Mediaite Presents: 35 Great SNL News Spoofs
Jane, You Ignorant Slut
Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd (later, Bill Murray) gleefully exposed the passive-aggressive relationship between some news anchors, starting each segment with ‘hot issues’ and eventually exploding into personal, sexual attacks. It’s still way more civil than Crossfire.
Kristen Wiig Does Suze Orman
It’s a Kristen Wiig production, so you know it’s gotta be good. It’s absolutely worth waiting to the end to get a zebra-clad Orman’s “few money-saving tips just for the ladies,” which involve baby socks and “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!,” among other tools of frugality.
Wolf Blitzer on “Celebrity Jeopardy”
In this slightly outlandish “Celebrity Jeopardy” skit, Situation Room host Wolf Blitzer gets demolished by comedian Andy Richter, ending up with a score of -$4600. Blitzer is played by — wait, this is real?
Wolf Blitzer: ANNA ANNA ANNA ANNA
OK, this is an actual SNL skit featuring Blitzer. as Wolf tries to cover ‘hard’ news, like the situation at Walter Reed, the ticker obsesses over the death of Anna Nicole Smith until it’s just playing ANNA! ANNA! ANNA!
The actual skit has been taken offline due to a terms of service violation, but here’s a clip of real Blitzer commenting on a clip of fake Blitzer as the real ticker blasts Anna Nicole Smith coverage… (head explodes).
Harry Caray’s “Space: The Infinite Frontier”
Before he Ron Burgundied it up, Will Ferrell played another eccentric, catchphrase-spouting anchor. This truly weird series of skits continued even after the death of Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray. Marvel as planets whirr in the background and Ferrell asks scientist Jeff Goldblum (is Jeff Goldblum ever not a scientist?): “If the moon were made of barbecue spare ribs, would you eat it then?”
