The Saturday Night Light Live cast took a break from satirizing the Trump Administration to poke fun at Amazon.
Amazon CEO "Jeff Bezos," "Sen. Cory Booker," "Paula Dean," and Alexa are featured in a Saturday Night Live skit following Amazon's big week. Witness the final pitch meetings for the 20 cities left in the running for the location of Amazon's second headquarters.
Hat tip to Johana Bhuiyan.
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