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‘SNL’ uses ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ to explain Obama’s executive order

This clears things up.

 

Audra Schroeder

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Posted on Nov 23, 2014   Updated on May 30, 2021, 3:47 am CDT

Still not sure what President Obama‘s executive order in regard to his immigration bill means? Let Saturday Night Live explain it to you. 

Last night’s cold open featured a spoof of Schoolhouse Rock!‘s “I’m Just a Bill,” in which a bill attempts to explain to a young boy how he’s passed. That is, until Obama pushes him down the steps of Capitol Hill and an executive order shows up, smoking a cigarette. 

“I’m an executive order, and I pretty much just happen,” he sings. 

Then, the executive order actually reads itself. 

It’s good to see SNL getting back into political satire again. 

Screengrab via Saturday Night Live/YouTube 

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*First Published: Nov 23, 2014, 12:17 pm CST