Alex Schaefer/NBC(NEW YORK) — Saturday Night Live‘s opening sketch once again featured Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, played by Kate McKinnon, making a last-minute appeal to voters before election day on Tuesday.
The cold open saw the candidates appearing on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront, with McKinnon’s Clinton cringing over continued email questions from Burnett, played by cast member Cecily Strong, who was seemingly more interested in the latest batch of message found on disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner’s computer than in Trump’s recent scandals.
While Baldwin’s Trump denied his ties to the FBI, Vladimir Putin, and the Ku Klux Klan, he planted a kiss on reps from each of them. When Clinton protested, Burnett replied, “It doesn’t seem like enough of a story. Let’s get back to your emails.”
In a surprise twist, Baldwin and McKinnon broke character to commiserate about just how awful this election has been and rushed out into the streets of New York hand-in-hand, munching on pretzels and cotton candy, while mingling with tourists.
Back into the studio, they got serious, encouraging everyone to get out and vote. “We can’t tell you who to vote for,” noted McKinnon, “but on Tuesday, we all get a chance to choose what kind of country we want to live in.”
Other highlights included SNL‘s Aidy Bryant as an 83-year-old bride-to-be who suffers a heart attack when she’s surprised with a bachelorette party that features a couple of strippers, played by host and Doctor Strange star Benedict Cumberbatch and cast member Mikey Day. Chicago Cubs players Anthony Rizzo, David Ross, Dexter Fowler also got in on the fun.
The “Weekend Update” segment included an appearance from alumnus Dana Carvey, reprising his “Church Lady” chzaracter, and Rizzo, Ross and Fowler returning with Cubs super fan and former cast member Bill Murray to perform “Go Cubs Go.”
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