2008’s Sarah Palin Meets 2015’s Hillary Clinton On ‘SNL’
A Hillary Christmas had Poehlers buttoned-up Clinton of 2008 visiting current Kate McKinnons manic and likeable Clinton of 2015.
Meet Your Second Wife – Game show concepts are hit or miss on Saturday Night Live, but this one was wholly original, sharp and just plain amusing.
Fey’s impressions were less than favorable for Palin, and they seemed to legitimately impact voters. “I think you’re going to sleep well tonight”, McKinnon’s Hillary gloats into the mirror at the beginning of the sketch.
Dope Squad… Tina Fey and Amy Poehler introduce their “dope squad”, featuring Amy Schumer and SNL castmember Aidy Bryant.
However the two were soon interrupted by another ghost, Sarah Palin, and Tina Fey’s deadpan delivery of the rambling former vice-President candidate is still as good as it was eight years ago.
But 2016 Hillary explains this time is different, matched up against “the human Birkenstock” Bernie Sanders and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. While appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers alonside bestie Tina Fey and their Sisters costars, Meyers pointed out that their movie opens the same night as Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
At the 2013 Golden Globes, which they hosted, Amy and Tina joked, “You know what Taylor Swift, you stay away from Michael J Fox’s son”. Bruce Springsteen – who hasn’t performed on the show since 2004 – took to the stage to rock both his own tunes and some holiday staples.