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‘Saturday Night Live’ Cold Open Skewers Republicans’ Midterm Candidates Herschel Walker, Dr. Oz And Kari Lake In ‘PBS NewsHour’ Spoof
30.10.2022 - 07:43 / deadline.com
Saturday Night Live took on the Republicans’ lineup of high-profile midterm candidates Herschel Walker, Dr. Oz and Kari Lake, skewering them for their lack of experience and extremist ideas even as they have a good shot at winning their races, driven by their celebrity status.
The cold open was a satire on PBS NewsHour, with Heidi Gardner as Judy Woodruff interviewing all three candidates. Throughout, Walker, the GOP candidate for a Georgia U.S. Senate seat, keeps calling her “Judas,” while she calmly poses questions about the campaign.
At one point, Woodruff asks, “A second woman has now claimed you paid for an abortion, and your ex-wife has once said you once held a gun to her head. Why are millions of Georgia residents still voting for you?”
“Gas,” Walker, played by Kenan Thompson, responds.
“Yeah, Ok. Gas prices are high, but is there more to it than that?”
“Well, of course there is,” Walker answers. “Look, I’m fine. If you want to get on the Jumbotron at the game. You don’t throw on a cardigan and start making sense. You take your shirt off and you shake your belly around. That’s why I’m doing.”
The opener also marked the return of Cecily Strong, who played Lake, the GOP candidate who is leading in the race for Arizona governor. Strong had been off working on another project.
Woodruff notes that Lake, a Trump-supported 2020 election denier, has pulled ahead of her opponent Katie Hobbs, the Arizona secretary of state.
“Now you were a local news anchor and a Democrat for many years. And yet you’re gaining voters. Why?” Woodruff asks the image-obsessed Lake.
“Because I’m normal Judy. I’m just a hometown gal, constantly in soft focus and lit like a 90s Cinemax softcore. Frankly, I’ve just clicked with many of the
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