Baldwin as Trump compares White House to Waffle House at 2 a.m.
Posted Sunday, March 4, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog
The Alec Baldwin/Trump sketches have gotten pretty tiresome but alas, they keep on coming.
During the opener last night, the "Saturday Night Live" writers did make an amusing - if not totally over-the-top - analogy between the White House and a Waffle House at 2 a.m.
Turning to the subject of his planned tariffs on aluminum and steel, Baldwin-as-Trump said: “Both sides hated it. I don’t care. I said I was going to run this country like a business. That business is a Waffle House at 2 a.m. Crazies everywhere, staff walking out in the middle of their shift, managers taking money out of the cash register to pay off the Russian mob.”
For once, Atlanta-based Arby's wasn't the center of mockery. Instead, it was Atlanta-based Waffle House!
There was also a Hooters joke early during the Oscars Sunday, where it was noted that the Dolby Theatre where the ceremony was held was next to said restaurant. (Another Atlanta-based company. Yes. We have the restaurants!)
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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.
