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The cast of Saturday Night Live opened their show with spilled wine and dripping ice cream.

For once, there was something to please almost everybody.  Rolling Stone's William Vaillancourt noted,

When asked by moderator Norah O’Donnell (Heidi Gardner) if he would have voted to accept the Electoral College tally in the 2020 election, Vance (Bowen Yang) replied by stringing together claims punctuated by a demand that moderators not call him out.

“You know, Norah, it’s rich to say that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy when he peacefully gave over power–we said no fact checking–and willingly–don’t check that–got on his plane without incident–don’t–right after saving Obamacare–don’t check that,” he said, alluding to how Vance whined about how moderators exposed his lies about Haitian immigrants.

That's regime media propaganda, it's not lying to note that illegal aliens on temporary parole are illegal aliens.  Perhaps, though, I should not carp, and ruin the vibe.

Walz (Jim Gaffigan) wasn’t without his embarrassing moments, either. After commending Vance–one of several instances–the pair said simultaneously and dramatically that they “have a lot of common ground.” They then held their palms up against each other’s in the split-screen–something that caused Harris to spit out her wine in frustration.

“Why are they friends!?” she exclaimed. “Why are they vibing?”

Harris was then joined in the VP’s residence by Joe Biden (Dana Carvey). As he did in last week’s cold open, the president’s time on the couch featured no shortage of sentence fragments and non-sequiturs. Holding an ice cream cone, Biden at one point flung his arms wide while telling Harris that she would make a great president–only to smear the food right on her chin.

“When you’re done, it’ll be my turn,” he suggested. “Biden 2028!”

Red State's Bonchie is almost in the mood to vibe.

The rest of the skit is worth a watch. It's almost a throwback to a time when SNL and the late shows would make fun of everyone in some shape or form (I said "almost," which I'll get to in a moment). That era mainly ended with the election of Barack Obama, who was simply deemed incapable of being mocked. That was, of course, nonsense, but the partisan wants of the networks were obviously made a priority over producing good content.

With that said, I'll offer one critique. Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris is just not good. For one, her impression stinks, but more importantly, she always plays the vice president as this too-cool-for-school, above-it-all character having to deal with the idiocy of others. I mean, come on. That is not Kamala Harris, and she has given a wealth of mock-worthy material during the last two months alone. If SNL can't turn the vice president's cackling into part of a skit, then what they are even doing?

SNL just doesn't want to go there, though, and we all know why. Still, I'll give them some credit for going after Walz and Biden. I suppose it's a start.

On the other hand, notes Power Line's Steven Hayward, perhaps they did go there.

Saturday Night Live last night opened with a parody of the Vance-Walz debate, as viewed by Kamala and second gentlemen “Dougie.” Although it tries to be even-handed in its comic stylings of both men, I think Walz clearly comes off the worst, signified by Kamala’s reaction to actual quotes from Walz. Note, too, the subtle nod to the rumors about Kamala’s drinking habits.

Those rumors are more of a thing among Militant Normals and Trumpian populists, but if Saturday Night Live are calling attention to something more serious than that cackle, it might be significant.