• A cold open (also called a teaser sequence) is a narrative technique used in television and films. It is the practice of jumping directly into a story...
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    Sarah Sherman, for its forty-seventh season. During the season premiere cold open, he portrayed President Joe Biden and later portrayed President Trump...
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  • studio audience, or presenting a musical number or a pre-taped sketch. The cold open was followed by the opening credits and a commercial break. Following...
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  • in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. For the conclusion of the cold open, instead of delivering the typical "Live from New York, it's Saturday...
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    The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist...
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  • episode received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised its cold open (namely, Jake and five suspects performing a slightly altered version...
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    "Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (cold open)". Saturday Night Live. Season 41. December 19, 2015. NBC. Archived from...
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  • cast member Alex Moffat succeeded Carrey to portray as Biden during the cold open of the episode hosted by Kristen Wiig. Cecily Strong was absent from the...
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  • exception of season 7 and several other rare cases, the show begins with a cold open that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming "Live from New...
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    impression of Elizabeth Warren during Weekend Update and Jeff Sessions in the cold open. McKinnon is known for her character work and celebrity impressions of...
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    spoofing a Fox News interview in the cold open sketch, and later portrayed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a cold open sketch about Donald Trump's recent Cabinet...
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    with season 44. On the December 19, 2020 episode, Moffat appeared in the cold open playing President-elect Joe Biden, taking over the role from Jim Carrey...
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  • as one of the video rentals offered at the store. The film opens with the short "Cold Open", after which Mike (one of the people featured in the short)...
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  • 2016. "'SNL': Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Bond over Drinks in Cold Open". The Hollywood Reporter. May 21, 2016. Auseillo, Michael (August 8, 2016)...
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  • to users with insufficient data "Cold Start" (Pole to Pole with Michael Palin), a 1992 television episode Cold open, a narrative technique used in television...
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    (January 20, 2019). "Alec Baldwin's Trump tries to make a deal in the SNL cold open. Spoiler alert: He chooses hamberders". The Washington Post. Retrieved...
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  • fifth season until the May 14 season finale, "Company Picnic". In the cold open, Kevin Malone arrives early and brings in a huge pot of chili for the...
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    Jimmy Fallon, Horatio Sanz, and Tracy Morgan during the December 18, 2018 cold open of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which also featured Ariana...
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  • for the first time, Bush appeared in pre-recorded videos, in both the cold open and the opening monologue, critiquing Carvey's impersonation of him. Presidents...
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  • film was digitally restored by the ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project. The cold open features several attempts by Onota (Boboy Garovillo), a member of the...
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  • development at a premium cable network. Each show began with either a cold open or a preview clip, followed by a narration over visuals of an oscilloscope...
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  • Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a 2020 first-person shooter game co-developed by Treyarch and Raven Software and published by Activision. It is the...
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  • was used in the television series Mindhunter. It was played over the cold open of Season 2/Episode 1 depicting American serial killer Dennis Rader. The...
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  • of The Brave and the Bold, the episode does not feature a traditional cold open. The Music Meister, a villain capable of controlling others through song...
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    The common cold, or the cold, is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract that primarily affects the respiratory mucosa of the nose,...
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  • premiere (hosted by Reese Witherspoon) went on as scheduled, with a special cold open featuring Rudy Giuliani, the Mayor of New York City at the time, along...
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  • images and graphics. In some films, the title sequence is preceded by a cold open. Since the invention of the cinematograph, simple title cards were used...
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  • (the recap sequence was shown before a cold open and the opening credits for the first seven seasons. The cold open was later removed and the recap was shown...
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  • explained in an oral history of the show that he made the decision to do a cold open on the Thursday night before the premiere episode. Using the phrase to...
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  • original airing, the audio in some markets was out of sync during the cold open and part of the opening monologue. This issue was fixed partway through...
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