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EXCLUSIVE: Potential Obama Impersonator NOT Joining 'SNL' (Yet) [Breaking]
gawker.com - 2/21/2008
EXCLUSIVE: Potential Obama Impersonator NOT Joining 'SNL' (Yet) [Breaking]
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All the parts of the internet that care about such matters have been speculating as to what Saturday Night Live will do about Barack Obama . They don't really have anyone qualified to impersonate him right now, especially as blackface is more or less out of style. A couple sites have reported rumors that sketch comedian and comedy writer (and thin black man) Donald Glover will join the ...

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Gothamist:  SNL Returns, Looks for their Barack

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SNL Returns, Looks for their Barack
Gothamist — ... are saying that Donald Glover will be the new cast member. Gawker, however, went to confirm the news via some Facebook-stalking and found out Glover has yet to get a call. Hopefully he's waiting by the phone, because Michaels, who admits it's going to be difficult "finding a way to get people to laugh at the heroic figure," is expected to make contact with the chosen one later today. ...

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Saturday Night Live Frets Over Barack Obama — Anorak News
TONY Blair leaves office and no impersonator can do Gordon Brown. And in American, there is debate over how Barack Obama should be parodied. Tabloid Baby , Anorak’s man in LA, takes a look: Lorne Michaels’ Saturday Night Live has never displayed much worry about white castmembers playing “blackface” (think Darrell Hammond as Jesse Jackson ). But in the case of Barack Obama , who ...
— A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago
I'M NOT GOING TO OVERSTAY MY WELCOME: Two questions spurred by last night's SNL: Does John McCain have a right to demand equal time on SNL based on Gov. Huckabee's appearance last night? We've previously talked about the issues associated with blackface . Was Fred Armisen's Obama uncomfortable (and, IMHO, ineffective) because of the quasi-blackface, or just because the impression stank? ...
Fred is the New Barack — PageSix.com
Yes, that's right folks, Barack Obama has finally been chosen — and he's Fred Armisen . The powers that be over at Saturday Night Live have finally ended their search; they've found their Obama impersonator in Fred, a current cast member who, for a white guy, looks a lot (really, a lot) like Barack. For those of you who have no idea what we're talking about and missed Fred's brilliant ...
Which Obama Impersonator Will Be Elected President Of 'Saturday Night Live'? [Spurious Predictions] — Wonkette » top
After a long hiatus in which millions of Americans mourned the loss of their most beloved comedy television show, Saturday Night Live will return to the airwaves this weekend. Pundits, pollsters, and voters alike are all wondering which actron will be given the honor of portraying Handsome Barry Obama. Conventional wisdom and an insider favorite, after the jump! The New York Post reports ...