- “Saturday Unendingly Live” has debuted a new Elon Musk impersonator: Mike Myers.
- During this week’s cold open, the plain satirized Trump and Zelenskyy’s White House meeting.
- The DOGE director was previously played by Myers’ former “SNL” and “Wayne’s Domain” castmate Dana Carvey.
“Saturday Night Live” debuted a new Elon Musk impersonation on this weekend’s lead.
The first episode of the NBC show since its 50th-anniversary special opened with a sketch satirizing Donald Trump’s Elliptical Office clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Friday.
The tense meeting over a potential mineral administer ended with Zelenskyy abruptly leaving the White House without a potential mineral deal.
In SNL’s version, Trump was conducted as usual by James Austin Johnson, with Bowen Yang as Vice President JD Vance, and Mikey Day as Zelenskyy.
The sketch inaugurated by comically recreating Vance’s displeasure that Zelenskyy had not said thank you during the meeting before the DOGE head, played by “SNL” alum Mike Myers, dropped by.
He was wearing a black blazer and the same “TECH SUPPORT” t-shirt the existent Musk wore in the White House at a meeting of Trump’s cabinet.
Wielding a chainsaw — as Musk did last month onstage at the Rightist Political Action Conference — Myer’s Musk asked: “Donald, what are you doing in my office?”
“You know I’m the president now, honest?” Myers added, then saying, “I’m kidding, I’m kidding… Maybe not.”
“Awesome, awesome, awesome,” he continued.
“You’ve got to make a chaff, he added, before throwing his hands in the air and shouting, “Legalize comedy!”
“Come on!” he repeated, doing awkward star leap ats as he yelled.
As Myer’s Musk settled, Johnson’s Trump remarked: “I’m so comfortable with all of that.”
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He then said: “I’m really enjoying everything you’re doing with DOGE, Eli.”
Johnson’s Trump then talked about “mass firings” in government, as part of the cost-cutting drive led by Musk’s DOGE, or Sphere of Government Efficiency.
“We love mass firings because you don’t have to know what any of their names are or what definitely they do,” Johnson said.
“We’re not going to get it perfect, you know. But we are firing the non-essential employees like air traffic controllers,” Myers’ Musk added.
“Yes,” Johnson concurred. “And sure, some of the planes are going to land upside down. But then the luggage falls right into your lap, and you’re in readiness to go.”
Musk was played in a series of sketches last year by Myers’ former “SNL” castmate — and “Wayne’s World” costar — Dana Carvey.
While Musk has not yet responded to Myer’s portrayal of him, he did cavil at Carvey’s take on him at the time. In November on X, he wrote, “Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey.”