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Weekend Update: Putin's Best Friends from Growing Up Return

CLIP12/17/16
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Russian president Vladimir Putin's best friends from growing up (Vanessa Bayer, Fred Armisen) stop by to defend him - sort of.

Appearing:Bobby MoynihanVanessa Bayer
Tags: SNL, Saturday Night Live, Season 42, Episode 1714, Casey Affleck, Weekend Update, Vanessa Bayer, Fred Armisen, Putin's Best Friends from Growing Up, Michael Che
S42 E104 minHighlightComedyLate Night
2016
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S42 E20 | 05/13/17
May 13 - Melissa McCarthy
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S42 E14 | 02/11/17
February 11 - Alec Baldwin
S42 E13 | 02/04/17
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S42 E11 | 01/14/17
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S42 E10 | 12/17/16
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S42 E7 | 11/19/16
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