Name: 'SNL' torches the tech-dumb Senate in a Facebook whistleblower cold open
Uploaded: 2021-10-10T12:27:30+00:00
Description: This is a bipartisan comedy beatdown, with a perfect coda from Pete Davidson.

'SNL' torches the tech-dumb Senate in a Facebook whistleblower cold open

This is a bipartisan comedy beatdown, with a perfect coda from Pete Davidson.

Remember how Sen. Richard Blumenthal seemed hilariously lost in his questions about "finsta" accounts at the Facebook whistleblower hearing? Well, Saturday Night Live sure took note.

The latest episode's cold open sketch revisited the Senate hearing, with Frances Haugen (Heidi Gardner) patiently fielding an always confused and increasingly personal lineup of questions from U.S. Senators who really ought to have prepared better. This is a bipartisan takedown, from an addled Ted Cruz (Aidy Bryant) begging for help with getting people to stop making fun of him online to a wide-eyed Cory Booker (Chris Redd) name-dropping his celeb girlfriend, Rosario Dawson.

Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg (Alex Moffat) makes a brief appearance, but it's Tom from MySpace (Pete Davidson) who saves the day, and the joke, in the end.

Topics SNL

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