SNL Writer Surprised By Clinton Remark, Ordered To Write More

[JimGinPA]

Careful what you whine about!


NEW YORK — James Downey knew something odd had happened when he stepped away from watching the Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday night to check on something in the kitchen and his phones started ringing.

Hillary Clinton had cited the "Saturday Night Live" skit Downey had written to complain about her treatment by moderators Brian Williams and Tim Russert.

"In the last several debates I seem to get the first question all the time," she said. "I don't mind. I'll be happy to field it. I just find it curious if anybody saw `Saturday Night Live,' maybe we should ask Barack if he's comfortable and needs another pillow."

The skit about an Obama-Clinton debate featured a lovestruck press corps fawning over Barack Obama, while treating Clinton as an annoyance in their way. A fictional Campbell Brown fanned herself in excitement after an Obama answer, while a John King impersonator suggested he had "nailed it."

Downey stayed up for the midnight rerun of MSNBC's Tuesday debate just to see what she had said.

"That usually doesn't happen unless it resonates," said Downey, "so that's nice. It's good for the show."

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While he loved getting his work noticed and understands what Clinton must be feeling, Downey said mentioning the skit might not have been her best move.

"It might, on balance, make her look a little whiny," he said. "She might have been better off if other people pointed it out for them."

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Already, "Saturday Night Live" executive producer Lorne Michaels has ordered Downey to write another skit on the campaign for this weekend's show.






http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/27/snl-writer-surprised-by-c_n_88817.html

[GarbagemanLB]

1. It was pathetic for Hillary to mention it on a debate. Last week she mentioned a friggen Youtube cli

p. Talk about acting un-presidential.

[Drunken Irishman]

2. On the Youtubes.

[The Anti-Bush]

3. It makes me wonder if SNL will to a pro-Obama one for this week n/.t

[AtomicKitten]

6. She seems to go for low blow/extraneous crap that is indeed

un-presidential. In a big way.

[IndianaGreen]

4. Looking forward to seeing Amy Poehler doing her Hillary impersonation again

Poehler has Hillary nailed down!

[spooky3]

5. "She might have been better off if other people pointed it out for them."

The problem is, other people usually don't bother. So she's damned if she does, and damned if she doesn't.

[loveangelc]

7. um

While he loved getting his work noticed and understands what Clinton must be feeling, Downey said mentioning the skit might not have been her best move.

"It might, on balance, make her look a little whiny," he said. "She might have been better off if other people pointed it out for them."

you think?

[Trajan]

8. Again I am reminded of Tina Fey's 'Weekend Update' bit ....

DAMN that was funny .....

I love Tina Fey .....

[JimGinPA]

9. Well, I think This Week They'll Do A Hardball Segment...

Look out!

[Johnny__Motown]

10. I am guessing it will be Super Delegates leaving her for Obama (maybe at a party)

[Scurrilous]

11. Jack Tapper: SNL Skits Hillary Clinton Won't Be Referencing Anytime Soon

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"Since Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., thinks a "Saturday Night Live" skit skewering media infatuation with Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is so poignant, perhaps it's worth mentioning other skits from that show should be considered authoritative sources as well?

The show, it should be pointed out, has done skits in the past poking fun of the media being unfair to her during debates...

Such as this one from eight years ago where "Tim Russert" is portrayed as being unfair to her during a Senate debate.

But then there are some other skits that maybe Clinton wouldn't find as amusing

Such as the brilliant one from last year where Amy Poehler as "Hillary Clinton" discusses her Iraq war vote on "Hardball."

"Chris, I think most Democrats know me. They understand that my support for the war was always insincere," Poehler-as-Clinton says. "Of course, knowing what we know now, that you could vote against the war and still be elected president, I would never have pretended to support it."

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