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Front Page: SNL Takes on Glenn Beck

TresSugar — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:01:02 -0700

SNL took on Glenn Beck last night in its Thursday night special. - NBC
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been hospitalized. - New York Daily News
President Obama, along with the leaders of France and Britain, accused Iran of operating a secret nuclear facility today. - AP
Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette are set to star in Scream IV. - BuzzSugar
Ex-Manson follower Susan Atkins has died. -CNN

A Wii Problem: Can Alec Baldwin Go From Actor to Governor?

TresSugar — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:25:04 -0700

Minnesota has Al Franken for senator, so why can't Ohio get Alec Baldwin to run for governor? The timing is perfect. The 51-year-old actor has already announced his plans to retire from acting after 30 Rock wraps up in 2012, and he hasn't exactly been shy about voicing his political ambition. Now an opportunity has fallen in his lap like a hot movie script.

Alec confirmed to Playboy that an Ohio law firm approached him to run for governor, essentially saying, "Mr. Baldwin, here's who we represent, the kinds of cases we handle, our credentials in Ohio state politics. We want you to move to Ohio and run for governor. We will launch your career."

Sounds easy! But he's the first to point out there are more than a few skeletons in his closet, telling Playboy, "If I do [go into politics], these guys will have a field day. I've given them so much crap to use against me - Canteen Boy, Schweddy balls. I just did the Wii sketch. Did you see that? . . . Google or YouTube that one; it's just ridiculous. While I'm doing it, I'm thinking, If I run for political office, they'll have a forest of material to kill me with."

So we Googled it. And he's right, personal problems aside, his Saturday Night Live clips alone are primed to offend the most humorless Ohioans and, um, anyone with Schweddy
balls . . .

Let's start with the Wii clip! (Thanks, Alec.)

Want more? Watch SNL skits ("Schweddy Balls," "Canteen Boy," and "Cougar Den") after the jump!

Do You Talk Differently With Your Significant Other?

DearSugar — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:30:00 -0700

Did any of you see Saturday Night Live this weekend? If not, you missed a hilarious skit all about "girlfriend voice." Three guys gave each other a hard time about the way their tone changed when talking to their significant other, yet it didn't seem to prevent them from doing it every time their phone rang. I know that most of you think baby talk is worse than hearing a couple fight, but tell me, do you do it anyway? Do you talk to your boyfriend in a different way than you talk to everyone else?

Source

The Girlfriend Voice: Keep It to Yourself

GiggleSugar — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:00:39 -0700

I think we're all familiar with the girlfriend/boyfriend voice: the schmoopy tone you sometimes use with a significant other that's best reserved for private conversations. There's also the work voice, the mom voice, and other bizarre intonations we take on depending on who we're talking to. As Seth Rogen and friends prove in a sketch from this weekend's Saturday Night Live, some of the voices can be downright disturbing.

Kristin Wiig Is a Genius

GiggleSugar — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:00:00 -0700

I'm beginning to think Kristin Wiig could imitate anyone. Here, she is impersonating Suze Orman, the financial advisor with an unmistakable voice, an iconic wedge haircut, Cougar-ific fashion sense, and a way with words. (Does The Courage to Be Rich ring a bell? That always baffled me, that title.) She's so spot on Suze herself thinks she's imitating Kristin imitating her when she speaks now!

Bradley Cooper: Hot and Funny

GiggleSugar — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:15:00 -0800

On top of being pretty cute, Bradley Cooper is hilarious! He was in on SNL a few weeks ago as Miss B, fabulous swishy runway walking coach on the Today show with Kathy Lee and Hoda Kotb. His best tip? "Walk like your panties are filled with hot grits." I can't wait to try this.

SNL's Abby Elliott Does a Spot on Angelina Jolie Impression

GiggleSugar — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:00:00 -0800

I had to do a double take when I saw this - and I was prepared for an Angelina impersonator and not the pillow-lipped fan of motherhood herself. During SNL's weekend update about the woman who just gave birth to octuplets, "Angelina" shows up out of nowhere to see if there are any babies left for her. Or Amy Poehler's newborn. Whatever.

SNL Mocks NY Governor's Blindness - Does It Cross the Line?

LibertySugar — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:00:44 -0800

Being the butt of an SNL parody usually means a politician has secured national recognition, but NY Governor David Paterson was none too pleased when the show mocked his blindness this weekend. In the sketch, the New York governor is lambasted for his past drug use, extramarital affair, and the fact that he's legally blind. Paterson, who said he can take a joke, reacted to the sketch today calling it:

A "third-grade depiction of people and the way they look" that could lead others to believe that "disability goes hand in hand with an inability to run a government or business. I run the place I work in, so I don't have to be worried about being discriminated against."

Do you agree with Gov. Paterson that such a depiction could lead to discrimination of the blind?

Live From New York - It's John McCain!

LibertySugar — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:00:00 -0800

With only days to go until election day, John McCain did what he could to get the SNL bump. While Barack Obama paid millions to appear on major networks during primetime last Wednesday, John McCain and Tina Fey, as Sarah Palin of course, opened Saturday Night Live by hosting a QVC sketch. The original maverick pitched pork knives (to cut the pork) and (blank) commemorative plates to help customers remember the 10 joint town-hall debates Barack Obama did not attend.

McCain came back later during Weekend Update, receiving a mixed reaction from the audience. Were the free sketches worth more than the Obama infomercial, or did it all just make a joke of the campaign too close to voting? Check out the shopping channel appearance - there's even a Heidi Montag shout-out, and a surprise guest!

The Vice Presidential Debate on SNL: Home Run or Ho-hum?

CitizenSugar — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:46:16 -0700

The costumes were spot-on down to the fetching French braid, and Queen Latifah stepped in quite convincingly as moderator Gwen Ifill - all the details of the Saturday Night Live skewering of the Vice-Presidential Debate were picture perfect. (Even down to Joe Biden calling himself "Joe Biden." Did you catch that on Thursday?)

The zinger-iest question re-do? The discussion of gay marriage, from Biden's "visiting them in the hospital is just as good," to Palin's it should be an institution "between two unwilling teenagers." And then there was the talent portion. Oh, yes, it was there - I kind of wish the real debate had had one too! Check out the sketch - are you laughing at the fake version?