SNL: President COOL

[Britethorn]

Run time: 02:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUHO5aflyEo   Posted on YouTube: December 07, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: December 07, 2008 By DU Member: Britethorn Views on DU: 3179

 
Full sketch can be found here:

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/obama-plays-it-cool/866342/

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[FirstLight]

1. Thanks for the links!

I thought this was ultra-cool...that's our guy,

"I keep it cool"

Gobama, he'll kill you with kindness, and cool his way through any crisis...yeah baby...

I love our new pres, January can't get here fast enough!

[nolabear]

2. Blue Note Records

It has that old Blue Note jazz feel, and it is very cool! Fred Armistead is getting better! And Barack is very, very cool.

Did I mention cool?

[proud progressive]

3. i'm sorry, but that voice just does not do it for me

[Britethorn]

4. The Voice

I agree with you about the voice, but I really think he's headed in the right direction with the whole package. Of course, doing it LIVE will be the real test.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. He does have

the speech tempo down, though.

[Land Shark]

5. I'll bet Obama's "cool" with comics not being able to nail him (yet) :) nt

[Voice for Peace]

6. thought it was very good

Y'agree he's getting better

[Seldona]

7. The textbook for Political Science 101, back in the 80's,

had the word MEDIA as the largest text on the cover for a reason. Like it or not we are the exception to the rule by looking at, and sifting through, information from many sources to make informed choices.

Most consumers, err citizens sorry, don't have time for that. They get their sound bites from Faux News while making dinner after a hurried day. Hell you can watch Faux while sitting in the drive-up window at my local credit union.

Some say money greases the wheels of politics. But I say the machines themselves are made up of the media. That is a monster that may be un-slayable, maybe not.

At least some people are moving in the right direction. Look at The Daily Show. Think they haven't affected the meme? Not so, with inroads to demographics the networks salivate over. And it's on Comedy Central!

Great commentary. I too appreciate your penchant for media, having worked in media for a non-profit. The effect it has is profound.

[Britethorn]

9. Thanks

Good thoughts well expressed!

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[Rhiannon12866]

8. K&R!

:kick:

[tclambert]

10. Chevy Chase didn't look or sound like Gerald Ford at all

Yet those early sketches laid the foundation for 30+ years of SNL.

[mucifer]

11. I loved Dan Ackroyd's Jimmy Carter. That used to be the SNL thing, they never

used makeup to look like the person they were satirizing. They only used their talent. I think it came from Second City in Chicago. Looks like things have changed now.

[AlbertCat]

12. Must be why SNL sux outloud. Funny about 25% of the time.

[NBachers]

14. Blaah Blaah I don't care what this guy's got to say

I want to see the sketch. The sketch link doesn't work, either from DU or YouTube. Anyone got a link that works?

I'll pontificate my own pontifications.

[Dead Elephant]

15. He keep's it cool

fred armisen is getting better at it

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