Alec Baldwin was back on SNL in the cold opening portraying Donald Trump looking over his first 100 days. Extra bonuses: Beck Bennett as Vice President Mike Pence and Jimmy Fallon as Trump’s all-powerful son-in-law Jared Kushner — and a very special depiction of Steve Bannon (which the real Trump and Kushner may not like in terms of image). All against the backdrop of a spoof of “The Apprentice,” which Trump once hosted on NBC. Watch:
The Trump administration so far has been a huge boost to SNL — giving it so much material, plus attracting the multi-talented Baldwin, one of the best occasional cast additions in years. SNL is worth tuning into each week again.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.