The American Spectator

home
ADVERTISEMENT
Print Email
Text Size

The Spectacle Blog

Television critic Tom Shales gave a positive grade to "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams's hosting job on "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend, but bemoaned the show's failure to make fun of President Bush:

Cast member Amy Poehler, laughing hysterically, played Hillary Clinton, who said Democrats should support the candidate "no matter who she may be." Horatio Sanz, who is no longer in the regular cast, returned to play a look-alike Bill Richardson. Darrell Hammond did his usual superb impression of Bill Clinton, and so on. It did seem odd that throughout the evening, and despite "SNL's" reputation for political satire, there were few if any mentions of George W. Bushor any other Republicans, and there were virtually no jokes at the expense of the president, whose popularity rating stands at a miserable 33 percent.

I guess it's not right in the eyes of the liberal media to let one single show pass without "SNL" satirizing the lame-duck president. There's only so much time for them to get their licks in!

topics:
Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Television, Satire

View all comments (2) | Leave a comment

Leave a Comment

N.B. We encourage readers to share and discuss their thoughtful and relevant comments about this Spectator article. Comments are routinely monitored and will be deleted if profane, bigoted, or grossly impolite. Please be respectful. (And don't feed the trolls!) Thank you.

Related Blog Posts

More Blog Posts by Paul Chesser

http://spectator.org/blog/2007/11/05/insufficiently-balanced-satire
ADVERTISEMENT

Clip of the Day

Most Popular Articles

Who Castrated Ann Coulter?

David Catron | 2.6.12

The Delousing of a Movement

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.9.12

Bigoted Barack, Red in Tooth and Clause

George Neumayr | 2.10.12

Justice Ginsburg Should Resign

William Tucker | 2.8.12

Coulter Care

Peter Ferrara | 2.8.12

Unsafe at Any Smoke

Eric Peters | 2.10.12

Middle-Aged Man Takes a Holiday

Christopher Orlet | 2.9.12

ADVERTISEMENT