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by Ethan Anderton Posted:September 2nd, 2010 at 6:48 pm
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We just found out that the long-running sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live is adding three new cast members in the wake of veteran Will Forte’s departure from the cast. Now we have two more news updates regarding the 36th season of SNL. First up, fresh off his Emmy win last weekend, Show Tracker reports Bryan Cranston will host the October 2nd episode (which ironically enough is the second episode of the season). Though Cranston has worked his dramatic chops as of late, let’s not forget that Cranston was previously nominated for several Emmys for his comedic work as a supporting actor on Malcolm in the Middle. Head writer Seth Meyers expressed his excitement via Twitter: this will be an episode of SNL you won’t want to miss.
Hit the jump for news regarding yet another new cast member on SNL.
For a little while now, Kenan Thompson has been the only African American SNL cast member, but it looks like that may not be true for much longer. The Comic’s Comic, a blog dedicated to everything related to stand-up/sketch comedy (and the site who actually appears to have broken the news of the previous new cast additions), says Jay Pharoah, a young stand-up comedian from Virginia’s Tidewater, may be joining the cast. Aside from the increase in racial diversity, even more exciting is the fact that Pharoah may bring a new take on President Barack Obama to the table. Though Fred Armisen has done a decent job with the impersonation, he can only do so much with a man who doesn’t really have many outstanding mannerisms or speech characteristics to embellish.
Apparently Pharoah’s casting is pretty much a done deal. (Let’s hope so after being flown to NYC twice for screen tests and meetings with Lorne Michaels.) So this coming season will bring a whole slew of new talent. Below you can check out Pharoah’s comedic stylings, including quite an array of impressions — Eddie Murphy, Chris Tucker, Katt Williams and literally dozens more. If you’re more interested in his Obama impression, it show up shortly after the six minute mark.
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“…he can only do so much with a man who doesn’t really have many outstanding mannerisms or speech characteristics to embellish.”
Are you kidding? Obama’s a gold mine. Nerdy+Arrogant+Pendantic=Obama. You should hear Dana Carvey do him. The current guy at SNL JUST SUCKS. Plus they’re all too up his butt politically over there to go for the jugular on the content.
Please explain how President Obama is “nerdy,” when he’s the tallest and most athletic President the US has had in almost 20 years.
Please explain how you know President Obama is “arrogant,” when such a characteristic goes to his state of mind (although anyone who’s accomplished this much— after growing up without a silver spoon in his mouth— has the right to be confident).
Please explain how the President can be labelled “pedantic” by someone who refers to herself or himself as…. “Dogg.”
Sheesh. There seems to be no end to the irony of those who grasp onto Internet memes. Well, newsflash, puppy; all truths are not memes and all memes are certainly not truths. Learn the difference.
Maybe if you got your head out of Obama’s ass, you’d stop worshiping him and realize that he’s not so perfect.
To quote President Reagan, “there you go again.” As you don’t have anything to say, you’ve made-up an argument (I don’t see where anyone has claimed he’s perfect… that thought can only come from a weak mind such as yours). I agree that President Obama has flaws. It’s just clear that you’re too simple to know what they actually are.
Happy Labor Day… and, tomorrow, enjoy going back to your full-time job as a hater (as Governor Palin would say).