Clinton and Putin Cold Open - Saturday Night Live

Bill Clinton pays no attention to his packing wife while on the phone with newly-elected Russian president Vladimir Putin. Aired 01/08/00

[dipyaman]

The Mikhail W. Gorbachev joke was brilliant!

[louisbowles]

Wow to think Putin has still been in office for this damn long

[Srinidhi]

Mikhail HW Gorbachev and Mikhail W Gorbachev are the one of the most famous Father-Son Dou of Politics

[NoellaScott]

I remember this when it aired live, and it could be aired today exactly as it is.

[abhivvs]

Geez, I just realized...

Clinton - Putin
Bush 1 - Putin
Bush 2 - Putin
Obama 1 - Putin
Obama 2 - Putin
Trump - Putin

[iii]

He was new 21 years ago and still he is the "president" of russia

[johnanderson]

this is so funny. i like the clean up after elcin part, its so true

[isaactrio]

Bloody hell SNL predicted the putin dictatorship better than pretty much all world leaders of the late 90s

[From_Kazakhstan_with_meow]

Hey guys, *it’s 2022, Putin is still here* and he went ABSOLUTELY CRAZY this year 😰😔🥺
P.S. Thanks for the brilliant sketch.

[vudangquang]

I'm concerned about the conflict in Chechnya and I'm also concerned about MY DILBERT MUG, THAT STAYS HERE!

[kyletroxell]

Aired the year I was born. I’m 24 now. Crazy how much has changed and how much has stayed the same.

[noisevoyager]

Strange, how SNL understood everything, yet little George thought Putin was a nice guy...

[Applecompuser]

Darell Hammond had some of the best impressions. He even did a good Trump. They should have kept him.

[JelloShots-wgtz]

God I miss the 90s. Despite the slow internet.

[williamderr]

Actually, Clinton told Yeltsin that he thought Putin was dangerous and not to be trusted. Yeltsin replied he regretted appointing him. C'est la vie.

[mohamedhussein]

Ilove USA comedians and is miraculous how they acted the show and every thing they make, look like reality and what is going on and I my self highly appreciate American comedians and I expect them long life and peace

[BarberJ]

Wow so 21 years ago Will Ferrell would play for Putin for the first time 😂

[manavtiwari]

This is awesome n relatable still !!!
Putin still...Put-in it.... in 2020 ... 20 years and counting....

[spider_hoss]

Beck Bennett’s Putin impression is better than Will Ferrell’s.

[jayashreechakravarthy]

Delbert’s writer is to be given back everything he has lost unfairly.