So who is playing Cruz on SNL tonight?

[malaise]

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Aidy Bryant?

[leftieNanner]

6. I love her!

She and Kate McKinnon are two of my favorites. They always make me laugh.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

18. Same here! I also love Cecily Strong!

[leftieNanner]

19. Me too!

Isn't that her in the Ragu commercial?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

20. I've seen her in a Triscuit commercial but not not Ragu, so I don't know.

[Dem4Life1102]

15. Makes sense

She played Cruz a few weeks ago.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

21. That's why I guessed her, she really nailed it, LOL!

[Goodheart]

2. Jon Lovitz

[marble falls]

5. Could it be Satan?

[pandr32]

9. He would be perfect!

Skinny jeans and all.

[Progressive Jones]

10. THAT would be sweet !!! LMAO! nt

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Someone who probably said, "Shit! Why do I get stuck playing that asshole?"

[malaise]

7. ROFL

[leftieNanner]

4. The Cold Open should be EPIC!

Can't wait!

[malaise]

8. Same here

[True Dough]

11. Maybe Tom Hanks will do it

Fingers crossed.

[Dem4Life1102]

12. Is Hanks hosting?

[True Dough]

13. Nope. Reg-Jean Page

from the series Bridgerton.

But Hanks might make a cameo?

[Dem4Life1102]

14. Has he played Cruz on SNL before?

[True Dough]

16. Don't think so

but tonight would be a good night to start.

[Dem4Life1102]

17. I wouldn't hold my breath

Hanks lives in California, so doubt that he would fly cross country during a pandemic to do a cameo of character he’s never played before. It’s not like Alec Baldwin who lives in NYC.

Plus Aidy Bryant played Cruz last week and got good reviews.

[rustbeltvoice]

22. Y'no, actors can play any role given them.

Some actors are a better fit for some roles. Many actors can play a role well. What SatNiteLive did to miss the ball was not to have Rosie O'Donnell play trumple-thin-skin. They had Leslie Jones quickly pose as trumple-thin-skin, silently. Either could play Cruz. But the essence of Cruz is oily smarminess. He thinks he is the brightest bulb in the chandelier, and he is not. Who could be that self unaware, hypocritical, dishonest, and smarmy. The Germans have a word for someone like him, "Backpfeifengesicht", a face that calls out to be slapped.

[jmowreader]

23. Special Guest Vincent D'Onofrio?

He's about the right shape to pass for Cruz, he does batshit crazy really well, and the makeup will be no problem.

[malaise]

24. Is he on tonight?

Can't wait for the laughs

[jmowreader]

25. No, but he should be

Has he done comedy after Men in Black?

[malaise]

26. The Cold Open was lame

although they nailed Cruz - didn't like the bothsideism

[DFW]

27. The subject of the "Blue Bayou" parody: "Cruz, We Don't Buy You" (apologies to Linda Ronstadt)

A few years old, but he keeps managing to remind us of why he will always flop at trying for the republican presidential nomination.

[malaise]

28. Thanks for this

[DFW]

29. That one must be five years old

I think we did it when he was trying for the 2016 Republican nomination. Except for the added embarrassment of Cancún, not much has changed, has it?

[malaise]

30. It was prescient

Too good