sketches

The original production of the special was incorporated with skits, sketches and kitschy acting.

Such chaos is bad for democracy, but it does inspire wickedly funny memes, hashtags, sketches and political satire.

“Frankly, it was only on the Thursday before the Saturday that ANY of the sketches generated laughs,” Musk said.

Musk responded to a repost of Fineman's video on his platform, X, stating "Frankly, it was only on the Thursday before the Saturday that ANY of the sketches generated laughs. I was worried. I was like d**n my 'SNL' appearance is going to be so f***ing unfunny. But then it worked out in the end."

By the time “Weekend Update” came along, with two non-election related character bits that missed the mark, the sketches began to feel exhausted and rote, with bad premises and weak writing.