# How does Saturday night live find random celebrities to do impressions of people **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236 "2017-02-07T16:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/21 "2017-02-07T22:26:52Z")
> [@lazybratsche](#): > > There’s talk of Rosie O’Donnell playing Bannon. At least, on twitter she says she likes the idea. > > At some point SNL should do the meta-sketch as well: after spoofing Spicer or Bannon, cut directly to Baldwin’s Trump sitting on the couch at 1 AM writing angry tweets… They’d get massive ratings! Hope O’Donnell does it. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/22 "2017-02-07T22:47:16Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > By the way, there are indications that Trump was _freaked_ by the idea of a woman playing Spicer–enough so that the very fact of his having been played by a woman might lead Trump to give him the heave-ho: > > [http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-234715](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-234715) Had seen that. Now… Who (woman) can we get to parody Trump himself? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/23 "2017-02-07T23:08:11Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Had seen that. Now… Who (woman) can we get to parody Trump himself? 😃 Hilary Clinton ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/24 "2017-02-07T23:09:58Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Hilary Clinton That would require a personality and sense of humor. I’m afraid she is disqualified. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/25 "2017-02-07T23:28:52Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Hilary Clinton That would be damned funny, and probably have Trump spitting blood and fire. How can we make it happen? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/26 "2017-02-07T23:39:30Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > That would require a personality and sense of humor. I’m afraid she is disqualified. She seemed to deliver the jokes written for her well enough at the Al Smith Dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/27 "2017-02-07T23:39:58Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > That would be damned funny, and probably have Trump spitting blood and fire. > > How can we make it happen? 😃 Do you have any idea just how many dozen coats of paint you’d have to put on Lorne Michaels pool to make that happen? And I’m not even talking about the half dozen coats of clear-coat on top to seal it… . . . . . . . . . “Hey, Lorne… why is you pool only three feet deep…?” “Some silly bastard wanted Helen Hunt to play Betsy DeVos…” ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/28 "2017-02-07T23:59:23Z")
[Vanity Fair](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/snl-melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-donald-trump-women) has some \*really \*good ideas. 🙂 > [@lazybratsche](#): > > There’s talk of Rosie O’Donnell playing Bannon. At least, on twitter she says she likes the idea. > > At some point SNL should do the meta-sketch as well: after spoofing Spicer or Bannon, cut directly to Baldwin’s Trump sitting on the couch at 1 AM writing angry tweets… And Trump should definitely not be wearing a bathrobe; since Spicer was very clear he doesn’t even own one. > [@Chimera](#): > > Had seen that. Now… Who (woman) can we get to parody Trump himself? 😃 Hmm, Rosie O’Donnell play Trump might just get Trump worked up enough to have a stroke (or try order a nuclear attack on Manhattan). ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/29 "2017-02-08T00:03:34Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Hmm, Rosie O’Donnell play Trump might just get Trump worked up enough to have a stroke (or try order a nuclear attack on Manhattan). I thought of her. Trump would probably call the Secret Service in NYC and order them to go over and arrest her for it. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/30 "2017-02-08T00:07:34Z")
How about Aasif Mandvi to play Trump? A Muslim immigrant parodying him would cause really cause Agent Orange to blow a fuse. Yes, an Indian Muslim immigrant from the UK, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/31 "2017-02-08T00:09:00Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > How about Aasif Mandvi to play Trump? A Muslim immigrant parodying him would cause really cause Agent Orange to blow a fuse. Yes, an Indian Muslim immigrant from the UK, but still… He should play Melania in the sketch. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/32 "2017-02-08T01:21:51Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > He should play Melania in the sketch. 😃 Quick, someone send Lorne a link to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/33 "2017-02-08T02:32:07Z")
If we can just limit the damage of this guy, it might be an entertaining 4 years. I see sketches that depict donnie and crew as female first, and just recursively hammering on to that theme, sketches about the reaction to sketches, all done in drag. It never has to end. And at some point I think we can say that donnie will come undone, or his head will explode. He will be the most trolled politician in history. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236/34 "2017-02-08T03:31:58Z")
C’mon, guys, it’s obvious who should replace Baldwin as Trump. Caitlyn Jenner. They’re about the same age and same size, and both have a gaggle of daughters and lots of experience on reality shows. It’s perfect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236.md?page=1)