Larry David Just Played Bernie Sanders on SNL—and the Internet Is Going Nuts Over It

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Noted without comment, here is Larry David playing Bernie Sanders on tonight’s Saturday Night Live.

The internet is quite taken.

If Bernie Sanders were actually Larry David, even I’d vote for him

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 18, 2015

When Larry David was on SNL he got one sketch on the air. 30 years later he’s Bernie Sanders: pic.twitter.com/YyzAPdIkZt

— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) October 18, 2015

!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/R6toDKczsn

— Seinfeld Current Day (@Seinfeld2000) October 18, 2015

Good juxtaposition. pic.twitter.com/7dgrBv0YUj

— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 18, 2015

YES. #SNL pic.twitter.com/FMoQ7ULjr0

— Mash Entertainment (@mashentertain) October 18, 2015

I’m crying because Larry David as Bernie Sanders is so perfect. Mazel tov to Lorne Michaels on this simcha.

— James Hell Brooks (@BobbyBigWheel) October 18, 2015

He knows what it takes. #SNL https://t.co/13p5SVtQyh

— Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) October 18, 2015

I didn’t actually watch it myself because I am a millennial cliché who doesn’t know how to watch actual TV. I have a TV but I lost the remote and gave up trying to find it months ago, like a good millennial. Anyway, the internet is pretty in love with it.