After Biden Victory, 'SNL' Returns To Form Thanks To Dave Chappelle
On the day that networks declared Biden the winner of the election, Saturday Night Live had a giddy energy in its first really trenchant episode of the season.
Finally, after weeks of new episodes that felt like awkward dress rehearsals for a funnier show we never got to see, Saturday Night Live delivered a performance that met the moment.
But it didn't come from the place you might expect.
True enough, news that media organizations officially projected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as America's next president and vice president lent a giddy energy to a show that, this season, often seemed unsure of what to say about all the real-life absurdity at hand.
In the show's first "cold open" sketch, guest star Jim Carrey finally figured out how to balance performer in a while to even try sounding like the former vice president — with one of his most distinctive movie characters.
