What doom and gloom? "Saturday Night Live" has so much material to work with these days that they’ve started airing twice a week. "SNL" aired yesterday at 9:30/8:30 PM central as part of a Thursday series of limited specials.

There was no ‘Sarah Palin’ (the real hockey mom) or Tina Fey (who’s been nailing Palin on the late-night sketch comedy show) on the added program, but "SNL" still provided some comedic relief to the negative economic news flooding the nation.

The highlights? "SNL’s" Weekend Update with Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers. The "news broadcasters" took the words right out of the general public’s mouths when talking about the tumultuous economy. The most hilarious bits are near the end — beginning with the segment called "Really with Seth & Amy." Here, they take comedic punches at the Fed for handing more than $85 billion (of taxpayers’ money) to AIG, who just six days later blew $500,000 at a swanky California resort to treat their top executives. (Click here to see a copy of an invoice from the week-long vacation. This was found at the thesmokinggun.com, and was reportedly obtained by the congressional panel that has been holding hearings this week about Wall Street’s crisis.)

Amy and Seth ocassionally let out this boisterous statement: "Oh my God, are you serious, Federal Government!?" — especially when questioning why Uncle Sam handed the insurance giants an additional $37.8 billion on Wednesday.

Click the play button below to watch "SNL’s" Weekend Update with Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers:

"SNL" also mocked Tuesday’s presidential debate — with Bill Murray making a special guest appearance. Unfortunately, this was just as boring as the real thing: