Seeing tweets tonight saying Melissa McCarthy deserves an Emmy, a Pulitzer, a Nobel Prize...

[highplainsdem]

As Mo Rocca tweeted, she "won the popular vote."

Link to tweet

I'm wondering how Spicer, and the press, will get through his next briefing...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Anybody who saw SNL's "press conference" won't be able to look at Spicer

and keep a straight face ever again. He's cooked.

[JHan]

2. LOL LOL LOL.... one of the greatest sketches on SNL ever loll lol lol

[malaise]

13. Yep

and a girl tore him a new one

[HipChick]

4. I was thinking the same thing...

[democratisphere]

3. Spicer now has his own notorious clown act.

What a f'd up circus.

[highplainsdem]

5. Response from AMERICAblog's John Aravosis (tweet with partial video of skit):

Link to tweet

[Glamrock]

6. The only thing they got wrong

was that she wore a suit better than Liar Spice does.

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. I haven't laughed that hard since November 8th.

Thank you, Melissa!

I sure did need that.

[highplainsdem]

8. WaPo's Philip Bump said this was "the best thing SNL has done in its history."

Link to tweet

[BannonsLiver]

32. The sketch was fantastic

But Bump must have missed John Belushi, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, Phil Hartman, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtain, Dan Akoroyd, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Chris Rock, Martin Short and Al Franken, among many many more.

Those folks managed some pretty impressive comedy too.

Just not a big fan of over the top hyperbole.

[madamesilverspurs]

9. She set a new high bar.

Not since "Never mind" has SNL had such a moment.

Damned well done, Ms. McCarthy.


.

[MFM008]

10. i loved the attempted beating

Of the press with the podium.

[Upthevibe]

11. OMG sooooooooooooooo funny. SNL has been hittin' it out of the park. I watch Kate Mckinnon's

Kelly Ann Conway "Chicago" musical bit on YouTube at least once a day. (It was on the night of the Women's March). Kristen Stewart is good too!

[SaschaHM]

20. I'd die if someone actually asked him "Are you okay?" during a press conference.

[SticksnStones]

12. Political satire at its finest

SNL at its finest...immediately became a classic moment in television ~
Bravo!

[Barack_America]

14. Link to video here

For the early-to-bed folk.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017422579

[GoCubsGo]

15. She definitely deserves an Emmy.

I didn't even realize that was her at the time.

[mnhtnbb]

16. I saw it last night--live. She was amazing. Just amazing.

[DinahMoeHum]

17. Trump & Co.: Making "Saturday Night Live" Great Again

[Proud Liberal Dem]

18. Wife and I just watched this

Freakin' hysterical!

[Solly Mack]

19. It was a thing of beauty!

[Tom Rinaldo]

21. Brilliant. Kudos also to all those playing "the Press".

They were perfect at the set up. They deserve supporting actor Emmies just for managing to keep straight faces!

[KittyWampus]

22. She knows how to chew the scenery. I'm not even sure you could put her and Baldwin

on the same stage simultaneously.

[TrekLuver]

23. Wow that did not disappoint. I was literally LOLing & howling...

[dalton99a]

24. "melissa mccarthy did not play sean spicer SHE BECAME SEAN SPICER"

Link to tweet

/video/1

[mcar]

25. It was perfection!

[Turbineguy]

26. What amazed me

is she kept a straight face.

[Satch59]

29. Thought the same...this was live and she didn't break once...

She's a pro...and wonder how much was ad libbed? Ever see the credits of "this is 40" where they have an outtake of her going ballistic with school principal? The cast is cracking but she is unflappable...

[metroins]

27. She looked and acted just like him

My favorite part was the "It's your words".

[HoneyBadger]

28. Awesome

In 5 minutes she did more than all of Trump's opposition has done in 2 years.

[Paladin]

30. Absolutely devastating caricature.

Spicer can go through the motions for a while, but he's through as an official who can command serious attention.

[nolabear]

31. Sales of stuffed moose and lambs will skyrocket.

Brilliant. Just brilliant.