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Breaking News: Alec Baldwin is refusing to leave SNL... (Original Post) Brother Buzz Nov 2020 OP
Hilarious, thank you Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #1
Send in Maya Rudolph to kick his ass. Deb Nov 2020 #2
Could Jim Carrey please leave, though? frazzled Nov 2020 #3
Agree with you on Carrey... Not a good Biden impersonation IMO. liberalla Nov 2020 #11
Amen. Bring back Jason Sedakis or find someone new. Carrey is awful and off-putting Stinky The Clown Nov 2020 #12
Yeah, Carrey is too ace ventura slop over into the Biden he is doing in SNL. irisblue Nov 2020 #13
Agreed. Surely a current cast member could do better. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #16
Yes TimeToGo Nov 2020 #26
Sedakis was the PERFECT Biden! oldsoftie Nov 2020 #43
Except for a few segments and very few people, they haven't been funny to me for a year or two... George II Nov 2020 #18
For me it's been a decade or two... calimary Nov 2020 #29
Yeah, I'm thinking maybe 7-8 years myself. They were okay during the 2016 campaign but... George II Nov 2020 #33
I stopped watching when Leslie Jones left. Talitha Nov 2020 #34
I agree on someone else for Joe relayerbob Nov 2020 #19
+1 c-rational Nov 2020 #20
He is a terrible Joe karin_sj Nov 2020 #21
Agree, his interpretation of Joe Karma13612 Nov 2020 #22
That's reason 10,642 to be glad Trump lost. chriscan64 Nov 2020 #25
You beat me to it. AirmensMom Nov 2020 #28
Never been a Carrey fan...never will be. Totally Tunsie Nov 2020 #35
She had really good performances in The Good Girl and Rockstar. MoonchildCA Nov 2020 #44
Ditto. I dont think he even looks right. His facial expressions are wrong. Also that thing he does Amaryllis Nov 2020 #36
Robinson enid602 Nov 2020 #4
Good one - I like that. liberalla Nov 2020 #9
Well done, Brother Buzz PJMcK Nov 2020 #5
I wonder if they have thought of this as skit yet? Thomas Hurt Nov 2020 #6
Whoa, that took me a second! PatSeg Nov 2020 #7
Hahahaha 🤣 lisa58 Nov 2020 #8
Good one bro! Bradshaw3 Nov 2020 #10
Lol. I'm billing you for coffee stains on my shirt Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2020 #14
YOMANK!* lastlib Nov 2020 #27
Good! I like him! (Edit: Oh, I get it! LOL!) Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #15
Was thinking about that he will be missed. question everything Nov 2020 #17
hahahaha JohnnyRingo Nov 2020 #23
That made me burst out into laughter. ffr Nov 2020 #24
This is actually pretty funny! calimary Nov 2020 #30
No way, José Brother Buzz Nov 2020 #31
A real artist stays in character to the end! lunatica Nov 2020 #32
ROFLMAO mdbl Nov 2020 #37
! backtoblue Nov 2020 #38
lol.. Get another Biden person Cha Nov 2020 #39
If Carrey made of study of Biden the way he did of Andy Kaufman for the film, 'Man on the Moon'... Brother Buzz Nov 2020 #40
Baldwin impersonating tRUMP in the debate... WyattKansas Nov 2020 #41
Nice!!! BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #42

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
3. Could Jim Carrey please leave, though?
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 01:52 PM
Nov 2020

Sorry: he sounds right and looks right, but his antics are pure Jim Carrey, and have so very little to do with Biden. Indeed, I think future cold opens should avoid politics except only where necessary. They are not in general very funny. There are so many things in the world and in life to lampoon ... broaden your horizons, SNL writers.

liberalla

(9,238 posts)
11. Agree with you on Carrey... Not a good Biden impersonation IMO.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 02:11 PM
Nov 2020

A major weakness in this short season...

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
16. Agreed. Surely a current cast member could do better.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 02:27 PM
Nov 2020

Alex Moffat? Beck Bennett?

