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BigBearJohn

(11,410 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:23 PM Feb 2017

Alec Baldwin Claims His Upcoming SNL Gig Will Be A Big Deal

Alec Baldwin will host “Saturday Night Live” for a record 17th time this weekend. As the actor tells the camera (and America) in a new promotional clip for the gig, “Oh, it’s a big deal.”

Despite what President Donald Trump has claimed in recent tweets, the sketch comedy show is enjoying its most-watched season in 22 years. Its renewed relevance is largely due to the 2016 election and, of course, Baldwin’s beloved take on Trump.

Last weekend produced a particularly relevant episode, as Melissa McCarthy’s impersonation of White House press secretary Sean Spicer quickly became one of the most viral sketches the show has seen in a while. It earned nearly 20 million views on YouTube in less than one week ― making it the sixth most-watched clip on the show’s official channel, just a few million short of its most popular.

But in the wake of McCarthy’s success, a report surfaced indicating Trump was upset that a woman had portrayed his male press secretary. So The Huffington Post took the liberty to imagine which female comedians might play the rest of Trump’s top aides.



SOURCE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alec-baldwin-saturday-night-live_us_589c7be6e4b04061313bcf5c?

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Alec Baldwin Claims His Upcoming SNL Gig Will Be A Big Deal (Original Post) BigBearJohn Feb 2017 OP
Oh yes, there IS a God! BigBearJohn Feb 2017 #1
So perfect I can't stand it. Betty White and Rosie and Ellen. Hope some of it happens. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #2
I don't know her affiliation politically, but... moriah Feb 2017 #10
Do the whole monologue as Trump! Initech Feb 2017 #3
We know who wil be glued to his TV Motley13 Feb 2017 #4
OMG would this NOT be hysterical???????? I read something about Rosie coming on. TrekLuver Feb 2017 #5
Margaret Cho wants to play Ben Carson. nt tblue37 Feb 2017 #11
I miss Joan Rivers in this era of Trashpot...she would of ripped him a new one. TrekLuver Feb 2017 #19
Please, please, please, please, please, please, PLEASE!!!!! calimary Feb 2017 #20
Baldwin must stay... lame54 Feb 2017 #6
Love the Ellen idea greymattermom Feb 2017 #7
Poor Pence! Not just a woman, 3_Limes Feb 2017 #15
I vote for RuPaul as Melania! (n/t) klook Feb 2017 #8
Not a bad idea there! n/t Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #9
Trump really hates Rosie O'Donnell. I wonder how he'd react if she played Trump. TheBlackAdder Feb 2017 #12
Rosie O Plays the Pansy Trump: Hysterical KarmaKola Feb 2017 #14
SNL is winning so much we'll be begging them to stop winning pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #13
Shouldn't a man play Ivanka? oberliner Feb 2017 #16
Rosie should play Ivanka Dopers_Greed Feb 2017 #17
SNL is the only good thing to come out of this election BainsBane Feb 2017 #18
Janeane Garofalo, yes, please! Ain't nobody like her and she's so intelligent. She should JudyM Feb 2017 #21

moriah

(8,311 posts)
10. I don't know her affiliation politically, but...
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 02:50 PM
Feb 2017

... a skit of her confusing Alec Baldwin's wig as an adoptable animal and getting to plug animal rescue charities MIGHT get her to do it.

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
4. We know who wil be glued to his TV
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:30 PM
Feb 2017

SNL's bigly fan

Love Betty White as Sessions & Rosie O'Donnell as the obnoxious Bannon.


calimary

(81,238 posts)
20. Please, please, please, please, please, please, PLEASE!!!!!
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:12 PM
Feb 2017

Alec Baldwin says it'll be a big show, according to HuffPo. How sweet it'd be!

lame54

(35,287 posts)
6. Baldwin must stay...
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:38 PM
Feb 2017

I get the having women play them approach

But Baldwin is already camped out under his skin

It would be a huge mistake to replace him

 

KarmaKola

(78 posts)
14. Rosie O Plays the Pansy Trump: Hysterical
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 03:01 PM
Feb 2017

GREAT IDEA !!!! BUT HOW MUCH RED MERDE MAKEUP WILL SHE NEED TO LOOK LIKE A LIZARD ????


HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!!

BainsBane

(53,032 posts)
18. SNL is the only good thing to come out of this election
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 03:20 PM
Feb 2017

and Melissa McCarthy's skit was the best. I hope they bring her back.

JudyM

(29,236 posts)
21. Janeane Garofalo, yes, please! Ain't nobody like her and she's so intelligent. She should
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 10:50 PM
Feb 2017

have her own show, anyway.

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