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John Mulaney and Jake Gyllenhaals Hilarious Musical Ode to LaGuardia Airport

God bless excellent turn as Saturday Night Livehost by adding another side-splitting musical parody to his growing collection. First we had Bodega Bathroomand now Mulaney has given us a musical ode to the oft-maligned LaGuardia Airport. The best part? recently appeared in Mulaneys Netflix special for children, came in on wires to parody Wickedspecifically, by channeling his inner Idina Menzel and singing a modified version of Defying Gravity. So if you care to search me / Ill spread my legs real wide / Ill even bend over for you /…

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SNL Brutally Mocks Trumps Orange Face Tan Line Photo

President Trump was acquitted in a Senate trial this week and Democrats are calling it a cover-up, Colin Jost said at the top of Saturday Night Lives Weekend Update this week. But does this look like a guy who can pull off a cover-up? With that line, the show displayed the awarded Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom. And then immediately after the speech in a more touching moment, Rush traded the medal for a bottle of Oxy, he joked before adding, Now, look, say what you want about…

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Saturday Night Live: Adam Driver hosts a third time and outdoes himself

Show takes on impeachment trial and for the first time in about two years delivers a great cold open Saturday Night Live returns from holiday hiatus with Republican Senators Mitch McConnell (Beck Bennett) and Susan Collins (Cecily Strong) discussing their desire for a fair Alan Dershowitz (former cast member Jon Lovitz). Despite their protestations, he compares Trump to some of his famous former clients: rey Epstein, Claus von Blow. Suddenly, Dershowitz suffers a heart attack and wakes up in Hell, where a star-struck Satan (Kate McKinnon) fawns over him and…

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50 Moments in 2019 That Actually Made Us Happy

There were good things that happened in 2019. Really. I mean, a lot of horrible, disturbing, apocalyptic, humanity-in-crisis, extremely bad things happened, too. But there was a lot to celebrate, laugh at, laugh with, escape to, delight over, indulge in, cry (happy tears) about, and dance to. Things that made us feel something. Something good. At the end of the year for the last two years, weve called out on social media to Daily Beast readers and staffers. Theres so much focus on superlativesThe Best This, The Worst Thatthat we…

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