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With less than a month to go until the presidential election, ‘Saturday Night Live’ pits Democrats against Republicans in a ‘Family Feud’ sketch in the final episode.

Definitely tamer than some of the politically themed sketches and gags of recent weeks, the game show format provided a great platform to spotlight “SNL”’s election ensemble – Maya Rudolph as Vice President Kamala Harris, Andy Samberg as Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff, Jim Gaffigan as Harris’ running mate Governor Tim Walz, Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden, James Austin Johnson as former President Donald Trump, Bowen Yang as Senator JD Vance and Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr.

Kenan Thompson’s Steve Harvey was in charge of the game and asked participants to name things they found in a glove compartment. Rudolph’s Harris and Samberg’s Emhoff quickly had the top two answers on the board, “pistol” and “second gun,” respectively.

Perhaps the most hilarious response was from Gaffigan, who replied as Walz: “Hot hands, Runza napkins and I need Tums in case I eat something spicy like tomato.”

Johnson’s Trump also got a laugh from the audience, at one point joking, “I say a lot of different things, but it all comes together so beautifully, like an episode of ‘Seinfeld.'”

The skit marked the third straight “SNL” cold open devoted to politics, with somewhat diminishing returns on the humor front. But “SNL” boss Lorne Michaels had been open about the show’s political plans before the start of the season, now three episodes in.

“You can’t lecture the public, which is what most of politics is now, people lecturing the public. Ours says, ‘Yes, there are some idiots on both sides,'” Michaels said last month. “It has to be a comedy. We are a comedy show first and foremost.”

Ariana Grande returned as host for Saturday’s new episode, with musical guest Stevie Nicks.