Saturday Night Live fans react to Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris impression: ‘Literally the best thing SNL has done in a decade’
Saturday Night Live fans flocked to praise comedian Maya Rudolph’s impressions of Kamala Harris when the show returned for its 50th season this weekend.
SNL alum Rudolph, 52, rejoined the cast amid White House hopefuls, bringing back her “fun aunt,” aka the “Funt” persona, as the Democratic presidential candidate who gave a mock speech on stage.
Fans of the show have shown a lot of support on social media – with one viewer going so far as to call the skit “literally the best thing SNL has done in about a decade.”
Saturday Night Live fans flocked to praise comedian Maya Rudolph’s impressions of Kamala Harris as the show returned for its 50th season this weekend
‘The best thing I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen every SNL episode,” someone else agreed.
“More Maya Rudolph on TV over the next eight years should be a campaign talking point for Kamala,” one commenter wrote on X.
“One of the best political impersonators SNL has had, and there are a lot of good ones.”
Others praised Rudolph’s attention to detail — down to the way Harris, 59, arranges her hands while on stage.
“She’s even perfected the clasped hands, Miss Rudolph has studied. a true artist,” someone wrote on X.
“Maya Rudolph got Kamala’s vote DOWN now. She deserves job security for the next four years, thank you,” someone else said.
SNL kicked off its 50th season with a series of dry jokes, only gently poking fun at the 2024 election campaigns of both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
The famously Democratic-leaning show has long been soft on the Biden administration, and true to form, has saved its strongest blows for Donald Trump.
The skit hardly needed to do any heavy lifting on its own, as it replayed the former president’s recent comments about Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs.
Early in the broadcast, Andrew Dismukes as news anchor David Muir joked about the ABC News debate being “biased against the Democrats, which… duh.”
SNL fans have shown a lot of support for Rudolph’s Harris impression on social media
SNL alumni Maya Rudolph rejoined the cast while Kamala Harris brought back her “fun aunt,” aka the “Funt” persona, as the Democratic presidential nominee
But the biggest blows were reserved for James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump, who claimed at a rally that he noticed people heading for the exit
“The Funt has been rebooted,” Rudolph’s Harris said during her performance. ‘2 nice, 2 furious.’
Harris said she was campaigning in “WisconsinaPennsylvaGeorgia” – referring to the crucial swing states needed for a Democratic victory.
“I’m so happy to be campaigning in whatever swing state I’m in, which I’m just going to call Wisconsin-Pennsylv-Georgia, because I’m going to protect your Va-Georgia,” referring to Harris’ promise to protect women’s rights to an abortion.
“You see, my campaign is like the song ‘Espresso’ by Sabrina Carpenter,” Rudolph’s Harris joked. ‘The lyrics are vague, but the atmosphere is striking.’
She added: “This election is about progress. You see, Donald Trump is stuck in the past, but it’s like telling my husband Doug when he leaves his phone at the Chili’s, “We’re not going back.”
Jim Gaffigan was then introduced as Minnsota Governor Tim Walz
Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish, was played by Andy Samberg, who billed himself as the “Second Gentlemensch” when he joked about decorating the White House for Christmas: “The theme is Hanukkah.”
Meanwhile, Jim Gaffigan played Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, James Austin Johnson played Republican candidate Donald Trump and Dana Carvey appeared as President Joe Biden.