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Yeah, we get it SNL…McCain and Palin bad…Osama and Biden good. God, is it November yet?
Tina was on point, once again. I was LMAO when she talked about the UN and when she tried to get around the question about the bail out.
Fred Armisen is a TERRIBLE Obama. Shame on Lorne for not scouting a talented black comedian to join the cast.
Hey, Frank Grimes. That’s right. McCain & Palin REAL bad. And it’s Obama, you imbecile.
It’s hard to cringe and laugh at the same time. I succeeded at both. Great job, SNL.
Awful. Fey’s Palin remains quite good. But Poehler is a consistently awful mimic, and her Couric is of very little value. But here’s the real problem. Rather than come up with some moderately implausible circumstance to lampoon — like the shared ‘press conference’ last week — they simply recreated the interview that everyone has seen a thousand times already on Youtube. And quite frankly:? Nothing can be both as funny and as horrifying as the real thing.
In this case, truth is both stranger and funnier than fiction.
(The debate skit that followed was even worse. Armisen and Hammond don’t get close to adequately impersonatingn the two candidates – Hammond might as well be doing Cheney. And the skit was clearly written before the debate itself, rendering the whole thing toothless. After all, satire can’t be all that effective when it has little actual bearing on the event you’re trying to satirize.)
Why should we expect Lorne Michaels to care one bit about who plays Obama? Like so many other 60’s flower children who came into money, he became a Republican shill as evidenced by his political affiliations, and the head writer for the so-called political sketches (Jim Downey) is also a conservative. This alone is the major reason why the show lost so much of its topical bite over the years, leaving the true satire to be done by Bob Smeigel and his wickedly accurate TV Funhouse segments. Tina Fey is a delight, so I’m glad she’s willing to contribute still in the hopes that it translates to more viewers for 30 Rock.
This sketch wasn’t that great and yet it was better than the rest of the show. My how SNL has fallen. It’s UPN-levels of bad right now.
Who will save SNL past the election: Tina Fey or Joe Patroni?
Is Fred Armisen doing Obama or Bert from Seasame Street but with blackface?
This is a skit of New Yorkers, for New Yorkers (and Hollywood). The electoral votes for NY and CA will go, as usual, to Obama. It’s the rest of the country where this election will be decided, so these cutesy, banal little skits bashing the GOP ticket might have diminishing returns for Obama come election time.
I thought Tina was fabulous and the content was so close to what Palin actually said. Has there ever been a less qualified candidate for VP than her? You can try to agrgue that Obama isn’t qualified either, but I defy anybody to broadcast any of his interviews that approach the kind of lunacy and stupidity we saw in that Couric interview.
Nikki, you’re far too excited to show us these, and they aren’t even that good. SNL is not the end all, be all of political satire. We GET IT, Hollywood wants Obama to win. WE. GET. IT.
The problem is that the actual Palin Couric interview is funnier.
Patroni.
Why are you posting about SNL?
Vernon Demarest is trying to take off from Runway 2-2 at O’Hare and it’s littered with long overdue John/”Jack” Kennedy biographies that were taken out by “Barry”/Barack Obama that were never returned to the library.
What’s that you say?
Yes. Joe. I agree. That picture of “Barry” and his wife looks uncannily like the cover of Sally Bedell Smith’s “Power and Grace.”
What was that photographer’s name? Jacques something? Who (amongst many) helped groom the look of “Camelot?”
Yes. Joe. I agree. Obama should be be flagged for politically appropriating other people’s originality.
This is probably the source of Bill Clinton’s problem with him. He’s actually ten times worse the Kennedy copycat that Clinton was.
At least Clinton lived in HOPE, Ark. (Oh that’s right. Kenya is supposed to be Hope, Ark.)
Obama is just pretending that he did (or does.)
Joe. Gotta run.
“Barry” is playing hoops again on 2-2 substituting a basketball analogy for the Kennedy football family sport.
And Rahm Emmanuel just sprained an ankle.
What do you mean you have to go to Florida?
You need a suntan to clear 2-2?!?
You mean like the one that “Barry” got in Clearwater?
Like the sun that JFK got before his first debate with Nixon? Quite literally? (Biographer Richard Reeves.)
Yes. I agree. Those kids will photograph very nicely under the desk in the Oval Office.
” ‘Sascha-Sascha.’” Peek-a-boo!’ Very funny Joe.”
Get in here stat! I have an airport to run!
By the way Joe. Trans Global Airlines is having a “Style Over Substance” party in their lounge on Election Day.
And the whole world’s invited!
No. “Barry” hasn’t RSVP’d yet. Nor has Rahm.
No.
From what I understand. Their housekeepers weren’t invited.
Maria and Lourdes are just going to have to bite the bullet.
Streisand may show however.
She’s changing some lyrics though…
“Papi, Can You Hear Me” anyone?
I assume Nikki is just doing her part via her column as a concerned American who doesn’t want to see her empire fall.
As for you idiot Republicans, I used to disagree but have some ounce of rational respect for our differences. What are you still fighting for?
You’re essential fighting for a wayward party that has gone socialist for big business without providing health care or education. There is nothing smart about supporting this party any longer. reform right wingers. reform.
If Palin gets stuck for an answer on Thursday, I hope Biden asks her if she would like a lifeline.
Her choice, phone-a-friend or poll the audience!
SNL has been dead for years. Drive a stake through it, throw some garlic in the coffin and rent a DVD if you have to be home on a Saturday night with nothing better to do.
