In tonight’s re-run of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday, we noticed a credit line that read: “Promotional Consideration Provided by Perspective Pixel.”

Perspective Pixel is the company that makes CNN’s real-life touchscreen technology that John King uses, which SNL parodied Thursday.

For more on Perspective Pixel and its use at CNN, check out these articles:

• CNN’s Election Night Interpreter Revels in a High-Tech Toy
• CNN Hits The Wall for the Election
• Super Tuesday: Night Of The Touch-Screens

During last night’s “Weekend Update Thursday” on NBC, a portion of the show was devoted to poking fun at John King’s touchscreen map, with the on-screen “anchor” using his hands to randomly scramble states and make Michigan “bounce” up and down.

CNN later played back the segment during AC360 with John King appearing live next to the clip.

To view the full clip, click here and then jump to the second segment (after the first commercial break).

File this post under “just for fun.” SNL had a heavily-promoted sketch on the Suze Orman show this weekend. The sketch, which featured host Shia LaBeouf as “Suze’s” “guest” and was complete with a knockoff version of the show’s set and graphics.

The real Suze Orman, set and graphics:

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