Chuck Todd… Kyle Mooney
Eugene Robinson… Kenan Thompson
Peggy Noonal… Cecily Strong
Donna Brazile… Leslie Jones
Wilbur Ross… Kate McKinnon
Matt Whitaker… Aidy Bryant
[Starts with Meet the Press intro]
[Cut to Chuck Todd in his news set]
Chuck Todd: Hello, and welcome to Meet the Press. I’m Chuck Todd and I’m still figuring out my whole look. As always, I’m joined by the leading journalists in the world. Pulitzer prize winning columnist for The Washington Post. Eugene Robinson.
[Cut to Eugene Robinson]
Eugene Robinson: Thank you for having me.
[Cut to Chuck Todd]
Chuck Todd: Best selling author and colonist for the “Wall Street Journal,” Peggy Noonan.
[Cut to Peggy Noonan]
Peggy Noonan: Hi Chuck.
[Cut to Chuck Todd]
Chuck Todd: And political strategist, author and former chair of the DNC, Donna Brazile.
[Cut to Donna Brazile]
Donna Brazile: Great to be here.
Chuck Todd: All right. Let’s start with what [Cut to everybody] everyone’s talking about and a new low for journalism, the ‘National Enquirer’ [Cut to Chuck Todd] was accused this week of blackmailing Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos. You are all highly respected journalists. So when all is said and done, what do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is going to look like?
[Cut to Donna Brazile, she looks confused]
Donna Brazile: Excuse me?
[Cut to Chuck Todd]
Chuck Todd: I know, normally high minded journalists would not talk about something like this, but it does involve the richest man in America and the president of the United States. So, Jeff Bezos’ penis. [Cut to Peggy Noonan] What do you think it’s going to look like?
Peggy Noonan: I’m going to jump right in, Chuck. Now, when I hear billionaire’s penis, I immediately think small potatoes. Like they say, if it’s small and looks funny, you better have the money, honey.
[Cut to Peggy and Donna]
Donna Brazile: Small potatoes?
[Cut to Chuck Todd]
Chuck Todd: Eugene, your thoughts?
[Cut to Eugene Robinson]
Eugene Robinson: Well as a journalist, this is not something I thought I would have to cover. But as a human being, I’m naturally curious. Is he working with something the size of an Amazon Echo or is it more of a dot?
[Cut to Chuck Todd]
Chuck Todd: My money is on Echo. Now, there are obviously major implications for the story beyond Jeff Bezos’s penis. It brings us back to blackmail and invasion of privacy and potentially even crimes committed by foreign agents. My question is, what do you think the coloration is like?
[Cut to Peggy and Donna]
Donna Brazile: Oh, my god, Chuck?
Peggy Noonan: I will take this one. I think it’s going to be [Cut to Peggy Noonan] splotchy, Chuck. A man his age, plus he’s a runner and it’s probably jangled around a lot down there over time. That’s going to lead to patchy sections.
[Cut to Eugene Robinson]
Eugene Robinson: No, no. I completely disagree, Peggy. He’s a man of means, so I’m sure there are oils and precious minerals that can smooth and replenish that.
[Cut to Donna Brazile]
Donna Brazile: What is happening right now.
[Cut to Chuck Todd]
Chuck Todd: Eugene, what do you think this says about our country in general?
[Cut to Eugene Robinson]
Eugene Robinson: It’s a disgraceful. It’s awful. I mean this is a clear violation of someone’s privacy.
[Cut to Chuck Todd]
Chuck Todd: And what about when the pictures do come out?
[Cut to Eugene Robinson]
Eugene Robinson: I will look at them. I will make them into hilarious memes and send them to all my friends.
[Cut to Chuck Todd]
Chuck Todd: Now, obviously the mainstream media has a responsible to handle the story in a mature, adult manner. As you can see, from the New York post headline, [Chuck takes a newspaper out with a headline ‘Bezos exposes Pecker’ out] ‘Bezos exposes Pecker’. Eugene, what do you think of that?
