David, whose character is desperate to get a place on lifeboat as the ship is sinking, invites the wrath of Sanders” social justice warrior, who rants about the privelged 1 per cent and tries to distinguish “democratic socialism” from regular “socialism’. But the audience did get to hear him take several jabs at David’s character on Curb, and while introducing the show’s musical guest, The 1975, he said his campaign was going “pretty, pretty, pretty good”. He explains that the ship’s passengers “need to unite together” if they want to make it out alive. Dana Carvey had George H.W. Bush, Darrell Hammond had Bill Clinton, Will Ferrell had George W. Bush, and now Larry David has Bernie Sanders.
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Sanders then lightly mocked his own often-repeated insistence that he is a “democratic” socialist and his pronunciation – which he shares with fellow New Yorker Donald Trump – of huge as “yuge”.
“Meh, I think we’ve talked enough”, David replied.
The NBC comedy show resisted the temptation to have the Vermont U.S. senator appear next to David as he was playing him, however. Sanders showed up later in a “Titantic”-inspired sketch making light of his reputation as a class crusader”. Senator Bernie Sanders, riding the wave of his triumphant Iowa caucus, showed up to the set in NY to participate in a sketch with host Larry David. “I do not shake disgusting hands”.
“Democratic socialism”, corrected the presidential hopeful. “She’s the one being rude by offering a germ-infested hand”, said David.
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David’s most memorable bit came in an Federal Bureau of Investigation firearms simulation. “Go to a hospital, I’m not a popper …” The SNL writers clearly did their homework on Larry David’s famous HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, because the skit is a almost flawless recreation of the series’ awkward, cynical humor.
