Host Larry David gently spoofed Bernie Sanders on tonight’s “Saturday Night Live” as the Democratic presidential candidate made an extended appearance on the NBC late-night show opposite his showbiz doppelgänger.
“SNL” made the most of David’s resemblance to the fiercely independent Vermont senator with sketch “Bern Your Enthusiasm” that also poked fun at the quirkiness of David’s long-running HBO comedy series “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
In keeping with Sanders’ reputation for occasional crankiness, the sketch revolved around Sanders, as played by David, resisting efforts to shake hands with a voter after she coughed into her hand. He then declines to help a supporter who gets into a car crash while on her way to vote for him — and he refuses to help her reset her dislocated shoulder. “Just pop it back in,” she implores him.
“I’m from Brooklyn. We don’t pop in Brooklyn,” David quipped.
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“SNL” made the most of David’s resemblance to the fiercely independent Vermont senator with sketch “Bern Your Enthusiasm” that also poked fun at the quirkiness of David’s long-running HBO comedy series “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
In keeping with Sanders’ reputation for occasional crankiness, the sketch revolved around Sanders, as played by David, resisting efforts to shake hands with a voter after she coughed into her hand. He then declines to help a supporter who gets into a car crash while on her way to vote for him — and he refuses to help her reset her dislocated shoulder. “Just pop it back in,” she implores him.
“I’m from Brooklyn. We don’t pop in Brooklyn,” David quipped.
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- 2/7/2016
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety - TV News
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