The opening of this week’s “Saturday Night Live” lampooned last week’s Democratic debate in Brooklyn, highlighted by a brief “Seinfeld” reunion and a familiar catch phrase.
“Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David returned to portray Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, going head to head with Kate McKinnon’s Hillary Clinton.
“SNL” invited a number of New York icons to ask the candidates questions. The episode’s host, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, playing her “Seinfeld” character Elaine Benes, asked Sanders how he intends to break up the big banks.
“Once I’m elected president, I’ll have a nice schvitz in the White House gym, then I’ll go to the big banks. I’ll sit them down, and yada, yada, yada, they’ll be broken up,” David said, reciting a joke on the show that spawned a catchphrase.
“No. You can’t ‘yada yada’ at a debate,” replied Louis-Dreyfus.
The joke was a reference to Sanders’ answer to the New York Daily News editorial board. He was critisized for his vague description of how he plans to break up Wall Street banks, a step he has made a central piece of his campaign. On “Seinfeld,” the characters debate whether they can use the phrase “yada, yada, yada” to refer to sex.