[Cut to Eugene Robinson]
Eugene Robinson: It’s insane. You call yourself a respectable publication? I would have gone with your [Eugene takes a newspaper out with a headline ‘Amazon package is on its way’ out] ‘Amazon package is on its way’. That’s you just me.
[Cut to Peggy Noonan]
Peggy Noonan: That’s interesting see. I would have done [Peggy takes a newspaper out with a headline ‘Stroke of genius, Bezos gives pecker the shaft’ out] ‘Stroke of genius, Bezos gives pecker the shaft’.
[Cut to Donna Brazile]
Donna Brazile: Did you guys make your own fake headlines?
[Cut to Chuck Todd]
Chuck Todd: All right, let’s pivot away from penises for a moment.
[Cut to Eugene Robinson]
Eugene Robinson: Awe!
[Cut to Chuck Todd]
Chuck Todd: And focus on the state of the union. The president used the speech to champion his tax cuts and policy of deregulation. Here to explain further is the secretary of commerce, billionaire Wilbur Ross.
[Cut to Wilbur Ross]
Wilbur Ross: Hello. I’m sorry. Before we started the producer put something in my ear and I have been hearing ghosts.
[Cut to split screen of Chuck Todd at the left and Wilbur Ross at the right]
Chuck Todd: Wilbur, that’s just an earpiece so you can hear what we are seeing.
Wilbur Ross: But it sounded like you kept saying penis.
Chuck Todd: Yes, we were talking about the Jeff Bezos story.
Wilbur Ross: I don’t want to talk about penises. I’m not one of the guys. I like watching sports and drinking a cold glass of blood.
Chuck Todd: Okay great. So, Mr. Ross, you are familiar with this story then?
Wilbur Ross: Yes, of course. I know what a dick pic is. [Cut to Wilbur Ross] When you hire the services of 10 homeless gentlemen and they show you their penises and you pick one and say, “Let’s switch”, and you give them $100 and now their penis is your penis. But choose carefully because if it’s too big, you will fall over.
[Cut to split screen of Chuck Todd at the left and Wilbur Ross at the right]
Chuck Todd: Okay, my thanks to Mr. Ross. [Cut to Chuck Todd] Of course yesterday congressional testimony from acting Attorney General Mathew Whitaker turned extremely contentious. Here with his side of the story is Matt Whitaker.
[Cut to Matt Whitaker]
Matt Whitaker: Yeah, what?
Chuck Todd: Mr. Whitaker?
Matt Whitaker: Hurry up, Chuck. I don’t got a lot of time.
[Cut to split screen of Chuck Todd at the left and Matt Whitaker at the right]
Chuck Todd: Very true. You are almost done with your tenure in the Justice Department.
Matt Whitaker: Yes, that’s right. I was U.S. Attorney General for three months and soon I will go back to my job of breaking up fights on the Jerry Springer show.
Chuck Todd: Sir, the Justice Department investigates the claims that Jeff Bezos has made against the enquirer and the president.
[Cut to Matt Whitaker]
Matt Whitaker: I don’t have a lot of Sympathy for Jeff Bezos. Every time I post a photo of myself it gets flagged as a dick pic.
Chuck Todd: Just to be clear, president Trump [Cut to split screen of Chuck Todd at the left and Matt Whitaker at the right] ever directed you interfere in the Mueller investigation?
Matt Whitaker: Well, you know what, chuck? [Cut to Matt Whitaker] I’m going to say something I left out of my testimony. This is going to blow everything out of the water here. Mr. Trump called me and whispered to me –
[Cut to Chuck Todd]
Chuck Todd: I’m sorry to interrupt, but the Bezos pics have actually come out at this very moment.
[Cut to Eugene Robinson]
Eugene Robinson: Oh, Christmas in February!
[Cut to Chuck Todd]
Chuck Todd: Let’s stay on this topic for the entire show and live from New York, it’s a Saturday Night.