Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
[Trigger warning.] Above is the opening segment from this weekend's Saturday Night Live . I'm not going to do a transcript, because the content can be easily summarized as: A sketch set at a joint press conference with the not-black Fred Armisen ( still ) playing President Barack Obama in blackface, and the not-Asian Will Forte playing Chinese President Hu Jintao not in yellowface but...
Citizens Against ProObama Media Bia (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
November 22, 2009 Live from New York it’s…Nasim Pedrad, Will Forte and Fred Armisen in “Obama and Hu Jintao”. Press conference with barry and the Chinese president – with translator. China wants their money back and…a personal favor of sorts… saturdayepisode Selected quotes – hand transcribed. BO: Unfair valuation of Chinese currency,...
Jake Weird (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Synopsis: Live from New York, it's... Nasim Pedrad and Will Forte! Sketches include "Obama and Hu Jintao," "Movie Trailer Re-Cut: Palin 2012," "Secret Word," "A Girl Like Reba" (Digital Short), "The Mellow Show," "What's Up With That'," "Thanksgiving Dinner," "Woman To Woman," and "Say Anything."...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
I missed the latest Saturday Night Live , but by the next morning I had received an email from a concerned citizen about the content of its "cold open", in which Fred Armisen, as President Barack Obama, is assailed by Will Forte's Hu Jintao over America owing China money. The emailer was angry at Saturday Night Live for enforcing flawed media narratives to the effect that the...
No Sheeples Here! (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... save you money?" Fearless Reader: "I don't know." At one point, Jintao, played by Will Forte, warned that the enormous debt owed China by the U.S. would not be allowed to be repaid with clunkers, referring to the “Cash for Clunkers” program. "I assure you. You're going to get your money," stressed Obama. Realizing he was being lied to, just as...
Watch Free TV Online (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... from the team behind THE COMEBACKS and numerous MTV Movie Award parody sketches. Andy Samberg and Will Forte are among the numerous SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE writers to have contributed EXTREME MOVIE's uproarious script.
FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Saturday Night Live's opening skit was not kind to Obama. It was a joint press conference from Beijing with Obama, played by Fred Armisen and Chinese president Hu Jintao, played by Will Forte. There was also an interpreter, Nasim Pedrad. Transcript ANNOUNCER: We will now take you live to Beijing for the joint press conference already underway between U.S. President Obama and Chinese President...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... of our worries. China Cold Open is just made of fail:Angry Asian Man :You've got a very Caucasian Will Forte as Chinese President Hu Jintao, doing some seriously godawful ching chong, alongside Nasim Pedrad, rocking an equally ass-awful accent as his "translator."This alone is pretty painful. Whatever joke they're going for is completely sabotaged by the fact that everyone is thinking,...
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
“Saturday Night Live” opened its show last night with a comedy sketch that skewered Dear Leader Obama over his economic policies including health care, “Cash for Clunkers” and borrowing billions of dollars from China. The NBC program featured comic Fred Armisen portraying the commander in chief at a news conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao, played by Will Forte, who spoke through...
Theodore's World (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... portraying the commander in chief at a news conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao, played by Will Forte, who spoke through an interpreter, comic Nasim Pedrad. Jintao began by asking Obama about the success of his economic stimulus. "I'm curious. How many jobs has it created?" asked the Chinese leader. "None," answered Obama. "But our health-care reform plan, we're confident,...
The Stockmasters (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... was very tough on Barack Obama. Comedian Fred Armisen was in the role of the Commander in chief. Will Forte and Nasim Pedrad portrait Chinese President Hu Jintao and his interpreter. The spoof addressed in hilariously funny fashion the Health Care Bill, the US national Debt to China and even Cash for Clunkers.
