Notice the continued disinformation campaign.
“act of terror” in the skit is “act of terrorism”
Wasn’t particularly funny although I did like that the “undecided voters” were presented as doofuses and Tom Hanks was an unexpected surprise
I do not like the current gentleman who plays President Obama on SNL (Jay Pharoah). I much prefered Fred Armisen. The skit on the Chinese debt (”before you do SEX TO ME!!”) is probably one of the funniest in SNL’s long history
Fred Armisen, in that sketch had President Obama’s tone, accent and mannerism down pat
I’m curious what you found funny in this skit.
I thought that besides being one-sided from the get-go, it was almost painfully lame in writing and delivery.
Unfortunately, I found it unfunny enough to tune out. Missed Hanks altogether.
Tom Hanks as the last questioner was a real hoot!
There were some moments in this skit that did make me laugh out loud, but it is really unfair the way they completely turn Romney into a crazy man. I believe they would be more funny if they would not be so obviously biased.
Tom hanks though — I was weeping. That was hilarious. Even when he finally got to his “question” it was hilarious! It was almost as if he weren’t a lib!
The one who played Candy was terrible too.
What is it with SNL being scared to death of calling out Bam?
I thought it was absolutely hilarious!
I’m not worried about it because I have no doubt Romney will win. Also, Conservatives have a better sense of humor than Liberals. We can laugh at our own (not that Romney is all that conservative). We know nobody’s perfect.
Liberals have a more difficult time with that.
That was one of the best SNL skits I’ve ever seen. I was laughing out loud at many parts, but starting with tom hanks I was in stitches to the end.
IMO, the primary butt of the jokes in the skit was the debate (and it’s format) itself.
Saturday Night Live? Who watches THAT? Ever since Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, Garrett Morris, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtain, and Lorraine Newman left, that show SUCKS!
Funny? ya, but they never really hit Obama with the same hard hitting satire they use to defame a republican president... their bias shows. A more hard hitting routine would have included the moderator holding up the “transcript” and then having the Romney character stoping his argument to ask the mod why she has a transcript and how did Obama know that she had it, then asking if there was some kind of collusion going on between them... and in response, having the mod and the Obama character sheepishly denying... could have been very funny.
This write-up recaps the debate sketch and also some of the lines that Seth Meyers had about the election campaign on “Weekend Update”: http://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/celebrity/NATL-SNL-and-Tom-Hanks-Tackle-Second-Presidential-Debate-175107621.html
I tried to post this comment and couldn’t get it to work, so I’ll just put it here:
As a longtime topical comedy writer myself (for national radio shows), I think it’s very telling of the mindset at SNL that when Obama was ahead in the polls, the jokes were about what a struggling loser Romney is; and now that Romney is ahead in the polls, the jokes are about how unreliable the polls are. Notice, too, that in the do’s and don’ts bits, the Romney jokes are put-downs of Romney (his smile is creepy, saving the Olympics wasn’t such a big deal), while the Obama jokes are putdowns of us (he’s so much smarter than us that he needs to talk down to us more, we’re too dumb to understand what Obamacare is). Yet if you suggest that they might be a teensy bit biased, I bet they’d deny it and probably actually believe it.