Alex Moffat’s Anderson Cooper opened Saturday Night Live with a massive list of stars trying to fill the many, many roles ripe for satire that are being escorted from Donald Trump’s White House on a daily basis. Kate McKinnon returned as Jeff Sessions to comment on last night’s firing of Andrew McCabe, saying, “this was sneaky for me. I’m just a simple man trying to make life bad for immigrants and now here I am taking away the pension of a Christian white. It ain’t right!”
"Frankly, I can’t believe I lasted this long." — Attorney General Jeff Sessions #SNL pic.twitter.com/WUivoW6GeI
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Then, Cooper decides to welcome former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to his desk, played by a perfect John Goodman. Tillerson recalls his firing this week, hearing from Chief of Staff John Kelly: “He said, ‘are you on the toilet, because I’ve got some bad news.'”
Rex is having a hard time dealing with his firing. As he puts it, “one moment you’re the CEO of Exxon, a 50 billion dollar company, and the next day you’re getting fired by a man who used to sell steaks in the mail.”
John Goodman returns as Rex Tillerson: “It’s just crazy how one day you’re the CEO of Exxon, a 50 billion dollar company, and the next day, you get fired by a man who used to sell steaks in the mail.” #SNL pic.twitter.com/8YG2KeplOI
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When you can't believe it's all come to this… #SNL pic.twitter.com/yn4Kd7pTBd
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Cooper introduces his next guests, Fred Armisen as Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff and the night’s host Bill Hader as The Mooch himself, Anthony Scaramucci. Hader plays him like a mom from Goodfellas x1000. It’s overwhelming considering the heavy news week, and ends up as one of the best cold opens of the season.
