If one of your favorite parts of an election year is seeing who will play politicians on Saturday Night Live , raise your hand. Don’t be shy, it’s certainly mine. And I was thrilled to see that Lorne Michaels immediately secured Maya Rudolph for Season 50 to reprise her role as the current Vice President Kamala Harris.
Now, given that she is a presidential nominee this time around, we expect Maya to get a lot more screen time. It's possible that someone could step in to play Harris' husband Doug Emhoff too, which he's quite excited about. Given that Rudolph’s “Mamala” will be one of the main recurring characters in SNL's political sketches when it returns on the 2024 TV schedule , she may need to up her game.
Esquire recently sat down with Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff, and they took the opportunity to ask him what the SNL alum could add to her impression, and his answer didn’t disappoint: Yes, they need a good Doug character. So, I'm thinking Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Chris Hemsworth, you know, people who look exactly like me [laughs]. I couldn’t agree more.
Some of the late-night sketch comedy’s best presidential impressions over the years haven’t even been sitting presidents at all, like Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton. While Martin Short has played Doug on the sketch comedy show before, I certainly think adding someone to play the Second Gentleman into this year's cast, even for a skit or two, would be a fantastic addition to the VP impression. Both th.