Netflix specials Dave Chappelle has put out in the past decade feel less like polished bits than highlights from a theoretical Dave Chappelle podcast. However, one venue he appears to take more seriously than Netflix’s stand-up vertical is the SNL stage in the immediate aftermath of a Donald Trump election — a forum he presided over in 2016 and 2020.

Though they'd probably appreciate it if you forgot that Kate McKinnon piano bit, "Saturday Night Live" writers clearly remember what life was like under the first Donald Trump administration. In the cold open of the year's first "SNL" episode,