Saturday Evening Stay Season 50 has welcomed a lot of particular visitors amid the 2024 TV schedule, with one being Dana Carvey. This yr, SNL tapped Carvey for a brand new political position, because the sequence veteran has been taking part in U.S. President Joe Biden. Nonetheless, through the newest episode, he launched an impression of one other notable determine – Elon Musk. Carvey performed the tech magnate through the chilly open, and Musk himself took discover. With that, the businessman didn’t maintain again his ideas.
This week’s episode of SNL 50, which featured host Invoice Burr and musical visitor Mk.gee, was the primary installment to air after the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Its chilly open noticed forged members – like Kenan Thompson, Heidi Gardner, Bowen Yang and Sarah Sherman – tackle the viewers. The group began with a somber tackle earlier than joking about how they’ve at all times supported President-Elect Donald Trump. After the quips and earlier than “scorching, jacked Trump” got here the enthusiastic impression of Elon Musk – a supporter of Trump – which is beneath:
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As you possibly can see within the clip, this model of the Tesla proprietor jumps up and down (which is a play on a viral second from a Trump rally), musing that he now runs the nation and dubbing himself “darkish MAGA.” The impression appeared to generate laughs and cheers from the viewers, however the mogul himself was not happy. The 53-year-old South Africa native took to X (the platform he owns) to share his displeasure with the sketch. Not solely did he state that “Dana Carvey simply appears like Dana Carvey” however he added these sentiments in one other put up:
SNL has been dying slowly for years, as they turn into more and more out of contact with actuality. Their last-ditch effort to cheat the equal airtime necessities and prop up Kamala earlier than the election solely helped sink her marketing campaign additional.
What Elon Musk is referring to in that latter sentence is referring to a battle that surfaced every week in the past, after Vice President and former Presidential candidate Kamala Harris appeared throughout SNL’s chilly open final week. A Federal Communications Fee official argued that Harris’ shock look was a way of evading the FCC’s Equal Time Rule. With that, NBC collaborated with the Trump marketing campaign and later allowed an election spot to air throughout its Sunday Evening Soccer block as famous by Selection.
This newest Saturday Evening Stay chilly open didn’t mark the primary time that the present has addressed the results of a presidential election. As an illustration, in 2016, after Donald Trump’s first win, Kate McKinnon – whereas dressed as Hilary Clinton – performed “Hallelujah” on the piano. (The sketch meant lots to McKinnon, who mentioned it years later). And, in 2020, Kamala Harris, who was performed by Maya Rudolph, and Joe Biden – performed by Jim Carrey – celebrated their victory. And, within the course of, Carrey channeled Ace Ventura.
It needs to be talked about that Elon Musk – who’s made TV and film appearances – additionally hosted Saturday Evening Stay in 2021. His look on the present – which noticed him gown up as Wario and extra – was met with combined evaluations. Contemplating his response to the newest episode, it appears cheap to imagine that Musk has no plans to return to the present.
Saturday Evening Stay’s subsequent episode airs on November 16 at 11:30 p.m. ET, at which level Charli XCX will function host and musical visitor. Those that’d like to look at the newest episode can accomplish that by streaming it with a Peacock subscription.