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'SNL' switches Obama, hands role to Jay Pharoah
AP ^ | September 13, 2012

Posted on 09/13/2012 7:14:27 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

"Saturday Night Live" has elected a new Barack Obama: Jay Pharoah will take over the plum role of impersonating the president.

"SNL" creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels announced the casting switch in a recent interview. Michaels said it was time "to shake it up."

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: armisen; comedy; pharoah; snl; tv
Dripping with irony perhaps.
1 posted on 09/13/2012 7:14:30 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

(King Putt) How'd you get so funky?
(Funky Putt) Did you do the monkey?
Born in Kenya-zona,
Moved to Indo-nonia (King Putt).

2 posted on 09/13/2012 7:21:32 AM PDT by twister881
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Too bad Pharoah will only have that job for two more months.


3 posted on 09/13/2012 7:24:07 AM PDT by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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He also does a great Denzel Washington. He's pretty good. Not sure about Obama though. The other guy did him pretty well.
4 posted on 09/13/2012 7:24:58 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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To: ConservativeStatement
"Shake It Up"


5 posted on 09/13/2012 7:29:49 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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If Lorne Michaels is willing to wait until January, he can have the real thing...


6 posted on 09/13/2012 8:07:39 AM PDT by Tigerized ("..and whack 'em, and whack 'em, and whack 'em!' cried the Toad in ecstasy." (also my 2012 strategy))
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The SNL cast is required to perform without teleprompters.


7 posted on 09/13/2012 8:10:55 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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It doesn’t matter. With the Liberal bent on SNL this new guy will get some more camera time than usual but the guys playing Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan are going to be on every episode. Let the Bashing/Sliming of the Republicans begin....


8 posted on 09/13/2012 8:13:56 AM PDT by jakerobins
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