[@aalllllllexx]

I'm surprised they didn't throw in the "will you end finsta" part

[@SilkSatin]

Heidi Gardner looks good in a silk robe.

[@Lovercel54]

YEAH BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@III-zy5jf]

Many years ago I saw a thread of professional photographs he took from helicopters and whatnot while traveling the world. Dude is living the best life with relative anonymity.

[@BruhBruh-sb5xd]

When Texas is freezing and you in Mexico kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3bCdnqJr7J0kNU

[@mikehendin8977]

The guy that played Lindsey looks more like Bill Clinton.

[@grahamaddison3649]

Dude!!!! Tom from MySpace!!!! That was seriously one of the funniest flashbacks I've ever seen. BRAVO

[@KiambuX]

Pete closed the skit on a high note 🤣👏🏿. That was hilarious.

[@adamlane2490]

They definitely had a long talk about trying something different before this episode. You can definitely tell.

[@spareparts1017]

Too bad that talk DIDNT involve any discussion about actually trying to be funny.

[@midsummersnight3848]

@@spareparts1017 Totally agreed.

[@g4l430]

well I'm glad they talked about it... too bad they didn't do it.

[@edawgrules]

Old men who don’t understand tech is the best. If only these old men weren’t in charge of the government.

[@ceceliawight7059]

And writing laws all of us have to follow. Primary all of them.

[@IRgEEK]

Don't forget Tennessee's Marsha Blackburn and her CYBERBOTS! assessment. Net Neutrality foe who was assigned to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology yet doesn't know sh*t about technology! It's across the board. Old Women too.

[@GGoAwayy]

plus Feinstein

[@megan530]

“Stop me when I get there!”

[@batgurrl]

Cecily Strong always delivers. Never expected her to do Senator Feinstein. Aidy continues to kill it as Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz is the real zodiac killer😂😂

[@ryanscott4489]

Thanks for reminding me that I haven't cyberbullied Ted Cruz yet today

[@WestOfEarth]

She's done Feinstein before.

[@mitcharett2586]

And Joe Biden is the Clark Griswold of American politics. (See Chevy Chase, an original SNL alum, in any National Lampoon vacation movie).

[@benjmiester]

If nothing else... This entire thing was worth it just for the Tom from MySpace bit at the end. " We barely even maintained the website" 🤣😆

[@paytonmacdonald]

I wish I could laugh, but the stunning ineptitude of our elected officials to get anything done is depressing. This skit is actually pretty generous to them.

[@autumn7809]

Oh man, James Johnson is already killing it

[@kalindatchev994]

This guy IS something, amazing pro vibe already

[@SilkSatin]

You look great in a silk robe.

[@jmsmith1767]

I missed Kate McKinnon as Lindsey Graham

[@healthcareforallhawaii3336]

did kate retire from the show? nooo.....

[@Hillvalley86]

Oh no this is tragic

[@karlitillema1292]

@@Hillvalley86 She ain't gone thank god. she's working on a show

[@_mytube_]

@@karlitillema1292 I miss Kate as Jeff Sessions. Oh, man that was great. I'm looking it up now.

[@quagmire1469]

She’s off shooting the Tiger King show for Hulu.

[@DamienHurts]

Cruz and Graham were the funniest omg . That new cast member is brilliant

[@Degan1000]

He needs a more pronounced southern drawl to be a good Graham.

[@jbuster9]

@@Degan1000 This. He sounded nothing like Graham.

[@paperdoll5467]

I think he’ll find his groove. He seemed to be talking really fast (maybe nervous) and yeah, the southern accent is missing a bit, but he’ll probably improve.

[@bobdobbs1431]

Tom should have definitely said "Hello friends" to star his dialog.

[@TwoWrights]

James Austin Johnson is going to have so many writers wanting to write for him.

[@51KTM51Hurricane]

Hedi Gardner is just beautiful

[@davidl570]

ESPECIALLY here! Damn.

[@aurora8749]

She's very average...

