The Fruit of His Labors

It is my hope that if writers on Saturday Night Live didn't see the opening of The Rachel Maddow Show last night, they seriously consider getting a recording. They could use the verbatim transcript of Trump's deposition -- talking about the threat faced by a tomato and other fruit being thrown -- as a comedy sketch with no changes, just as they did with Sarah Palin in 2007.
 
And no, I’m not exaggerating.  In fact, I left out 99% of how weird and laugh-out-loud funny it gets.  And then builds from there.
 
And that doesn’t even take into consideration that within the deposition, he’s providing sworn testimony supporting charges against him in another investigation against him, about illegal, fraudulent compensation of employees.
 
I sent SNL a tweet with the suggestion. For all I know, someone was watching and already had the idea.  Whether they do such a sketch is another matter.  But – honestly – it would likely be one of the funniest sketches on the show that night.  Probably the funniest.  Without changing a word.  The deposition was hilarious, other than the realization that he'd been in charge of the country for four years and had the nuclear codes.
 
But don’t take my word for it.  Let’s go to the tape.
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