Bernie Sanders Appears on ‘SNL’ Opposite Doppelganger Larry David

It was the cameo we’d all been hoping for, especially after Sanders up and changed his Twitter avatar to Larry David right before SNL aired.

In a pre-taped sketch, cleverly named “Bern Your Enthusiasm” a-la Larry David’s show Curb Your Enthusiasm, we learn how Bernie Sanders lost in Iowa by a hair. It features all of the emblematic quirks and idiosyncrasies that have come to be synonymous with David in his assumed character as the democratic presidential hopeful. And, as is often the case when candidates appear on SNL, Sanders’ sketch was equal parts spoof of his stump speech and a chance to deliver his stump speech to millions of viewers at once.

“Sounds like socialism to me”, David replies.

“I am so sick of the one percent getting this preferential treatment”, said Sanders after making his entrance. David asked the candidate. “Sanderswitzky” said that he was not a socialist, rather that the policy was “democratic socialism”, and that the difference between the two was “yuge”.

It wasn’t until later in the show, in an apolitical sketch, that Sanders made his appearance. Sanders, however, is the role David was born to play, other than himself.

The best skit of the night, however, was about Sanders but didn’t physically include him. “I am running for president, I do not shake disgusting hands”.

‘Enough is enough. We need to unite and work together if we’re all going to get through this’.

Neither is this the first time that Sanders has tried his hand at comedy, appearing two low budget rom-coms in the 1980s and 90s.

“Yeah, that’ll trick ’em”, David jokes.

His Democratic rival Hillary Clinton turned up on the show in October, appearing in a skit opposite her comedic doppelganger Kate McKinnon. “Huge difference”, Sanders responds, a nod to both Donald Trump and Curb Your Enthusiasm.