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Video: SNL Opening All About "Oops"

On last night's episode of Saturday Night Live, the so-called cold open — the sketch prior to the opening credits — predictably mocked Gov. Rick Perry's brain freeze.

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On last night's episode of Saturday Night Live, the so-called cold open — the sketch prior to the opening credits — featured Bill Hader as Gov. Rick Perry in a CNBC debate, struggling to remember, among other things, the name of "the department that does zoos and parades."

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