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Election but did this come about as a result of the outcome of the election and things came together and minds came together about how they wanted to approach this show? >> well, he was announced host before the election took place but snl has been known as a place that is kinds of thrown together at the last moment. perfect example when the access hollywood tape came out. there was a lot of reports that said "snl switched up the cold open to talk about that a day after it happened. you could te...

I would like two, please. my mouth feels dry. >> dave chapel gave an epic performance on "saturday night lives" first post-election show last night that was tyrone bigiams and a lot of other great characters back on the show last night. it was amazing, but question is how aggressive, how funny, how out there will comedians, including late night comedians be in the donald trump era? back with me is dean obeidallah and the comedy duo making their "a.m. joy" debut frangela is here. this is the ques...

"saturday night live." and, victor, they came out swinging, lets say. >> they certainly did, right from the jump in that cold open. alec baldwin taking on donald trumps latest controversies during the open of the show. that first sketch. heres part of it. >> donald trump loves women. he respects women. hes never said a single bad thing about women. i dare you to show me a single shred of evidence that proves otherwise. >> this is cnn breaking news alert. >> well, looks like donald trump finally ...

To be far greater than anybody who writes about it, talks about it, defends it, apologizes for it. its going to be around. its -- its captivating because youre catching private conversations, i was thinking what "snl" tomorrow will do -- i imagine there will be a bus -- youll be hearing voices from inside a bus. and there will be obviously hyperbol hyperbolic, it doesnt have to be much beyond this to be a cold open. it is a cold open in itself. >> on nbc, they cannot say the words that donald ...

Died after the u.s. mistakenly hit a hospital in northern afghanistan. now back to "red eye" with grues grues -- with greg fox news.com. you are ouch whatting "fox news." welcome back. time to find out what we got wrong and what we missed from tvs andy levy. >> tom, how are you? >> are you back on the coffee? >> this is water tonight. i had a cup at 5:00 and i will have another one after that. lets start with the cold open. the best thing about snap chap is they disappear by parsects. >> you w...

Even here at 30 rock. "saturday night lives" cecily strong delivered a solidarity of support before saturdays show. >> paris is the city of light, and here in new york city, we know that light will never go out. our love and support is with everyone there tonight, we stand with you. [ speaking in french ] of aand now live from new york, its saturday night. >> the show continued as usual, but without the traditional cold open sketch. at her concert in stockholm saturday madonna paid tribute. sh...

In before. but i think the pressure is definitely higher because anything you say as a presidential candidate is slightly different. he was on hue huet this afternoon and said the cold open will be wild. i can tell you the cold open of the skit soon afterwards is going to make you laugh. so, you know, teasing this. donald trump loves this. hes so good at television here. its important but look. people want to know that hes a serious candidate, not necessarily a funny candidate so it is a fine li...

That is the delorean. here we go. >> featured in the 1985 movie. it was 30 years ago that "back to the future" said, remember when doc programmed into the delorean the dates, and it was todays date, october 21st, 2015. he opened it. >> i cannot get over the fact today brian is riding in the delorean right now. its making my 1.21 gigawatts in my heart just go crazy. this is so exciting. >> watch this. see what year it actually is. because im not really sure because we went so fast in the cold ope...

And 2008 era which is "we wont do anything like george bush did." but you heard ted cruz, we deal a little bit of that. >> cruz v. rubio would be an interesting foreign policy deba debate. rubio, intervention, cruz, isolation. >> i was struck with your interview with cruz about how isolationist he is. >> more than people thought. >> compared to a -- the whole john mccain wing of the party. >> hes got his eyes on rand pauls voters. >> absolutely. rand paul is looking for those voters. [ laughter ...

Before we go, "saturday night live" came through with the impersonation weve all been waiting for for months. larry david as bernie sanders. here was last nights cold open from "saturday night live." >> what is your position on the big banks? >> eh. [ laughter ] not a fan of the banks. they trample on the middle-class, they control washington. and why do they chain all their pens to the desks? whos trying to steal a pen from a bank? [ laughter ] makes no sense! thats why youve got break up the b...