Saturday Night Live parodies of Hillary Clinton

The sketch comedy television show Saturday Night Live (SNL) has for almost three decades aired a number of sketches parodying Hillary Clinton, from her time as First Lady, and during both her presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2016.[1]

A total of nine different performers have played Hillary Clinton on SNL.[2] The array of SNL cast members portraying Clinton has included Jan Hooks, Janeane Garofalo, Vanessa Bayer, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, and Kate McKinnon.[1] Guest stars playing Clinton have included Drew Barrymore and Rachel Dratch.[2] One sketch even featured Miley Cyrus in a guest appearance as Clinton, rapping: "What's up y'all? I'm like Hillary Clinton, and I wanna be president one day."[3]

History

Jan Hooks was the first to portray Hillary Clinton, and after Hooks left the show in 1991, she returned later to make several subsequent guest appearances as Hillary, with Phil Hartman as Hillary's husband Bill Clinton.[1] One of the earliest Jan Hooks sketches, which aired in May 1993, features her interpretation of Hillary eager to be a "co-president" with Bill, now the newly elected President. Hooks' Hillary tells her husband about her big plans for his health care bill, and gets into a fistfight with Senator Bob Dole.[4]

Beginning with the 1994 season, Janeane Garofalo played Hillary as First Lady, with Michael McKean portraying president Clinton.[1]

Ana Gasteyer played Hillary during the Lewinsky scandal of the late 1990s, as well as during her run for the U.S. Senate in New York, with Darrell Hammond playing the role of her husband.[1] In one Gasteyer sketch, set in the Clintons' Chappaqua kitchen, with Hillary making an attempt to appear more personable for the cameras during her Senate campaign, she says, "I can't wait to prepare some food dishes in this kitchen, such as salads and toast."[4]

SNL cast member Amy Poehler had the longest-running role as Clinton, playing the role regularly from 2003 to 2008 (and reprising it twice, in 2012 and 2015).[1][5] During the 2008–09 season, the show aired several critically acclaimed sketches featuring Poehler as Clinton, and Tina Fey as Sarah Palin.[6][7] Hillary Clinton first made an appearance on the show and faced off with Poehler as her doppelgänger.[1][8][9]

Kate McKinnon has portrayed Clinton regularly since March 2015. Darrell Hammond has stated that he only agreed to reprise his role as Bill Clinton because McKinnon was so good in her role, calling her a "virtuoso".[10]

In the 2014–2015 season, SNL began airing another series of Hillary Clinton sketches, on the occasion of Clinton's announcement of her candidacy for the 2016 presidential campaign, with Kate McKinnon now as Clinton.[11][12][13][14] Former SNL cast member Darrell Hammond returned to reprise his portrayal of Bill Clinton in previous season skits.[15]

McKinnon again portrayed Clinton on October 17, 2015, for SNL's rendering of the Democratic Primary Presidential debate which had aired on CNN on October 13.[16]

On October 8, 2016, in episode 2 of season 42, Kate McKinnon played Hillary Clinton after her headquarters obtained news of Donald Trump talking about how he could grab women "by the pussy", something he did say in real life.[17][18][19][20]

See also

References
  1. Liz Raftery – "Who Did the Best Hillary Clinton Impression on SNL?", TV Guide, April 30, 2015. (Video) Retrieved 2015-08-15
  2. Louis Virtel – Hillary Clinton has been Imitated by Nine Different People on 'SNL', HITFIX, April 13, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  3. Hunter Schwarz – "Why Hillary Clinton for President is Great for SNL — and Comedy in General, Washington Post, April 13, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  4. Ali Elkin – "The SNL Archaeology of Hillary Clinton: The satirical show may offer the truest biography of the Democratic frontrunner, Bloomberg Politics, March 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  5. "Palin, Clinton, other politicians who've appeared on 'SNL'," Associated Press, November 6, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-08
  6. James Poniewozik – "Fey's Palin? Not Failin'," Time, September 14, 2008. Retrieved 2015-08-14
  7. Hilary Lewis – "Five of 'SNL's' Most Memorable Hillary Clinton Sketches", The Hollywood Reporter (video), April 12, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  8. Monica Alba and Jillian Sederholm – "Hillary Clinton Tends Bar, Impersonates Trump in 'SNL' Cameo" (Video), NBC News, October 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-04
  9. Story Hinckley – "Hillary on SNL: Why do we want our politicians to seem funny? – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appeared on Saturday Night Live this week, continuing a long relationship between politicians and late night comedy", The Christian Science Monitor, October 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-04
  10. "Darrell Hammond on Playing Colonel Sanders and 'SNL'". 3 June 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  11. Jack Linshi – "Watch SNL Parody Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Announcement", Time, April 12, 2015. (Video) Retrieved 2015-08-14
  12. Keely Lockhart – "Saturday Night Live pokes fun at Hillary Clinton's presidential announcement: 'Buckle up, America, the Clintons are back' – Comedienne Kate McKinnon parodies Hillary Clinton in popular TV sketch show SNL", The Telegraph, April 12, 2015. (Video) Retrieved 2015-08-14
  13. Henry Hanks – "'Saturday Night Live' takes on Hillary Clinton email controversy", CNN, March 9, 2015. (Video) Retrieved 2015-08-15
  14. Ian Crouch – "Kate McKinnon’s Genius Hillary Impersonation", The New Yorker, April 13, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  15. Eric Bradner – "Saturday Night Live: 'The Clintons are baaack'," CNN Politics, Updated April 12, 2015. (Video) Retrieved 2015-08-14
  16. Nicole Hensley - "Larry David and Bernie Sanders are one and the same in 'SNL' cold open" (Video), NY Daily News, October 18, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-18
  17. "Watch VP Debate Cold Open From Saturday Night Live". NBC.com. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  18. Cassidy, John, A Sexual Predator in the Republican Party’s Midst, The New Yorker, October 8, 2016.
  19. "Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005". Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  20. "2005 Video Shows Donald Trump Saying Lewd Things About Women". Retrieved October 7, 2016.
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