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There’s a famous story from 1992’s election season on Saturday Night Live. Dana Carvey’s iconic impression of President George H.W. Bush was already well established and his castmate Phil Hartman was playing challenger Bill Clinton. But when Ross Perot entered the race as a third-party candidate, Carvey ended up doing double duty in the show’s three-way debate sketch. While newcomer David Spade played Perot in the live wide shots, Carvey pre-taped the billionaire candidate’s lines for the close-ups.
So when Carvey returned for his second night guest-hosting for Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday, he decided to one-up that feat by playing the only two roles in a preview of what the 2024 debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump might look like.
After delivering a few jokes about Biden and Trump as former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson, Carvey pivoted to the debate bit, moderated by Kimmel’s security guard Guillermo, of course.