# Who should play Tim Walz on SNL? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** talk-variety-show\ **Created:** [August 6, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355 "2024-08-06T23:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/41 "2024-08-09T00:07:37Z")
It should be someone from Minnesota. Someone that Minnesota voted into office. And someone who has been on SNL. So how about Al Franken? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/42 "2024-08-09T01:19:30Z")
What are they going to make fun of about Walz, though? He doesn’t even have one of those outrageous _Fargo_ accents. Surely, the more important question is who will play Vance. Is there already a thread? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/43 "2024-08-09T01:29:26Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > What are they going to make fun of about Walz, though? Likely nothing. SNL’s depictions of Hillary, Biden, and Harris have been played a bit larger than life, poking fun at their opposition. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/44 "2024-08-09T01:32:43Z")
I could see some fun skits pitting _The Dad_ against weird & creepy Vance. I don’t care if we want to talk about who will play Vance here or in a new thread. Up to youse guys. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/45 "2024-08-09T01:33:35Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > What are they going to make fun of about Walz, though? He doesn’t even have one of those outrageous _Fargo_ accents. Surely, the more important question is who will play Vance. Is there already a thread? The New York Times has an [article](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/arts/television/snl-2024-election-harris-trump.html) on this issue and mentions that Taran Killam, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Haley Joel Osment or Michael Longfellow have been suggested for Vance. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/46 "2024-08-09T01:39:35Z")
Oh no, I really like Longfellow. I’m not sure I want to see him play such a creep. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/47 "2024-08-09T04:11:57Z")
I supposed the guy who played Ellis in Diehard would be too old to play Vance. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/48 "2024-08-09T04:43:29Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > > What are they going to make fun of about Walz, though? He doesn’t even have one of those outrageous _Fargo_ accents. Surely, the more important question is who will play Vance. Is there already a thread? > > The New York Times has an [article](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/arts/television/snl-2024-election-harris-trump.html) on this issue and mentions that Taran Killam, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Haley Joel Osment or Michael Longfellow have been suggested for Vance. Taran Killam wouldn’t have to change anything to play CF Vance. I’m not sure he isn’t Vance. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/49 "2024-08-09T09:49:51Z")
I’ve said that Vance looks like Will Wheaton when he gains weight. This discombabulates me a bit. Will would be good. He can play a jerk pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/50 "2024-08-09T12:54:26Z")
> **[The most pressing question about Tim Walz and JD Vance: Who should play them...](https://www.wuwf.org/2024-08-09/the-most-pressing-question-about-tim-walz-and-jd-vance-who-should-play-them-on-snl?_amp=true)** > > Steve Martin has said he turned down an offer from SNL to play Walz. Our critic offers some alternatives. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/51 "2024-08-09T13:17:08Z")
New York Times entertainment critics finally catch up to SDMB / @Rilchiam (posted July 17): > [@Who will be Trump's running mate? (J. D. Vance Has Been Chosen)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/589): > > All I know is, when Saturday Night Live starts up again, they have **got** to get Haley Joel Osment to do a cameo as him. There are several cast members who could be made to look like Vance, but Haley could go into 8H as is and play him. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/52 "2024-08-09T13:43:07Z")
[https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1eb7iil/taran\_killam\_needs\_to\_come\_back\_to\_play\_jd\_vance/#lightbox](https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1eb7iil/taran_killam_needs_to_come_back_to_play_jd_vance/#lightbox) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/53 "2024-08-09T14:05:12Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I could see some fun skits pitting _The Dad_ against weird & creepy Vance. > > I don’t care if we want to talk about who will play Vance here or in a new thread. Up to youse guys. That is definitely the comedy angle. Walz’s speech writers/staffers already see it and are getting traction. Comedy can easily become a deceptively powerful political message, no one but no one wants to be ‘effectively’ ridiculed. That is why swearing is always so lame, it’s unspecific, but you remember the Middle School burn you received over 3 decades ago about the color of your shoe laces. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/54 "2024-08-09T17:46:27Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > could see some fun skits pitting _The Dad_ against weird & creepy Vance. I think having the two of them in any of the quiz show sketches with a childless woman between them writes itself. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/55 "2024-08-09T17:47:10Z")
Especially if there’s also a cat. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/56 "2024-08-09T18:12:50Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Drew Carey lost weight _years_ before those meds were available. Okay, so where have _I_ been? I recently saw something about new photos of him having lost weight and I looked at a few. There were some headlines earlier in the year about him talking about his weight loss. But checking he did indeed lose 80lbs in 2010. I thought I had seen clips of him lots of times in the last 14 years and didn’t notice anything before. I apparently don’t follow celeb news all that much lately. Maybe a good thing if I remember that? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/57 "2024-08-09T22:33:11Z")
Jeopardy! fan favorite contestant Sam Buttrey is a dead ringer for Steve Martin, _especially_ the smile IMO. Just sayin’. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/58 "2024-08-10T00:12:10Z")
He should play himself. Think of the bump to the campaign! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/59 "2024-08-10T00:15:49Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > He should play himself. Oh, no! Equal time regulations would require offering the same opportunities for JD Vance to appear on SNL. I do not want to see JD Vance doing sketch comedy! ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355/60 "2024-08-13T20:06:53Z")
Tim Heidecker is my pick for JD Vance. Or John Gemberling if Tim isn’t available. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355.md?page=4)