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The best 30 seconds on TV come before the feature. Here are the best opening credits television has to offer._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 23, 2015 3:41 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 23, 2015 3:41 PM UTC Ever since the [Rachel Dolezal story](http://time.com/3921415/rachel-dolezal-naacp-spokane-race-quit/) started making headlines, people have been [pointing out](https://twitter.com/HIPapaDieSel/status/610579611592839170) that _Saturday Night Live_ alum Maya Rudolph would be perfect for the [role of Rachel](https://twitter.com/sarahcpr/status/609514205197144064). Sadly, _SNL_ has been on hiatus since last month, and even more sadly, Maya Rudolph hasn’t been on the show since 2007\. However, she stopped by _Late Night With Seth Meyers_ Monday, where she gave us a little taste of her best Dolezal impression. “When you leave _SNL_, sometimes things will happen in the news and people will say, ‘oh my God, it’s such a shame that you’re not there,'” Meyers said. “You have to have been getting this a lot lately.” Rudolph agreed that that’s been happening to her pretty much every day — and then threw on a wig and made some comedic magic happen. ### See the Best Impressions on Saturday Night Live  Dan Aykroyd as Julia Child in 1978. Edie Baskin—Warner Bros./Archive Photos/Getty Images  Dan Aykroyd as President Richard Nixon in 1978. Fred Hermansky—NBC/Getty Images  Dana Carvey as Ross Perot in 1993. Raymond Bonar—NBC/Getty Images  Norm MacDonald as David Letterman in 1997. Mary Ellen Matthews—NBC/Getty Images  From left: Molly Shannon as Monica Lewinsky and John Goodman as Linda Tripp in 1998. 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Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images  Kate McKinnon as Justin Bieber on Jan. 17, 2015. Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] You unlock this door with the key of imagination. [ MUSIC ] Space, the final frontier. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] If you have a problem, if no one else can help and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A- Team. [ MUSIC ] The Simpsons. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] Well, it's quite a story. 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