Videos: SNL Returns With Gangnam Style, Eastwooding, Puppets

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Published Sep 16, 2012

Modified Sep 17, 2012

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Saturday Night Live returned last night for its 38th season, with host Seth MacFarlane and musical guest Frank Ocean—and the emphasis was on political sketches, as expected. Jay Pharaoh made his debut as President Obama in the cold open (Fred Armisen introduced him), which was followed by an anti-Romney commercial, and an ad for Eastwood and Chair on Broadway. As you can imagine with MacFarlane, there were plenty of strange voices and dead-on impressions (of George Takei and Marty McFly, among others, in his monologue song)—but the musical highlight may have been the appearance of Psy for a Gangnam Style sketch.

Click through for those sketches, as well as Frank Ocean performing two songs (one with John Mayer), Ryan Lochte's fall TV preview, Honey Boo Boo on Weekend Update, a very damaged war vet trying to get into puppets, and lots more!