Last week Saturday Night Live or "SNL" has been having an explosive year both with viewership and quality comedic content. In 2017 SNL is having its greatest season since season 20, and is up 22 percent over last year (10.6 million vs. 8.7 million). Not only are they doing well in terms of viewership their comedy is really taking heavy swings at the Trump administration. Dressing Steve Bannon up as grim reaper felt quite fitting, along with Trump being sat at the "baby" desk entertained by a mere child's toy. Beautifully fits his personality and vocabulary/speaking skills which test in at about a third grade level. While it was funny it was nothing compared to the Sean Spicer's press conference skit. For those who do not follow politics Sean Spicer has been appointed to be Trump's white house press secretary. In this job Sean addresses the press almost daily on events unfolding in America's top office. However Sean unlike a lot of past white house secretary is a little more unpredictable. Known for shouting at reporters and saying some pretty outrageous things. For reference please watch the SNL skit below.
Although SNL takes his actions a little over the top the real Sean Spicer is not that much different than Melissa McCarthy's impression. For instance in SNL's skit Melissa (playing as Spicer) goes in depth about how much love and attention was shown at Trump's inauguration. Funny enough I have found video of the REAL Sean Spicer acting in a pretty similar fashion, being overly dramatic in his descriptions of Trump's inauguration. This video was taken during a real white house press conference, no wonder Melissa McCarthy's impression was so good, she basically copied the real Sean Spicer!
If you start the video at 2:30 you will see Mr. Spicer start ranting about how Trump's inauguration was the biggest ever. Later he on he brags that "people stood to show their patriotism for Donald's presidency. It's sad... Trump and his team knows their approval rating is sinking, currently sitting at 43% and is the worst rating ever for a new president. So they are trying to change the public opinion by screaming their own opinion as loud as they can. It proves they have the mentality of a child. That being said I look forward to this coming weekend featuring Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live's Trump impersonator. I am sure I will not be the only one monitoring Trump's twitter account on Saturday night and Sunday morning as I am sure Trump will not like whatever SNL is cooking up. Make sure you tune into NBC this Saturday to see sparks fly, and potentially predator drones if Trump gets to upset!
