washingtonpost.com - 2/29/2008
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Lorne Michaels Defends Casting Of Non-Black Man in Sketch By Paul Farhi Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, February 29, 2008; C01 When Barack Obama announced his candidacy for president last year, some observers questioned whether the senator from Illinois was "black enough" to embody the hopes and aspirations of African Americans. Now a variation on that theme has emerged: Is Fred Armisen , ...
SNL Returns, Fred Armisen is Barack Obama
gothamist.com 2/27/2008 —
Saturday Night Live is back! Wasting no time digging into primary season, the opening skit was a debate between Hillary and Barack, immediately answering the big question posed this week: who will play Barack? The answer: Fred Armisen! The ...
It's Hillary, Live from New York, on SNL —
TV Squad
It wasn't April 1st so it couldn't be April Fool's Day. It was March 1st. Still, there she was, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton saying those famous words, "Live from New York, It's Saturday Night Live ." In an unannounced and potentially savvy political move, Senator Hillary Clinton, appeared on the NBC late night comedy and showed that she can laugh at herself. This surprise ...
Hillary Clinton makes Saturday Night Live appearance —
Cele|bitchy
Hillary Clinton appeared on Saturday Night Live this weekend after their introductory skit parodying the latest Democratic debate. It featured SNL cast members Amy Poehler as Clinton and Fred Armisen as Obama. Vincent D’Onofrio of Law & Order: Criminal Intent made a cameo to interrogate Poehler.
The skit tried to portray how the press softballs Obama while giving Clinton a hard ...
WTF: SNL Fauxbama? —
The E-Biz
Wow, who remembers the last time Saturday Night Live was so politically relevant (or that so many people actually watched SNL for that matter)?
On Tuesday Hillary Clinton (boo!) drew attention to SNL’s debate skit from last weekend, which highlighted the media’s pro-Obama bias, and now the show's choice of Fred Armisen as their Fauxbama is creating a debate over race in television. Critics
"SNL" Creating Sambo-Obama? —
Oh No They Didn't!
Either "SNL" came back from the writer's strike completely color blind or extremely one-sided. The show debuted their new Barack Obama character, which as a surprise to many -- is played by someone who isn't African-American. A columnist at the ChicagoTribune.com has called out SNL on their choice to have Fred Armisen, who is Hispanic and Asian, portray Obama -- saying the show may be ...
SNL's Michaels defends choice of Armisen as Obama - VIDEO —
TV Squad
In today's Washington Post , Saturday Night Live kingpin Lorne Michaels defended his choice of Fred Armisen to play Barack Obama, starting with last week's episode . After the much-publicized search for an Obama impersonator (or Fauxbama , as some are calling it), Michaels decided on Armisen, who is of white and Asian origin. Armisen, who's talented enough to do excellent imitations of ...
Only Black Guys Can Be Obama On SNL [Race-baiting] —
Gawker
Television critics are defending Barack Obama 's vision of a less racist America by saying only a black comedian is allowed to make fun of the presidential candidate. Fred Armisen tried to imitate Obama on Saturday Night Live but it was not funny, thanks to Armisen's Japanese and Venezuelan ancestors, and now critics of all races are uniting to make Armisen aware of how his genes make his ...
Saturday Night Live: Tina Fey/Carrie Underwood - VIDEOS —
TV Squad
(S33E05) Cold Open (CNN Democratic Debate): After seeing all those rumors about adding a new cast member to specifically play Barack Obama, I had resigned myself to seeing a new black guy. Hey, don't pretend you didn't think the same thing. In my mind, Fred Armisen never, ever entered into the equation, so imagine my surprise when Armisen popped up on screen next to Amy Poehler's Hillary ...
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