SNL’s Obligatory Obama Nobel Peace Prize Sketch

There has been a rumor floating around that Fred Armisen is intentionally, perhaps at the behest of the NBC powers-that-be, making his Obama impersonation as inaccurate and unfunny as possible. With that in mind, consider this phoned-in sketch exhibit number 47 in “The People vs. Saturday Night Live.” (NOTE: The only thing that makes the Big Hollywood editorial staff reluctant to investigate further is that the rest of the show isn’t much funnier.)

Also:
-Why doesn’t SNL ever direct Armisen to look back and forth at two teleprompters like Obama does every time he gives an address? Seems pretty obvious, no?

-Of course, “It looks like the CNN fact-checkers will be busy again this week.” (more…)

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Tags: CNN, Fred Armisen, nbc, Obama, Obama Nobel
Posted Oct 11th 2009 at 9:37 am in Media Criticism, News, Political Humor | 244706101 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2009/10/11/snl-mocks-obamas-peace-prize/SNL%27s+Obligatory+Obama+Nobel+Peace+Prize+Sketch2009-10-11+16%3A37%3A32Alexander+Marlow

South Park Goes Where SNL Refuses

Tonight is one of the best nights of the year: The premiere of the 13th season of “South Park.”  I consider myself one of America’s foremost “South Park” scholars and if I had to sum up the reason I love the show, it would be this: it spares no one.  Take last season’s “About Last Night…” episode about Obama’s electoral victory–Obama, Palin, McCain, McCain supporters, and Obamaites are all evenly trashed.  In South Park, satire trumps politics.  Since 1997, “South Park” has been America’s safest bet for the splendid fusion of irreverence and insight.

They took up that mantle from “Saturday Night Live,” which now offers us neither. (more…)

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Tags: Dick Cheney, Fred Armisen, george w. bush, Karl Rove, Lorne Michaels
Posted Mar 11th 2009 at 6:19 pm in Entertainment, Media Criticism, News, Political Humor, Video | 77734133 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2009/03/11/77734/South+Park+Goes+Where+SNL+Refuses2009-03-12+01%3A19%3A13Alexander+Marlow