[@51KTM51Hurricane]

@@aurora8749 average beautiful. sure there are much more ones but she is really not bad too

[@elianad2083]

You must live in Anytown, USA or must not get out much. She's okay..just average. Yes.. she's a blonde..but it just kind of hangs there..no curl..no style. Nothing special about her face. You want to see some real drop dead gorgeous women go to St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Tampa Bay Florida. Most beautiful women in the country..

[@JoeNathan42420]

How did they get the actual senator Cruz on the show???

[@Chunkboi]

That was clearly Aidy Bryant. That character had too much intelligence and integrity to be the real Senator.

[@nicholasw.3488]

@@Chunkboi lmao

[@joelesser2550]

Why do they have Aidy play Cruz? Are they trying to call him fat? I don't understand.

[@JoeNathan42420]

@@Chunkboi yeah. I guess you missed the joke. Better luck next time

[@Chunkboi]

@@JoeNathan42420 oh, no, I got the joke, I played another off of that one.

[@LZCOficial]

5:34 Well, now the Cringe its International...

[@Jerico69]

Hola chucho calderas

[@alfonsomartinez9740]

Chucho bilingue Chucho bilingue

[@AntiEscarcha]

Holy krabs!!!

[@charlieguerra3317]

No MMS, que Memo Aponte salió en SNL . 😧😦😨😮😯😲

[@luismontoya9425]

Que bilingüe Chucho 👀

[@BeGoodDarling]

Heidi: "an old book series called animorphs." Me: excuse me, it's not that old...😒

[@canaisyoung3601]

It came out in 1996 and ended in 2001. Ten years after that, it enjoyed a brief re-issue.

[@kiwikiwi2483]

"Is the dark web the same thing as black Twitter?" THIS IS THE BEST LINE RIGHT HERE LOL 😂

[@samsneadd]

Cecily and Aidy always leave me laughing in tears. The rest were good in this skit also. The Sen Graham was good. BUT, I miss Kate as Graham.

[@markmh835]

Has Kate left SNL?

[@craffaele]

"This is hell, that's what it is: HELL!" "Well it's been pretty ba..." "THIS IS HELL!" I miss Kate as Sen Graham as well lol New guy is ok, no hate or disrespect, but Kate was PER FEC TION *chef kiss*

[@canaisyoung3601]

@@markmh835 Yeah, season 47 saw a lot of cast members leave (Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, Pete Davidson, Chris Redd, Melissa Villasenor, Alex Moffat, and Aristotle Athari). It's the most since season 20, when 12 cast members quit or were fired (though, for that one, it was because season 20 was one of the seasons that was so bad that NBC threatened Lorne Michaels with canceling the show unless he overhauled it. I'm guessing with season 47, Kate, Aidy, and Pete left because they've had a good run and didn't want to stay on for too long; Aristotle Athari quit because he wasn't getting enough screentime; Kyle left because he wasn't funny without Beck Bennett; and the rest were fired because Lorne wanted some fresher talent).

[@FatNorthernBigot]

That's a great opener... SNL is totally back on track.

[@rebelWP]

Really?

[@FatNorthernBigot]

@@rebelWP Well, the opener was good.

[@IScreamedWolf]

Lmao most of this episode was absolute dog shit.

[@apoofness]

Did you catch how they didn't say pass the reconciliation bill? Corpo Pigs.

[@christineferreira2181]

@@IScreamedWolf Kim hosting. What do you expect?

[@afaque9851]

I didn't watch the Hearings, but I'm sure this is how it actually went

[@lovemoviesful2]

It's worst, you have a bunch of old people who know NOTHING about how internet works.

[@Eldanogrande]

It's not how they went, but it's nice to know people--possibly people old enough to vote--are "informing" themselves by watching late night comedy shows.

[@nate7778]

@@Eldanogrande That's why Democrats focus on this age group. It's where all the easily brainwashed idiots reside.

