SNL Takes On Rep. Joe Wilson
SNL Takes On Rep. Joe Wilson as “Saturday Night Live” opened its new spin off show last night, a half hour version of “Weekend Update.”
They opened the program, hosted by Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers, with a typical SNL political sketch about recent events.
SNL Takes On Rep. Joe Wilson with the sketch centered around Joe Wilson’s outburst during a joint session of Congress in which he yelled “you lie” at President Obama.
According to SNL, the outburst was planned by the Republican leadership, but Joe Wilson was left in the lurch after he went to the bathroom while the rest of the republican representatives reconsidered their plan dubious plot.
The typical SNL political sketch still ended with “Live from New York it’s Saturday Night,” despite the fact that it clearly wasn’t.
SNL Takes On Rep. Joe Wilson and Kristen Wiig appeared as Michele Bachmann, mocking the congresswoman for her rhetorical choices, and Fred Armisen played a Republican playing Obama.
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What he did was not funny at all and I don’t think that it should repeated at all in that venue.
He said the truth and it is not funny at all and that is a fact.