Here are some links to some reviews on the gorey one.
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Funny Gore and Serious Gore smoothly took turns all week until they crashed into each other outside the studio of the NBC "Today" program in New York on Thursday.
Still wearing the fluffy red Santa hat he had donned to show his holiday spirit, Mr. Gore answered a question from Matt Lauer about Senator Lott and segregation. The former vice president gave a stern, thoughtful indictment of the Senate majority leader's praise for Strom Thurmond's 1948 Dixiecrat presidential campaign — while looking like a loony Dr. Seuss creature crashing an office Christmas party. [snip] NYTimes
Al Gore becomesTrent Lott for laughs/UPI
Gore bids for laughs on 'Saturday Night Live'/CNN
It just occurred to me, with all this talk of Lott, could be a distraction for algore's appearance last night. Make Lott look like a racist, please don't notice that a possible presidential candidate is playing media hog and made himself undignified on SNL.