Biden certainly isn't hyperactive like Carrey.

George II

(67,782 posts)
18. Except for a few segments and very few people, they haven't been funny to me for a year or two...
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 02:36 PM
Nov 2020

Keenan Thompson is the best, they'd better not lose him.
Weekend Update is horrible and a shadow what it was a few years ago.
Kate McKinnon's characters all seem the same - her depiction of Rudy Giuliani, Jeff Sessions, and Ruth Bader Ginzburg are all bizarrely similar, and EVERY character of hers has a tinge of a southern accent. Not funny at all.
Jim Carrey is okay, but he really overacts too much.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
29. For me it's been a decade or two...
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 04:11 PM
Nov 2020

And at first, it actually took me a moment to realize that Jim Carrey was playing Biden. Didn't look a bit like him. Even with the makeup et al.

George II

(67,782 posts)
33. Yeah, I'm thinking maybe 7-8 years myself. They were okay during the 2016 campaign but...
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 04:33 PM
Nov 2020

.....it got old quick.

relayerbob

(6,544 posts)
19. I agree on someone else for Joe
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 02:36 PM
Nov 2020

Not a Jim Carrey fan. He's always Jim Carrey, no matter what he does. He does a pretty awful impression of Joe, IMO.

Karma13612

(4,552 posts)
22. Agree, his interpretation of Joe
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 03:22 PM
Nov 2020

Is too far off.

He is making Joe appear really demented, and that just isn’t the case.

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)
25. That's reason 10,642 to be glad Trump lost.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 03:31 PM
Nov 2020

Regular life, as regular as can be managed during the pandemic, will be less political by default with Trump out of the picture. Hopefully, the writers will notice and move on. Steven Colbert and Seth Meyers will need to branch out too, and are probably happy to do so.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
35. Never been a Carrey fan...never will be.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 05:45 PM
Nov 2020

No matter who he plays or what he does, he's still always Jim Carrey. His portrayals are tedious.

His female equivalent is Jennifer Aniston. No matter what the role, she's always just Jennifer Aniston.

Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
36. Ditto. I dont think he even looks right. His facial expressions are wrong. Also that thing he does
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 06:23 PM
Nov 2020

with making his hand like a gun and aiming it. I've never seen Joe do that.

enid602

(8,614 posts)
4. Robinson
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 01:56 PM
Nov 2020

Eugene Robinson said yesterday on MSNBC that trump is just another Covid19 statistic; he got sick, he lost his job and now he’s being evicted.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
15. Good! I like him! (Edit: Oh, I get it! LOL!)
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 02:25 PM
Nov 2020

If he becomes a permanent fixture at SNL, I'd be pleased!

His timing was great in this skit (not playing Trump):


Brother Buzz

(36,416 posts)
31. No way, José
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 04:18 PM
Nov 2020

"Stated to me for a fact. I only tell it as I got it. I am willing to believe it. I can believe any thing"

Brother Buzz

(36,416 posts)
40. If Carrey made of study of Biden the way he did of Andy Kaufman for the film, 'Man on the Moon'...
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 09:11 PM
Nov 2020

he would be a force to be reckoned with.

Until then, central casting could find dozens of actors that could do a better job.

That being said, I believe Carrey's role in 'Man on the Moon' took it's toll on his psyche and mental health, and he may be a little reluctant to invest the energy to do it again.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
41. Baldwin impersonating tRUMP in the debate...
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 10:06 PM
Nov 2020

When Carrey playing Biden was asked a question, Baldwin loudly started spewing lies like loud mouth tRUMP, until the moderator spoke... Prompting Baldwin to frown like tRUMP and loudly say,

'See he didn't even answer the question.'

That was fucking priceless!!!!!

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
42. Nice!!!
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 12:23 AM
Nov 2020

For a show that, at times, staggered along and often wasn't very funny, it still manages to park one in the bleachers from time to time.

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