Dana Edelson/NBC(NEW YORK) — Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders flipped the tables and did an impression of comedian Larry David while standing right next to him onstage on NBC’s Saturday Night Live over the weekend.
Asked how New Hampshire was going, Sanders replied, “Well, it’s pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good,” referencing David’s famous line from his show Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Saturday was the first time the two doppelgangers stood side-by-side since David debuted his instant-Internet sensation impression of the presidential hopeful on SNL last fall. David hosted the show Saturday night.
During a Titanic-esque skit, David was arguing he should be given a spot on the sinking ship’s lifeboat because he was from a wealthy family.
“Hold on, hold on, wait a second. I am so sick of the one percent getting this preferential treatment,” Sanders boomed, coming on set waving his finger and wearing a vest and newsboy cap.
“Enough is enough,” he continued, delivering one of his go-to campaign lines. “We need to unite and work together if we are all going to get through this.”
“Sounds like socialism to me,” David retorted.
“Democratic socialism,” Sanders replied.
“Huge difference,” he continued in his accentuated Vermont-via-Brooklyn accent. Sanders is the longest-serving independent in Congress and a self-described democratic socialist.
The senator introduced his character as “Bernie Sanderswitzky.”
“But we’re gonna change it when we get to America, so it doesn’t sound quite so Jewish,” he said.
David also spoofed Sanders with a “Bern Your Enthusiasm” sketch that resembled a Curb episode.
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