“Saturday Night Live” tackled the NYC mayoral race head-on.
“I’m thrilled to be here,” Gillis’ Sliwa said in his opening statement, “And not getting shot in the back of a yellow cab five times by the Gottis and Gambinos as I was famously in 1992, 1993, and 1994.
” Sliwa continued, “But I’m the right choice to be your next mayor. No offense to my opponents, Mr. Cuomo and—I believe I’m saying this right—Zoltar Rob Zombie?" Saturday Night Live, Ramy Youssef as Mamdani, Miles Teller as Cuomo, James Austin Johnson as Trump, Shane Gillis as Sliwa.Although Gillis returned to host the show twice in the years since, his reputation as a right-wing comic often bristled someviewers, who might be surprised to see him return to make fun of the only Republican in the NYC mayoral race. “As you know, my dad was brutally kidnapped and tied to the tracks of the Cyclone at Coney Island,” Gillis’ Sliwa said at one point, adding, “I’m sorry, what was your question?” When asked what his go-to bagel order was, Sliwa answered, “As you know, in 1982 I had my penis cut off and fed to me by the Yakuza.”“I want to be mayor so I can deliver a better New York,” Youssef’s Mamdani said. “Free healthcare, affordable housing, free Wi-Fi. As mayor, can I make that happen? I’m not sure yet. But together we’re going to find out… that the answer is no.”Meanwhile, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo sold himself to voters by saying, “I got us through COVID and then yadda yadda yadda, honk honk, squeeze squeeze. Anyway, I’m back.”, who played current NYC mayor Eric Adams, joined in the cold open. Adams crashed the debate to officially endorse an uncomfortable Cuomo, saying, “He’s like me: part two.”Like several cold opens this year, the sketch was crashed by President Donald Trump, once again played by cast member James Austin Johnson. Trump made fun of Curtis Sliwa’s beret, joking, “I love him, but we’ve got to do something about that
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