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By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyIn the past, the WHCD has given the Capitolist an acute urge to yell, "Play it cool, nerds!" at the sight of otherwise respectable political professionals tripping over themselves to get a picture with the likes of the cast of Falcon Crest. So sad. ...
SNL Can't Improve on Palin, Debate
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe 2008 Presidential election has seen a resurgence in the relevance of Saturday Night Live. The long running sketch comedy show has skewered the candidates and the media, with mixed results.This week, they took on Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric, and Friday night's Presidential Debate.The Couric sketch had some funny moments ("I'd like to use one of my lifelines, Katie."), but suffered from source material that wa hard to make funnier.The debate segment was particularly toothless, relying on a repetitive joke about McCain proposing the candidates suspend their campaigns in favor of ...
Michael Phelps Proves He's Not Great at Everything; Bombs Badly as SNL Host
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsThere have been many athletes that have appeared on Saturday Night Live. And relative to other miserable on-stage performances, most of them have been pretty funny. Okay, so most of them haven't been that great. But Derek Jeter's Taco Hole is absolutely killer and Peyton Manning might have been the funniest person on the show -- no, I'm not just talking hosts -- since Will Ferrell left.Expecting that sort of show from Phelps seemed a bit aggressive. Being funny, after all, on live national television is not easy. But there's a big difference between not being funny and just being flat-out ...
Live, from New York! It's Hillary Clinton!
By Denise Williams - Politics DailyHillary Clinton made a crazy funny surprise guest appearance on Saturday Night Live tonight following another debate spoof show-opener -- this time the MSNBC debate starring Brian Williams and a very well done Tim Russert. Earlier in the evening CNN had reported that Hillary had failed to show for a charter flight from Texas to Ohio leading some to speculate what had become of her. Well now we know. Here is Clinton's "Editorial Response" to the debate opener featuring Hillary and alter-Hillary, Amy Poehler. The You Tube videos that I had have been scrubbed from You Tube - not surprising - ...
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