Thursday, October 09, 2008

What Will SNL Do: Week 3

This week Saturday Night Live gets an earlier shot at mocking the most recent Presidential Debate. For the month of October SNL is going "prime time" on Thursdays. Thursday SNL premiers tonight at 9:30 EST. Will they mock Tuesday's Presidential Debate? I hope so. Here are my guesses.
  • Tom Brokaw acting pissy because the Senators won't follow the time rules.
  • Tom Brokaw acting pissy because the Senators won't follow the flashing lights.
  • Tom Brokaw acting pissy because the Senators got in the way of his teleprompter.
  • McCain pacing haphazardly in the background.
  • McCain laughing at his own jokes but no one else does.
  • McCain mentioning the overhead projector.
  • Obama straight arming McCain when he tries to interrupt Obama. 
  • Obama telling Brokaw off and following whatever time rules he pleases.
And that's pretty much it. As you can see from my guesses, I thought the funniest part of the debate was Tom Brokaw's bad mood, and I'm still having a hard time poking fun at Obama's performance.  The dude just plays it too cool and safe.  Maybe SNL could mock that by having Obama come out wearing sun glasses, have him sit glamorously on his stool with his legs akimbo and then rise and swagger when he answers a question.  We'll see what Saturday Night Live does with it, if they do anything. And we'll also see what "prime time" SNL is all about.

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