It didnBԪַt take long for BԪַSaturday Night LiveBԪַ to come up with its comedic take on the presidential election results BԪַ complete with Maya Rudolph donning a white suit like Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris wore for her acceptance speech.
Jim Carrey played President-elect Joe Biden, taking the stage and poking fun at the five-day wait for results. He even offered a throwback to one of his infamous BԪַ90s-era lines, calling President Donald Trump a BԪַLooooosseer!BԪַ to laughs and applause.
Carrey and Rudolph each made an L out of their hands and held them to their foreheads and were joined by Alec Baldwin, reprising his role as Trump.
At one point, Baldwin sat at a piano and sang a few lines from Village PeopleBԪַs BԪַMacho Man,BԪַ a favourite of the presidentBԪַs late campaign rallies.
Host Dave Chappelle opened his monologue by lighting a cigarette and calling it BԪַa pretty incredible day.BԪַ
He quickly got serious, saying he was thinking about his great-grandfather, who was born a slave in South Carolina and after being freed, devoted his life to three things: BԪַeducation, freedom of Black people and Jesus Christ.BԪַ
BԪַI wish I could see him now, I wish he could see me,BԪַ Chappelle said before launching into a joke about how his popular Comedy Central series was on two streaming services and he wasnBԪַt being paid for it.
BԪַNow Trump is gone,BԪַ Chappelle said, before joking about TrumpBԪַs response to the coronavirus. He cited TrumpBԪַs use of a racist name for the virus before saying, BԪַIBԪַm supposed to say that, not you.BԪַ
BԪַSaturday Night LiveBԪַ aired a little over 12 hours after networks and The Associated Press declared Biden the winner of the 2020 election. The show quickly incorporated HarrisBԪַ look from her and BidenBԪַs acceptance event.
Joe and Kamala have a message for Donald Trump.
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The highly-anticipated episode was delayed by the Clemson-Notre Dame game, which ran into double overtime, and in many markets, local news broadcasts.
Chappelle hosted BԪַSNLBԪַ in November 2016 in its first episode after TrumpBԪַs election, pointedly critiquing the surprise over the result.
BԪַYou know, I didnBԪַt know Donald Trump was going to win the election,BԪַ Chapelle said four years ago. BԪַI did suspect it. It seemed like Hillary was doing well in the polls and yet, I know the whites. You guys arenBԪַt as full of surprises as you used to be.BԪַ
BԪַSNLBԪַ has regularly lampooned Trump and his presidency in recent years, enlisting Baldwin to play the commander in chief.
BԪַI donBԪַt believe IBԪַve ever been this overjoyed to lose a job before,BԪַ Baldwin tweeted earlier Saturday.
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