So, is SNL gonna go after Bush's debate performance?

[MissouriTeacher]

I guess we'll find out in an hour. :)

I just wonder who could play Bush now that Will Ferrell's no longer on the show.

[liskddksil]

1. Hopefully there sketches are as funny as 2000

Will Forte was playing Bush the second half of last season. He is also playing John Edwards too. If they got Will Ferrel to come back and play Bush for the debates it would be great.

[TrueAmerican]

2. Maybe Will Ferrell will play him until January

That's all Dubya has left.

[pansypoo53219]

16. he's too tall

new guy does him him good too. but he will have to make his edwards less folksy and more lawyerly for later.

[Hello_Kitty]

3. Maybe he'll come back for a special guest appearance. n/t

[gulliver]

4. I can't wait to find out.

Counting the minutes...

[Still_Notafraid]

5. You know they will

Can anyone say "Its hard work" i bet we hear this a lot.

[skylarmae]

6. Season premier tonite - Ben Affleck hosting

I just checked. Maybe they will bring back some of the alumni
for the premier tonite. Will and Dana Carvey would be a scream.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

12. it IS the 30th season premiere

so maybe guests aren't out of the question

[Pirate Smile]

7. I won't be surprised if they have a skit with Aflec as a young Kerry either

in Vietnam or when he was protesting.

The opening skit has to be the debate (I would think).

[indie]

8. Mad t.v.

@11:00 was very funny last week in it's election coverage. worth checking out while waiting for snl.

[Fed Up]

9. The SNL Kerry guy looks pretty close to the real thing.

He was on when Al Gore hosted too. Who is that?

[liskddksil]

10. Seth meyers

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

11. seth myers

his brother, whose name i forget, is a cast membe ron mad tv

[Fed Up]

14. thanks people. that seth is funny.

[slinkerwink]

13. I don't think so

[HootieMcBoob]

15. Strategery

:evilgrin:

[oasis]

17. did it air?

[crispini]

18. Airing now....

They're totally playing off the height / handshake thing.

[crispini]

19. Bwahaahaah!

"Workin hard! Workin hard! Workin' evenings! Ordering in!"

SPLITSCREEN! bwah!

[Cush]

20. "working hard"

[BMJ]

21. WORKING SATRUDAYS

LOL

[Shopaholic]

25. We work hard. . .

it's our job and it's hard work thinking of a plan--let alone two plans.

[crispini]

22. TOTALLY ROASTING HIM!

[Eric J in MN]

30. Bush or Kerry? nt

nt

[crispini]

42. both, really.

Bush was made out as a gibbering idiot and Kerry was (surprise) a flipflopper. It was pretty equally targeted at both.

[crispini]

23. Ah, they're doing the Kerry flipflop... "I changed my mind"

[slinkerwink]

24. FUCK SNL....

[Shopaholic]

26. Back up plan is to

restore Saddam Hussein back to power.

[Nancy Waterman]

32. This was a poorly done skit

Even the Bush part wasn't very good. It seemed to be written before the other night. SNL continues its march downhill and has been overtaken by shows like The Daily Show.

[slinkerwink]

34. I'd agree so----SNL is very bland these days

[Eric J in MN]

45. Who played Bush? nt

nt

[SidDithers]

71. Will Forte nt

Sid

[liskddksil]

27. Backup plan is Saddam Hussein

[crispini]

28. Hahahahahaha!

"Bush" just said the backup plan is to replace Allawi with a stronger leader until the country is ready for democracy.

And who would that leader be?

Well... Saddam Hussein....

[elperromagico]

29. Bush Backup Plan: Replace Allawi with Saddam.

That's hilarious. "He works hard... comes in weekends. Unlike my opponent, once Saddam Hussein takes a position he sticks to it."

[Bluebear]

31. "I had to come in SUNDAY once!"

[MissouriTeacher]

33. Bring back Will Ferrell.

That was kinda weak.

[slinkerwink]

36. yeah.....I knew this was going to happen---SNL sucks

The Daily Show is way better than SNL!

[MissouriTeacher]

39. I don't even recognize 3/4 of the cast.

Who are these people?

[crispini]

35. Aw jeez.

"That is not flipflopping, that is pandering."

Could've done without THAT.

[crispini]

37. Eh. Pretty weak.

[spanone]

38. The writing STILL sucks. Stupid bit.

[girl gone mad]

44. It was lame..

but Alec Baldwin is hilarious.

[DaveinMD]

40. it was decent

Hard work

[cire4]

41. Does anyone know who played Bush?

[AmerDem]

43. SNL sucks

What the hell has happened to that show.

[sonicx]

46. writing wasn't tight

the bush part too shallow and repetitive. they forgot the bush facial expressions and 'mexed messages'

[girl gone mad]

48. and Poland. n/t

[high density]

47. That sucked

The whole skit was very unfunny and a bad way to start out the new season. There was so much stuff that could have been funny on both sides but instead it was just lame.

[Jacobin]

49. SNL has been completely castrated. It's such a wimpy show now

[Southsideirish]

50. Embarrassingly bad skit. I knew they would wimp out.

They use to be daring but since the brown shirt brigade is so powerful these days, even the entertainment industry is too cowardly to risk taking the right stand...afraid they'll be "Rather'd" by the Gestapo.

[PCIntern]

51. Not funny...

written by committee, and a lame one at that. There were possibilities for about 6000 jokes for both they didn't even think about using. Very lame and the skit with Debbie Downer is one fo the worst I've seen in decades.

[crispini]

64. that Debbie Downer skit totally stunk.

[crispini]

52. Now they're doing psuedo swift boat vet ads!

Totally over the top. Kinda funny.

[PCIntern]

54. This isn't bad...

adobe Photoshop the sponsor...funny.

[crispini]

55. paid for by SBVFT .. and Adobe Photoshop!

Bwah!

[chefgirl]

53. The swiftboat thing is pretty funny though

HAHA!

Conducted a gay marriage ceremony!!

-chef-

[BMJ]

56. "Saw Platoon"

hehe

[high density]

57. I liked the "travel agent that had booked trips to Vietnam"

[crispini]

58. Jeez, this whole show is political.

james carville! bwah!

[crispini]

59. this guy playing Kerry -- his hair isn't very good though.

this skit's all about Carville's advice to Kerry to "toughen up" his edge. 'we gotta get more terrorists.'

[Algorem]

60. debate sketch bad,put MAD TV on were making fun of Bush 7 minute

reading kid book,some how it ended up John Kerry reading the book so long the kids grew up and had to leave to go to college.Uh.God damned sleazebags.

[PCIntern]

61. Affleck does a pretty good Carville

imitation..

[high density]

66. Yeah, that skit was pretty funny

I wonder how much of the audience knows who James Carville is...

[chefgirl]

62. OMG!

Big Dog doing room service!

"The only thing better than a trailer park girl is one that is desperate"

-chef-

[Kathleen04]

63. The show's better than I remember it

This is the first time I've watched in a long time.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

65. Sucked. n/t

[Walt Starr]

67. Best SNL in almost four years!

I LOVED the opening skit, the Swift Boat ad was excellent. The Boner Juice ad!

Loved the Clinton/Carville skit.

It's been a laughfest, reminds me of older days on SNL.

Take it from me, I was an SNL fan from the beginning. This is good SNL.

[mps]

68. SNL Sucks!!!!

SNL --Stupid, Insipid and definitely NOT funny. I think it’s been on too long.

[newyawker99]

70. Hi mps!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[crispini]

69. News; oh, funny, she's doing a blinky joke.