[@pondboy3682]

@@nate7778 it's not like watching the politicians directly stops the brainwashing though, is it? Democrats just have all those ideals that sound good on paper but don't actually work. Remind me, how many boomers had organized protests to fight the military and promote communism?

[@dunhill1]

As an old fart, I actually do watch CSPAN on a regular basis. This portrayal is way off and not at all how the Senate runs when it's in session. Each Senator gets 5min of q&a; once the time is over, the Chairman moves on to the next. They are not allowed to chitchat back and forth willy nilly. They are on a strict timeline and follow protocol. All of them Ds and Rs come prepared to ask real, serious questions to the guest or guests. For the most part, they all are respectful.

[@f-35alightningii79]

Somehow the snl crew perfectly encapsulated modern meme culture.

[@Faherd]

This is one of the best SNL skits I've ever seen, who wrote this???

[@Cremenium]

James Austin Johnson is gold one of their best choices of new cast members

[@re-manvision2354]

his Lindsey Graham was a big disappointment. I'm waiting for his Trump.

[@warmlycalculated390]

He's a legit great guy too, check out his intreview with Sam on the Majority Report sometime.

[@cat_duck]

I prefer Kate's Lindsey

[@kalindatchev994]

@@re-manvision2354 He probably needs some time to get all the mannerisms right. Apart from that, JAJ has been an absolute revelation, what a debut!

[@rosebyanyname]

Lindsay Graham as Paul Lynde is something I never knew I needed

[@canaisyoung3601]

Yeah, Paul Lynde if he inhaled helium. And for those who don't remember the Animorphs books, the cover is from book 22 "The Solution". The girl turning into a mouse is Rachel.

[@sirzason]

Pete got a solo Live from New York. That's big.

[@wadball]

Pete Davidson standing sideways in the classic Tom pfp pose is the perfect touch

[@RemingtonHillOfficial]

“is the dark web the same as black twitter” underrated 😭

[@sethisahawk]

Pete finally got to do the "Live from New York...It's Saturday Night!" bit alone! Well deserved!

[@cryptsub]

Even the untalented get a shot sometimes.

[@snicksabea]

He’s the best!!

[@properking9019]

"Is the dark web the same as black TWITTER?" lmmmmaaaaooooooooooooo

[@stevenfoster9402]

"America is in a lot of debt right now, should we do a Squid Game?" 🤣🤣

[@flochartingham2333]

"Ted Cruz sucks is just one person's opinion..." SNL with the most extreme misinformation ever.

[@canaisyoung3601]

More like "comical understatement", but whatever.

[@CharChar827]

The MySpace Tom lol!😂🤌

[@Toure316]

man wish beck could stay on another 5 seasons, hes perfect in litterly every role

[@lizardmandx]

Beck gone bro why you talking bout someone who not even in the sketch

[@LindaC616]

Litterly!?

[@MrKarmapolice97]

Yeah I loved Beck too he will be missed

[@DavidSmith-by3is]

He’s saying he missed Beck and wishes he could’ve stayed…. That’s a normal comment

[@macuna1995]

Honestly, putting American senators in a Squid Game wouldn't be as emotionally gripping or have an exciting plot.

[@JumeckRafeal]

Not at all. I wanna seem them do game 5 with no tempered glass.

[@da1king0fwakanda56]

@@JumeckRafeal I didn’t watch the show, but I saw that part. 😂

[@bobbierobinson6269]

But it would make 70% of American peace happy and 99.9% of the world.

[@Googledybunker]

Yeah if you don't care about any of them living it takes the fun out.

[@therealunicornselene]

Maybe not more exciting than Squid Game but maybe people would actually start watching CSPAN.

[@AzureViking]

This is legit the best SNL skit on have seen in a long time

[@christopherbeyer7508]

Really? If that is true I can keep skipping SNL

[@rswindol]

Jesus, that's sad.

[@SheenHunter-SeattleFreeze]

The last two faces in the skit both made me smile a lot.

[@cooperburn4855]

This is now remarkably similar to the Tik Tok hearing. Congress never changes.