A new Saturday Night Live in 2020 can only mean one thing: A cold open sketch fixated on the exploits of Donald Trump.
In lieu of Alec Baldwin's increasingly unfunny impression of the U.S. president, however, the latest cold open focused on the ongoing impeachment trial and Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz (Jon Lovitz). When an unfortunately timed heart attack sends Dershowitz to Hell (just for a visit), all sorts of modern day villains emerge from the woodwork.
There's Jeffrey Epstein (Adam Driver), the disgraced businessman and convicted sex offender who died in prison under mysterious circumstances in 2019. There's also the guy who wrote "Baby Shark" (Bowen Yang), naturally. Mark Zuckerberg (Alex Moffat) also pops up, also naturally. And Flo (Heidi Gardner)! Yes, from Progressive! She's there too.
Even Mr. Peanut, the brand mascot who was brutally killed off just days ago in the service of a Super Bowl ad, is also now a denizen of Hell. Even better, we're almost certain the man beneath the Mr. Peanut shell is none other than John Mulaney.
All of which is to say: It's a funny enough sketch even though it's yet another Trump-focused cold open.
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