He starred as “Bernie Sanderswitzky”, who plans on changing his name once he arrives in America so it doesn’t “sound so Jewish”.
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With the critical New Hampshire primaries just around the corner, Sanders’ extracurricular SNL appearance and his good-spirited reaction to the lighthearted jabs were the flawless remedy for what will likely be a grueling week of political match-ups.
Bernie Sanders appears on “Saturday Night Live” alongside Larry David. “Enough is enough.” David, who was putting on an accent, told Sanders that his ideas “sound like socialism to me”.
It was an unusual show, because the biggest laughs came from two surprise guests who visited “Weekend Update”.
The scene ended happily when it turned out that the boat had actually crashed into the Liberty Island and was already in NY. Thanks to “SNL”, more people heard Sanders is a “democratic socialist”- and for some that’s enough reason to vote against him. He reprised his Sanders impersonation this time in a pre-filmed segment, “Bern Your Enthusiasm”, which echoed David’s character in the HBO comedy “Curb Your Enthusiasm”. I’m from Brooklyn! We don’t pop in Brooklyn.
“YUGE difference”, Sanders replied, imitating how Trump often pronounces “huge” as though it begins with a Y.
“I am so sick of the 1% getting this preferential treatment”, Sanders said as he arrived on the set to big applause. She also wanted to know why Clinton felt compelled to delete so many personal emails from her private account as secretary of state – “everybody knows you can’t write 30,000 emails to your yoga instructor”.
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Ted Cruz’s wife said the candidate likes to sing Broadway show tunes to relieve stress, Jost noted, adding, “It’s something most couples call irreconcilable differences”. It’s not just amusing because of David’s impression, or Cecily Strong’s fantastic take on Susie Essman as a Sanders adviser, or Jay Pharoah as a spot-on JB Smoove; what makes it one of the best SNL bits in recent memory is how faithfully it transports the Curb formula to the Iowa caucus. But while David played Sanders, still there was no actual Bernie.
