'SNL' laughs at Trump's tariffs and stock market crash

I closed the body of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' for First Contact Day, a holiday special with a program note.

In the meantime, Stay tuned for the highlights of tonight's Saturday Night Live. Let's see how they make tariffs and a stock market crash funny.

Watch Trump Tariff Cold Open to find out.

President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) addresses his tariffs and their impact on the stock market during a speech.

That explanation of the tariff equation made about as much sense as the real one and was a lot more fun. Also, James Austin Johnson's Donald Trump will be very disappointed to find the real McDonald Island is a cold place inhabited by penguins, not a tropical paradise with fast food. That's ironic since my original nickname for Hoover Cleveland was The Penguin. Weekend Update acknowledged that fact in Trump Tariffs Cause $6 Trillion Loss, Tesla Stock Plummets 10%.

Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like Trump imposing worldwide tariffs.

Six trillion dollars lost in one week? Yikes! Speaking of lost money, the next segment featured Retail Apocalypse news, Hooters Files for Bankruptcy, Subway Unveils Footlong Doritos Nachos.

Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like a 1-year-old eating his grandfather's ashes.

Hooters' bankruptcy deserves more than a one-liner declaring the chain's business model a bust, so I plan on blogging about it tomorrow or Tuesday. Stay tuned.

Follow over the jump for the rest of last night's highlights.

Weekend Update continued with The Couple You Can't Believe Are Together on Maintaining a Healthy Relationship.

The Couple You Can't Believe Are Together (Marcello Hernández, Jane Wickline) stop by Weekend Update to share tips on maintaining a healthy relationship.

I got my wish from last November: "Marcello Hernandez and Jane Wickline do make for an odd couple, but one I hope returns. They're cute and funny!"

Weekend Update closed with Ego Nwodim on the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Ego Nwodim stops by Weekend Update to discuss the White House Correspondents' Association cancelling their comedian ahead of this year's dinner.

*Snork* That almost makes up for no Amber Ruffin at the White House Correspondents Dinner, almost.

No comedian at the White House Correspondents Dinner might qualify this entry as the Sunday entertainment feature, but Jack Black's Monologue definitely does.

Fourth-time host Jack Black talks about hosting SNL being a life highlight before performing a song about returning to the show after 20 years.

Of course Jack Black is here to promote Minecraft, which is a huge hit; it doesn't need him on SNL to be a success, but it sure doesn't hurt!

Speaking of adventure movies, Black stars in Indiana Jones on a dating show.

Things go off the rails when a woman (Chloe Fineman) blindly chooses between three guys (Jack Black, James Austin Johnson, Marcello Hernández) on a dating show.

HAHAHAHA! I was wondering where Bowen Yang was.

I close with Black in Flamin' Hot Commercial.

A commercial advertises a medication to help provide relief after eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos.

Who can match the energy of a cartoon cheetah? Jack Black, of course!

Well, that episode was a success. That's more than I can say about Trump's tariffs!