OLBERMANN SKETCH NOW!

[WeDidIt]

:evilgrin:

[RepublicanElephant]

1. got the look!!!

but keith's not a nut.
please.

[WeDidIt]

SNL Takes a Character Trait and goes over the top

That's what SNL does.

[rdublue]

2. Ummm??

[iamthebandfanman]

3. not impressed thus far... not really funny

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. This is sickening. Shame on Ben.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. It's funny.... I think KO is a big enough man to take some poking fun at

[itsrobert]

6. Not funny.

Satire should have a hint of truth in it. Olbermann is not a nut.

[rdublue]

7. This isn't very good

[RepublicanElephant]

8. this is more o'reilly than keith.

what's up with this, ben?

you need a good spanking from matt damon.

[AbbeyRoad]

9. Ugh.

This sketch is not funny.

[Basement Beat]

10. I think its freakin' hilarious!

[elkston]

11. This is great! I really like it. (n/t)

[C_U_L8R]

12. Not so funny until...

worst person in the world hehehehe.
Richard Wolfe got skewered and Faux Keith went amok

[Motown_Johnny]

14. the special comment is great too

[C_U_L8R]

18. Indeed. Special Comment had all the classic KO moves.

[ErinBerin84]

13. aww, they dragged Richard into it! Heh

I thought it was funny when he did the face contortions....but Keith doesn't cut people off like Bill O, so I didn't find that realistic. He did do an expression (looking down and puffing his cheeks out a little) that Keith does when someone disagrees with him though. Ehhh...they should do a Morning Joe skit some time ! So many possibilities there.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

19. Keith never cuts off guests... I'm not getting this skit.

Ben's doing a pretty good impersonation, though. The guy who played Richard Wolffe was awful!

[RepublicanElephant]

15. this would have worked as a fox version of countdown. nt

[bagimin]

16. The special comment was hysterical!!

well done Ben.

[Connie_Corleone]

17. I thought it was hilarious.

[MarthaMyDear]

20. Haha...kind of funny...the puffing of cheeks, etc.

...and I love how SNL is really kind of skewering Republicans or featuring Democratic figures in these sketches...not bad!

[Phx_Dem]

21. Hilarious! Ben did a great job!

[Barack_America]

22. Can't help but feel that MSNBC has thrown Keith under the bus with that.

That went beyond humor, IMO.

I'm not Keith's biggest fan, but I can't believe he'd be happy with that skit.

[bagimin]

25. It's an honor to be skewered on SNL

[Bryan]

28. Actually, Keith was at the rehearsal and signed off on it

http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/1008/Olbermann_crashes_SNL_set_.html

Olbermann, through a spokesman, was complimentary of his first time being mocked on "SNL" — a position his MSNBC colleague Chris Matthews has been in over the years.

"I’m not Sarah Palin," Olbermann said. "I know how valuable it is to me. And it’s funny."

[Barack_America]

32. Wow. I stand corrected.

He's tough. He must be because that was pretty harsh.

[sniffa]

23. That was f'n hilarious

:rofl:

[napi21]

24. I think it was GREAT! Keith will find it funny too! People who are have confidence in themselves

have no problem laughing at themselves too!

[Beacool]

26. Ben got the over the top windbag down pat.

:rofl:

[thevoiceofreason]

33. It's Debbie Downer!

[Beacool]

36. Don't know what you mean.

:shrug:

[LowerManhattanite]

38. “Ya know...”

“...they still have that 'Whitey' tape ready to be released.”

(SICK HORN ENSEMBLE PART) “Waaaaaaaaaah, waaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrp!”

[cottonseed]

45. What did you think of the Lanny Davis impression?

[IndianaJones]

27. dead on Olbermann. great stuff. nt.

[ErinBerin84]

29. part of me

was hoping that at the end, Ben as Keith would throw to an SNL Rachel! Maybe she'll have her day on SNL some time...maybe a sketch of Rachel and Buchanan!

[Doremus]

30. LMAO! Affleck was great! n/t

[mwei924]

31. One of the best impressions I've seen on SNL.

In 2004, the best impression was Will Forte as Zell Miller! I kinda wish Zell Miller would make news again so we could see that again!

[nugzie]

34. geeeez

what's wrong with some of you people! that was funny! lighten UP! Keith liked it.

[Berry Cool]

35. I don't care if Keith liked it. I didn't.

Heck, that guy who put a video on the HuffPo a while ago parodizing Keith did a better impression of him than Affleck. They should put HIM on the show.

[submerged99]

37. Been watching Ketih almost from the start, thought it was funny

I've been watching Keith almost from the beginning. I thought the skit was funny. It was also so over the top that I didn't take it as a shot at Keith. It's almost like a version of what the rightwing thinks KO does.

Now contrast that with the Palin impersonations where Fey actually uses Palins real statements.

[TheDonkey]

39. Started off kinda slow but it was pretty funny. A good over-the-top rendition of KO

[mwei924]

40. It was pretty damn funny..

The moving camera shots were hilarious.

[political_Dem]

41. The last part was pretty funny because it sort of mocks the "special comment".

But I didn't like the part mocking race and racism. That wasn't so funny to me.

[Nailzberg]

42. I'm laughing my tail off.

[renate]

43. wow... so not funny IMHO

And I say this as someone who is made severely uncomfortable by the outrage in the special comments.

This idea had a lot of potential but... meh. Not offensive or anything, simply not funny. :shrug:

[vicecrew]

44. I didnt think it was that funny

I didnt laugh sorry.

[enigmatic]

46. hysterical

Affleck had Keith facial mannerisms down. I laughed like hell.

[Kahuna]

47. It was the funniest thing I've seen on SNL in years. nt

[Borgnine]

48. Wasn't funny until Worst Persons hit.

That's when it took off and became hysterical, with Affleck as Olbermann doing his madcap facial wiggling.

It was an extremely hyper-accentuated version of Keith, just like SNL's Chris Matthews is nothing like the real thing. I loved it.

[TexasObserver]

49. Ben Affleck sucks as an actor. Not really news.

How he gets work is a mystery.

[BklynChick]

50. loved the Special Comment.

[Berry Cool]

51. I thought this guy did much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4llHNTMZjE

They should hire him.