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Alec Baldwin adds Bill O'Reilly to his impression roster - then has him talk to Donald Trump

Saturday Night Live’s return from hiatus gave the viewing public two Baldwins for the price of one.

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AFTER A THREE week break, Saturday Night Live returned last night with Louis CK at the helm.

Everyone was waiting to see if Alec Baldwin would appear with his now legendary Donald Trump impression given the tumultuous few weeks just seen in US politics.

He appeared alright, but Baldwin was also playing controversial Fox News host Bill O’Reilly – who has had ads pulled this week following sexual harassment claims

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The move came after a report in The New York Times last weekend that O’Reilly and his employer paid five women $13 million to settle harassment or other allegations of inappropriate conduct by Fox’s star.

Baldwin went all in on the scandal.

The segment started off with just O’Reilly welcoming you to his show

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First of all, he addressed “the scandal that everyone has been talking about all week – a scandal no one thought I’d have the guts to address head on, but the shocking allegations of abuse of power that have been…”

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Oh.

“As you know, 60 of our sponsors have pulled their ads from the programme. No word as to why yet.”

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Just when you thought this was going to be an O’Reilly-only sketch, the split screen came up and Baldwin’s Trump joined the show.

It was two Baldwin impressions for the price of one

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They moved on to the topic of Trump’s defence of O’Reilly, calling him a “good person.”

“I’m more familiar with this case than, say, healthcare”

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“Thank you for stopping by the Factor, and keep up the good work”

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“Wait, is that a joke? A lot of people have been saying ‘keep up the good work’ but then I found that it was a joke.”

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And -scene-.

It was up there with a behind-the-scenes look at that Pepsi ad as the most talked about sketch of the night

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They have plenty of material to be working with these days.

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    Mute Henry Matthews
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    Apr 9th 2017, 4:48 PM

    Seriously lads…I have a great sense of humour…I really have…but I just really really don’t find this funny ..not on any level …

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    Apr 9th 2017, 7:10 PM

    @Henry Matthews: That makes you just fine
    Henry. Unless you’ve become saturated into American shoite no one with any decent sense of humour in this country would find that funny.

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    Apr 9th 2017, 7:36 PM

    @A H: in fairness I find it funny I live in the states myself and I get the joke here, but Saturday night live overall I don’t find very funny.

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    Apr 9th 2017, 7:39 PM

    @Henry Matthews:
    About as funny as that other idiot Jason Byrne.

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    Apr 9th 2017, 9:13 PM

    @A H: a lot of American comedy doesn’t travel well. ..it seems to be that if you have a rabid hatred of trump you have to find snl funny…go figure ..

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    Apr 9th 2017, 4:36 PM

    Brilliant stuff, hilarious! You’d almost think Trump and O’Reilly were brothers! ;-)

    SNL and Baldwin are doing a better job at “Making Trump great” than the real one!

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    Apr 10th 2017, 2:42 PM

    @Dub_Right: OMG what a saddo you must be to think this is anyway funny, did you actually watch this on your own accord??

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    Apr 9th 2017, 4:39 PM

    His Bill O’Reilly impression is absolutely brilliant…Far better than his Trump one which has become a bit dull.

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    Apr 9th 2017, 5:12 PM

    @Ricky Spanish: The Trump one’s only still there because it winds up Trump..

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    Apr 9th 2017, 5:07 PM

    The Charlie Brooker take on Fox News presenters is worth a look on YouTube

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    Apr 9th 2017, 5:24 PM

    The Americans really don’t know what comedy is. Pathetic and boring.

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    Apr 9th 2017, 6:00 PM

    and SAD?

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    Apr 9th 2017, 7:37 PM

    Well that was shisheeeeeeeeeee…..

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    Apr 9th 2017, 7:19 PM

    Trump is a super bozo

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    Apr 9th 2017, 4:29 PM

    Awful idiot Baldwin.

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    Apr 9th 2017, 4:52 PM

    @Jack Cassady: Does he offend, your dear leader?

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    Apr 10th 2017, 2:43 PM

    @Stephen murphy: Highly doubt Trump is bothered. Its brutal and only an idiot would find it funny. Makes sense why you like it I guess

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    Apr 10th 2017, 1:57 PM

    Nope, not funny at all.

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