Isn’t Biden the same guy that told everyone that Obama was “clean” and articulate”? And that he “wasn’t ready to be president”? LMAO. Maybe Biden should just debate Obama so the pair of them can stick a fork in their failing campaign.
I don’t get these anti-Hollywood political comments that I read when SNL does a satire. After all, this is a Hollywood column and, yes, Hollywood is, basically, a liberal town. Get used to it. If you’re against Hollywood and what it stands for – then why are you reading this? This column is about Hollywood – straight and simple. As for Nikki, I don’t know her political beliefs as she has NEVER injected her personal political opinions in her column (at least I never saw them). She has simply reported on what Hollywood has done which is the job of an entertainment journalist. McCain bailed on Letterman. That is the truth. Palin has come off as a someone who doesn’t know what she is talking about. That is the truth (by the way, I was born and raised in Alaska so please don’t think that all Alaskan politicians are as goofy as she is because they’re not). If (or when) Obama did (does) something silly or stupid, then SNL will satirize it and Nikki and other entertainment journalists will report it.
If you’re a McCain supporter and a Hollywood biz lover, then there’s nothing wrong with that. Just know that this town sustains its livelihood with creative freedom and beliefs of individual liberty which is the cornerstone of liberalism. I can’t imagine how horrible Hollywood would be if the creative elements were to succumb to the conservative movement and the denial of individual liberty and creative freedom.
Speaking of bad impersonations, I’ve always wondered why Chevy Chase’s Ford and Dan Akroyd’s Carter were always praised. They neither looked nor sounded like the men they were supposed to be impersonating.
Yeah, I know this is noteworthy because it’s political and all, but the high points of last night’s show were the Sudekis/Faris sketch that followed and Kristen Wiig’s amazing verbal performance on WU.
Just look at all the polls, Fox included. Obama has opened up at least a 7 point lead and the lead will expand as the US realizes how dangerous a McCain/Palin administration will be.
I found the debate sketch hilarious and biting. It plainly painted both candidates as decidedly unfit for the job. In that regard it couldn’t be more truthful.
Did you watch the debate, Harley? Several aspects the sketch accurately reflect various portions of the actual debate, and it’s my opinion that Hammond’s vocalization is uncannily close to McCain’s actual voice.
It’s just not funny, because it’s too realistic.
Amazing how McCain and Palin become punching bags and Obama is left relatively unscathed. I hope to hell John Zogby’s prediction of a possible landslide for McCain is right on. A repeat of the trouncing Ronald Reagan gave Carter in 1980 will bring a smile to my face as I feverishly switch channels to see the forlorn faces of the left-wing, sycophants across the news media and entertainment industry. After the election many of us who have been appalled by this election cycle need to create personal blacklists and start exercising some freedom of speech of our own. Writing a few letters to network advertisers, staying out of the megaplexes on weekends and switching off the televisions would be a good start. I may not have the soapbox of a celebrity but I know participation in a grass roots effort to target a particular network, company or movie studio could prove extremely effective. The GE, NBC Universal and MSNBC cabal would be a great start. It’s time for conservatives to fight in the trenches and use the same tactics leftists have used for years. Let GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt, NBC Universal President Jeff Zucker and MSNBC President Phil Griffin know what how you feel.
Who knew there were so many (deluded) Republicans reading Nikki’s blog?!?
Oh, Frank. I’m sure as soon as Obama (that’s a ‘b’) does something as ridiculous as either McCain or Palin, SNL will be all over it with the mocking. Until then, keep looking toward the horizon to make sure those darn Ruskies don’t try to sneak over your fence.
Deluded? Why are the far and few always surprised they are surrounded by Republicans in this country? We shall see how liberal people are when they are behind a voting curtain. The media almost never mocks Obama. When was the last time someone won that the media didn’t mock?
Aaron, I don’t know which channel you’re watching, but I’ve seen Obama accused of being everything from racist to a flipflopper.
McCain has voted 90% of the time with Bush. Bush is responsible for the tanking economy, the lack of federal response to Katrina as our own citizens died, the quagmire in Iraq, failing to find Osama Bin Laden, our country’s falling standing internationally, allowing jobs to go overseas through corporate tax breaks, and global warming by rolling over for the oil companies and giving tax breaks to Hummer drivers.
Palin is so unqualified, inexperienced, and, frankly, stupid as not to merit any serious examination.
Aaron – “Palin is so unqualified, inexperienced, and, frankly, stupid as not to merit any serious examination.”
And Obama has had 143 days in the Senate – he can’t even remember how many states the U.S. has – and wants to give $50 billion to the United Nations as soon as he becomes President. Wow, that makes him oh-so-qualified and smart to be a leader of the U.S. – NOT.
Sorry Aaron! That comment was for John. And also John – who was responsible for the tanking ecomony again? Democrats, in charge of the big corporations that are tanking now. The “quagmire” you say happened in Iraq has, due to the surge, become a success (which now the news media hardly talks about because of this), only 3 percent of jobs are going overseas (a little known fact), the Katrina fiasco mostly happened due to the Democrats running the state not doing anything (not accepting government help was a big one, thanks Gov. Blanco), and oh yeah, there haven’t been any attacks on the U.S. since 9/11.
I’d also like to know when Obama stepped across the aisle to try and reach out to Republicans. When did that happen?? Or did I miss that??
Sadly, the Palin skit wasn’t half as funny as the actual interview. They should never let her speak without a handler in the room. What a maroon!