Watch Aaron Paul as his ‘Breaking Bad’ character, Jesse Pinkman, stealing the scene on Saturday Night Live’s 39th season opener. He helps Jay Pharaoh’s President Obama tout ObamaCare, in a unique way on the Tina Fey hosted episode.
In a typical SNL cold open politically-oriented comedy skit, Jay Pharaoh portrayed an earnest President Obama at the podium, introducing one “ordinary citizen” after another who spoke of how much they were looking forward to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act i.e. ObamaCare, and explaining why.
Telling his story, in a surprise cameo appearance on the show, was Aaron Paul as his ‘Breaking Bad’ character, Jesse Pinkman. And he does have quite the story as he speaks about his unnamed friend whom we know to be none other than Bryan Cranston’s Walter White.
“Jesse” begins his tale, saying, “I had this friend and he got sick. Like, cancer sick. But because there wasn’t Obamcare, he couldn’t afford treatments. So he was like, backed into a corner.”
“President Obama” interjects: “And keep in mind, this man was a teacher with a family.”
“Jesse” continues: “So, he did what any of us would have done. He started cooking meth. And soon it wasn’t just meth. It was murder. And not regular murder. Like, he blew half a guy’s face off.”
Getting a bit more than what he asked for, “President Obama” says, “I think we can wrap this up.”
It will likely go down in the series history as one of its classic moments. And as a bonus ObamaCare opponents have something more to add to their arsenal of reasons; ObamaCare will not only kill jobs, they can say, it would also have killed “Breaking Bad!” Which of course, when you think about it would have killed a few jobs and some acting careers.
In the age of spoilers and leaks when keeping a secret is a challenge, Aaron Paul’s cameo was just that, a surprise to everyone. And what perfect timing, on the eve of the much anticipated series finale of “Breaking Bad” on AMC. We will see the end of the meth-infused saga.
Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman returned later on the show first in a video segment, one of SNL’s signature TV commercial spoofs; E-Meth, on the virtues of electronic meth, a parody of the controversial e-cigarette TV ads.
Later he was back live on the “Weekend Update” segment portraying the “meth nephew” of Drunk Uncle (Bobby Moynihan) who said he was going to be his companion as he watched none other than the Sunday night “Breaking Bad” season finale!
Yes, it was the start of the 39th season of Saturday Night Live, and Tina Fey was the host and she introduced the six new cast members — Beck Bennett, Mike O’Brien, John Milhiser, Kyle Mooney, Noel Wells, and Brooks Wheelan — in her opening monologue. But it’s Aaron Paul’s ‘Breaking Bad’ cameos that will be remembered.
You can watch the videos below!
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