The new season of Saturday Night Live opened with a sketch poking fun at President Joe Biden and the division within the Democratic party.
Owen Wilson opened the 47th season of the live comedy sketch show after last season saw record low ratings.
New cast member James Austin Johnson as Biden, began by asking 'How was everyone's summer? Mine was bad.'
'Everyone keeps razing me about that drone strike,' he continued, 'but on the bright side, I went the entire summer without falling down the stairs once.'
He was then joined by other Democrats: Senator Kyrsten Sinema played by Cecliy Strong, Senator Joe Manchin played by Aidy Bryant, Representative Ilhan Omar played by Ego Nwodim, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez played by Melissa Villasenor, who noted her controversial 'Tax the Rich' Met Gala dress.
The Democrats all argued about the child tax credit, roads, water, prescription drugs, and raising taxes.
They were then joined by disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo played by Pete Davidson who asked for another chance and tried to play off his sexual assault allegations, 'You know what Italians like to do? Hug and kiss.'
Chuck Schumer played by Alex Moffat joined in at the end completing the group of disagreeing Democrats.
Senator Kyrsten Sinema played by Cecliy Strong rejected Biden's proposals (played by new cast member James Austin Johnson)
The 47th season of Saturday Night Live premiered with a sketch poking fun at President Joe Biden's tough summer and the division within the Democratic party
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez played by Melissa Villasenor mentioned her controversial 'Tax the Rich' dress that she wore to the Met Gala where she spent the exclusive night with the ultra-rich
Disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo played by Pete Davidson joined the group suggesting that he deserves another chance at redemption
Wilson performed his opening monologue making fun of himself and how many schools he attended without receiving any degrees.
He had previously said that he's always been 'too nervous' to take it on the hosting gig and that the idea makes him 'panic.'
'I get really nervous with public speaking. I've never done any of those commencement addresses or Saturday Night Live just because I get too nervous.'
But Wilson had his two brothers, Luke and Andrew in the audience to cheer him on.
Owen Wilson hosted the premiere episode of SNL's newest season. The actor has never hosted the popular live comedy show before
SNL returned for its 47th season after record low ratings last season
Wilson welcomed his two brothers, Luke and Andrew who sat in the audience to cheer him on
Wilson played a doctor who goes on the air to inform several talk show host about the results of their COVID and STD tests
SNL joked about the billionaire space race between Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson
Wilson played Bezos orbiting in space as he chatted with Branson and fought with Musk
SNL parodied The View with a show titled The Talking with several female cast members acting as daytime talk show host preparing to welcome the Pope as their guest when a doctor, played by Wilson, joined them on the air.
He then continued to announce the results of the women's medical results including positive COVID and STD results.
The writers were referencing the moment last month when The View pulled host Ana Navarro mid-show due to a positive COVID test just minutes before Vice President Kamala Harris was scheduled to appear on the show.
Wilson, who voices the Disney character Lightning McQueen from Cars, then appeared in a sketch showing him voice the character in another Cars movie.
In this sketch, Wilson becomes increasingly uncomfortable as his lines continue to portray McQueen hitting on young girls and using offensive language.
SNL made sure to joke about the billionaire space race between Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Elon Musk's SpaceX, and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic.
A parody movie trailer titled Star Trek: Ego Quest saw Wilson star as Bezos orbiting in his Blue Origin spacecraft with his brother Mark, played by Wilson's brother Luke.
In the joke trailer, Bezos chats with Branson, gets an Amazon delivery, and is confronted by his nemesis, Musk.
Moffat played Branson in a passing Virgin Galactic spaceship which looked like a table at a club
Mikey Day acted as Musk in a SpaceX ship as SNL teased the billionaires for their 'mid-life crises'
Moffat and Nwodim acted as school board members trying to conduct a productive meeting while taking questions from ridiculous community members
Davidson showed up as Dog the Bounty Hunter asking for help in his search to find Brian Laundrie
SNL then went on to a sketch portraying a local school board meeting that is inundated with crazy parents and teachers asking ridiculous questions regarding the school's confederate associations, COVID, Critical Race Theory, and segregation.
Davidson showed up as Dog the Bounty Hunter asking the school board and community members for help in his search to find Brian Laundrie.
The comedy show then went into its popular Weekend Update segment starring head writers, Colin Jost and Michael Che.
While the comedians had plenty of material to cover from the show's summer break, they closed out the bit with a touching tribute to former SNL cast member Norm MacDonald, who passed away on September 14.
MacDonald was best known for hosting the Weekend Update segment in the 90s. On the show he popularized the term 'fake news' and pushed the popular news commentary away from Chase's slapstick comedy take on to the more politically charged sharp approach that is still seen today.
Throughout the show Wilson also starred as a teacher, an NFL commentator, and a commercial director.
Kasey Musgraves performed two songs from her recently released second album, Star-Crossed.
Fans noticed that Beck Bennett did not return for this season. Kate McKinnon did make an appearance in the first show back but has confirmed that she will be returning this season.
Along with Johnson, this season will welcome new cast members: Aristotle Athari and Sarah Sherman.
In the next few weeks, viewers will watch Kim Kardashian, Rami Malek, and Jason Sudeikis host SNL.
The Weekend Update segment closed with a touching tribute to former cast member Norm MacDonald, who died on September 14
Kasey Musgraves performed Justified and Camera Roll from her new album Star-Crossed
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