“Saturday Night Live” is famous for its bread and butter sketch, the politically-tinged cold open, in which the NBC variety show stalwart reliably pokes fun at the major current doings of (usually) whoever sits behind the Resolute Desk. So it was a surprise when they opted to take something of a U-turn this week.
Unlike the satirical route, like they went with on President-elect Donald Trump winning the election, for this week’s elephant in the room–President Joe Biden’s pardoning son Hunter– the writers reached back to resurrect one of the long-running program’s funniest characters–“Church Chat” host, the Church Lady. If you aren’t familiar with it, the school marm-esque, holier-than-thou, Christian talk show host character sits down with several guests from either politics or entertainment/pop culture.
Oh yeah, and by the way (couldn’t resist!), former SNL castmate Dana Carvey, who’s been portraying Biden this season, played the character during the 1986-1990 seasons. (I think the only other appearance was for “Saturday Night Live”s 15th anniversary special in May 2016.)
As I mentioned, SNL, after nearly four years, has finally included Hunter Biden in a sketch.
The Church Lady’s “program” this time is a “year in review” for 2024, with the