Both men appeared before the shark panel to ask for help. This panel consisted of Pete Davidson as Michael Avenatti, Cecily Strong as Jeanine Pirro, Kate McKinnon as Rudy Giuliani, “the man, the myth, the leper” and host John Mulaney as the “scourge of Martha`s Vineyard”, Alan Dershowitz. The clients who sought legal help were Robert Kraft and Jussie Smollett, and with lines like these, you need to pause and watch this clip below. With Pete Davidson as Michael Avenatti, Cecily Strong as Jeanine Pirro, John Mulaney as Alan Dershowitz, Kate McKinnon as Rudy Giuliani and Alex Moffat and Kyle Mooney of the “jingle-based atttorneys” Cellino & Barnes as guest sharks, it was absolutely relevant and made viewers wish it could be a recurring sketch. “Saturday Night Live” turned its attention to Jussie Smollett, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and the group of legal figures who dominated cable news in the Trump era, all in a sketch titled “Legal Shark Tank.” The sex scandal of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and the alleged staging of a hate crime by “Empire” star Jussie Smollett were the focus of the March 2 episode of “Saturday Night Live” in a “legal edition” of ABC`s reality series “Shark Tank.” Pete Davidson took over the Sharks` seats and appeared as Stormy Daniels` lawyer, Michael Avenatti; Cecily Strong played Fox News host Jeanine Pirro; The evening`s host, John Mulaney, played Alan Dershowitz; and Kate McKinnon repeated her impression of Rudy Giuliani. Check out the legal edition of “Shark Tank” of “Saturday Night Live” below: From time to time, Saturday Night Live does exactly the right thing when it comes to sketches that relate to the legal issues of the day. Last weekend, the actors presented an episode of Shark Tank: Legal Edition, in which celebrities in legal trouble line up their defense in front of a panel of legal sharks to see if any of them will take their case. Unlike the ABC TV show “Shark Tank,” in which entrepreneurs present products and business ideas to leading investors, “Legal Shark Tank” features troubled public figures presenting their cases to prominent lawyers. The “legal sharks”, Michael Avenatti (Pete Davidson), Jeanine Pirro (Cecily Strong), Alan Dershowitz (the host of the evening, John Mulaney) and Rudolph W. Giuliani (a revenge of Kate McKinnon), was looking for new clients after portraying real characters like Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels. Cellino and Barnes, two assault lawyers with eye-catching jingles, were also hungry for clients. Legal sharks were sensitive to the case of Kraft, who was accused of recruiting prostitution into a Florida massage parlor.
(Kraft has pleaded not guilty.) The premise is simple, like the real TV show Shark Tank, the sketch has high-level, “eminent” lawyers offering to represent high-profile defendants. And if you`re just a little tired of all the high-profile legal drama lately, the skit is sure to make you laugh. “Sharks, I`m in hot water right now because of an accusation that I went to a day spa in Florida and had a not-so-happy ending,” Bennett said as a force. I`m also the only person who has ever taken a private jet directly for $59 manual work. I`m looking for a lawyer to make sure no one sees the video of my 77-year-old pigskin being thrown away. In addition to TV fan favorites Michael Avenatti and Rudy Giuliani, Jeanine Pirro and “the Scourge of Martha`s Vineyard” Alan Dershowitz can be seen. Alex Moffatt and Kyle Mooney also appeared as lawyers based on the jingle, Cellino and Barnes. Staci Zaretsky is an editor-in-chief at Above the Law, where she has worked since 2011. She would love to hear from you, so feel free to email her with tips, questions, comments or criticism. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.
“Jussie, why are you here today?” asks attorney Michael Avenatti (Pete Davidson). If only it were so easy and entertaining for a celebrity to hire a lawyer. SNL`s Chris Redd played Smollett and was dressed in the same clothes the Empire actor wore during his Good Morning America interview with Robin Roberts. “I was just attacked outside the studio by Donald Trump himself,” Redds Smollett told the Mock Sharks. SNL continued to mock Smollett during the “Weekend Update” segment. Colin Jost lashed out at Smollett when he compared him to a man arrested for faking his own kidnapping to avoid paying the money he owed in a Super Bowl pool. “Even worse, the man had just lost his job at Empire,” he said. Four famous lawyers are vying for the opportunity to represent news actors like Robert Kraft and Jussie Smollett in Saturday Night Live`s “Legal Shark Tank” sketch. In the SNL sketch, Redd-played Smollett greets the judges by saying, “You won`t believe it, but I just got attacked outside the studio by Donald Trump himself!” If you`re a struggling celebrity, you need a famous lawyer.
What better way to find one than in a competitive reality show? To kick off the show Saturday night, Ben Stiller repeated his role as Michael Cohen`s guest to parody the testimony of Trump`s former lawyer before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. SNL alumnus Bill Hader also made an appearance as Congressman Jim Jordan in the cold. A skit about “Empire” star Jussie Smollett on this week`s episode of NBC`s “Saturday Night Live” also touched on the recent arrest of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. It`s the real jingle, straight from the company`s YouTube channel. This video was uploaded in 2011 as part of the company`s YouTube challenge to get people to submit their own versions of the jingle (potentially to win $1,000). When asked if it was true, he asked if there were cameras outside, and when he heard they existed, he retracted it. When asked why he was here, he replied, “I broke humanity? But if you take my case, I offer spoilers for the next season of “Empire”. I`m dying.
Beck Bennett played the businessman accused of recruiting prostitutes earlier this week and made people laugh when he left while Chris Redd played the actor and musician, causing audible surprise and public concern when they realized the show would pick up the story of Smollett being attacked in Chicago, which appeared to be a hate crime. but is now being examined as an institution. But it was the second contestant of “Legal Shark Tank”, Jussie Smollett, played by Chris Redd, who drew the loudest moans from the audience. When they told him there were cameras outside that could prove his attack was real, Redds Smollett retracted (according to Chicago law enforcement, Smollett intended to capture his attack on a surveillance camera, but the camera wasn`t tilted in the right direction). Redd`s Smollett then offered Empire spoilers for someone to take his case. In case you missed it (or want to see it again), you can try it out below and get a little history lesson on the pair of “jingle-based” avocados. In addition to these big names, the “jingle-based” lawyers Cellino and Barnes are real lawyers and were a real law firm with much the same air. And if you were curious enough for Google Cellino and Barnes, you were probably pleasantly surprised and deeply impressed: YouTubers love Cellino and Barnes.
Learn more about FindLaw`s newsletters, including our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. This website is protected by reCAPTCHA and Google`s privacy policy and terms of service apply. SNL parodied Cohen`s hearings with the help of Ben Stiller and Bill Hader “After I started defending Trump, no one invited me to parties anymore,” Mulaney said under the name Dershowitz. “I wish I could defend good people like O.J. again.” “Are there cameras outside? So no, it`s not! Smollett said.