A group of political pundits following a repetitive script had a break in their regularly scheduled programming in a Saturday Night Live sketch last night.
Host Kristen Wiig joined the cast as CNN political correspondent Dana Bash to discuss fake headlines about president-elect Donald Trump in a Westworld-esque sketch.
Westworld, a science fiction drama on HBO, is the story of a theme park full of robots who live a repetitive life for guest’s amusement.
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When Anderson cooper, played by SNL’s Alex Moffat, tells the group Trump wants security clearance for his kids, Wiig-as-Bash says “This isn’t like when Trump called women fat … this is different!”
The rest of the panel weighed in: “This isn’t normal,” “we cannot let him off the hook this time.”
When the same exchange — with a different headline — happens again and again, Moffat comments on the similarity before the entire cast freezes.
Moffat gets replaced (just like they would in the show) and the skit continues, as if nothing was wrong.
Watch the full sketch above.
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