![]() ![]() ![]() Add to that some continued greatness from Kate, Taran & Mooney as the bland lambs to the slaughter and even a surprise appearance by Alec Baldwin as Jim Webb, and this gives us a taste of what will hopefully come in the next few months-only with Baldwin in a different role altogether. ![]() DEMOCRATIC DEBATE ’15 () – I know this one’s fairly recent, but it’s probably worth mentioning considering the Real Bernie Sanders wound up galvanizing the Primaries the same way SNL Galvanized itself by having Larry David play him.KEY MOMENT: When giving closing statements on why Not to vote for the candidates in question, Hartman’s Cuomo goes through a laundry list of reasons culminating in the admission “I Have Mob Ties”. The “Debate” is essentially a game of Political Hot Potato, trying to pass around the notion of becoming president to the next person, only for that person to say “Not It!” Lloyd “You’re no Jack Kennedy” Bentsen among others………Hmmm…Kiefer Sutherland playing a reluctant President-to-be…… you don’t think……….NAH, total Coincidence (Also, this WAS a good 25 years ago). This includes the likes of Tipper Gore (Victoria Jackson) representing Al, a Brilliant Mario Cuomo played by Phil Hartman, and (host) Kiefer Sutherland playing Sen. This sketch featured a number of politicos doing their best to convince the public NOT to vote for them…if they were even running in the first place. Bush Sr.’s approval ratings were in the 90s thanks to a post-Desert Storm show of support, and before the infamous Tax Hike, he looked to have sealed the deal……but that’s beside the point. “The Race to avoid being the guy who loses to Bush”…which back in 1991 wasn’t that far-fetched a notion. Usually it’s either one line or one moment in a given sketch that seals the deal as you will see. Slight modification to the rules on this one not only am I going to talk about the sketches in question, but as a BONUS, I’m also going to point out the Exact moment where the sketch entered mainstream political history. Don’t worry, we will get to the non-debate Political sketches before Election Day (we hope). No criteria, really-as long as it’s a debate sketch (whether Presidential or Primary), it counts. So with that, let’s take a look at 8 Great Debates from SNL’s past, and see if we can’t contribute a little in milking the American Political process even drier than it is right now. I already covered a sketch from that episode previously, and I’m about to cover ANOTHER one on this Very list–so why be redundant?). It was at that point I realized “What the hell am I doing talking about just ONE sketch at this critical time both in the show AND American Politics?” So while the “One sketch-a-week” plan remains the main idea, it seems futile to talk about Anything else BUT SNL’s greatest “Debate” sketches in anticipation of Tonight’s Premiere (Also, as of Press time, Tonight’s “Vintage” show was the one with Bruno Mars hosting in 2012. is going to be a little different from here on out-Simple version: Sketches once a week instead of once a day, sketches would be focused on whatever the prime-time “Vintage” episode would be, and I’d save the lists/commentaries for weeks when they put something else on in prime time……or at least, that was the plan at first……… but THEN, Monday happened-The Debate, the shitstorm, the analysis, the spin, the jokes from late night hosts, the week-long dissection of it all and to top it all off, it was announced that Alec Baldwin would be Playing Trump opposite McKinnon’s Clinton. ![]()
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