--- title: Saturday Night Live: Schoolhouse Rock Executive Action Sketch description: President Barack Obama poised to talk gun control, possible executive order to curb gun violence, reminiscent of SNL Schoolhouse Rock skit canonical: https://time.com/4166383/saturday-night-live-obama-executive-action-guns-schoolhouse-rock/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer Jan 4, 2016 7:25 PM UTC The news that President Obama [will spend the week preparing possible executive actions to curb gun violence](http://time.com/4166010/president-obama-gun-control/) should remind political satire fans of the 2014 _Saturday Night Live_ parody of “I’m Just a Bill!” from _Schoolhouse Rock!_ In the sketch, a ruthless Obama—played by Jay Pharoah—demonstrates how Washington really works by pushing Kenan Thompson, dressed like a life-size piece of legislation, down the steps of Capitol Hill, to make room for Bobby Moynihan, who saunters onto the set smoking a cigarette and wearing a giant “Executive Order” button. This week’s news is ripe for a new version of the skit focused on his efforts to bypass lawmakers who are reluctant to pass stricter gun control legislation. _Read next:_ [_President Obama starts final year in office by tackling gun control_](http://time.com/4166010/president-obama-gun-control/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4166383/saturday-night-live-obama-executive-action-guns-schoolhouse-rock/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4166383/saturday-night-live-obama-executive-action-guns-schoolhouse-rock/"},"headline":"This Saturday Night Live Schoolhouse Rock Sketch Is Suddenly Relevant Again","datePublished":"2016-01-04T19:25:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:46.327Z","description":"President Obama is about to make moves on gun control, and luckily we have SNL to explain how that works","url":"https://time.com/4166383/saturday-night-live-obama-executive-action-guns-schoolhouse-rock/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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