Why even have a cast? This weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” offered no shortage of celebrity guests sending up themselves and other famous figures, starting with the show’s opening sketch, which once again featured Alec Baldwin as President Trump.

Standing on the White House lawn, Baldwin fielded questions, over the sound of a whirring helicopter, from reporters like the one played by Kyle Mooney, who asked, “Can you comment on Ambassador Sondland’s damning testimony about your legal dealings with Ukraine?”

Baldwin answered, “I can’t really hear you that good, because of this lousy chopper behind me. But it sounds like you said Sondland’s testimony completely exonerated me.” Reading from notes written with what he said was “the biggest, fattest, blackest Magic Marker I could find,” Baldwin recited what he said was a conversation between himself and the ambassador:

“He says, ‘What do you want?’ I answer, ‘Two large pies, extra cheese, extra sauce.’ No, wait, that’s a different phone call. Oh here it is. I said to Sondland, ‘I want nothing, no quid pro quo, bro. See, it’s right here in black licorice, case closed.”