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		<title>SNL&#8217;s SOTU: Bashing&#8230;.Martha Coakley?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Sklar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight SNL opened with the biggest piece of news all week: President Obama&#8216;s State of the Union address (it edges the iPad by a hair). The optics were good &#8212; Fred Armisen looked very Obama-esque flanked by Kristen Wiig&#8216;s Nancy Pelosi and Jason Sudeikis&#8216; aw-shucks grinning Joe Biden, intercut with actual SOTU footage of stone-faced [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/snls-sotu-bashing-martha-coakley/attachment/screen/" rel="attachment wp-att-79506"><img src="http://www.mediaite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Screen-300x242.jpg" alt="" title="SOTU SNL" width="300" height="242" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-79506" /></a>Tonight<em> SNL</em> opened with the biggest piece of news all week: <strong>President Obama</strong>&#8216;s State of the Union address (it edges <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/columnists/my-bloody-ivalentine-welcome-apple-ipad/">the iPad</a> by a hair). The optics were good &mdash; <strong>Fred Armisen </strong>looked very Obama-esque flanked by <strong>Kristen Wiig</strong>&#8216;s <strong>Nancy Pelosi</strong> and<strong> Jason Sudeikis</strong>&#8216; aw-shucks grinning <strong>Joe Biden</strong>, intercut with actual SOTU footage of stone-faced Republicans and orange-faced <strong>John Boehner</strong> &mdash; but otherwise, I am not sure what they were going for. A few knocks at Martha Coakley at the top, but otherwise, I couldn&#8217;t really tell who they were mocking. Is it me? Was I just too blinded by the excitement of <strong>Jon Hamm</strong>&#8216;s impending appearance? Because that *is* exciting. Maybe they&#8217;ll do a sketch where he has to take his shirt off. Wait, what was I saying? Cold open below. <span id="more-79501"></span></p>
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<strong>Update:</strong> JON HAMM SHIRTLESS! That Andy Samberg<em> gets</em> the Internet.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;We&#8217;re Gonna Cave Like Crazy&#8221;: SNL Chides Administration For Health Care Concessions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Coscarelli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those in favor of health care reform, last weekend <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/columnists/health-care-a-giant-win-for-obama/">felt triumphant</a> if only for a moment, as talk of <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/online/will-obama-lose-the-health-care-bill-over-stupak/">the Stupak amendment</a> and a watered down public option diluted the satisfaction. <em>Saturday Night Live</em> noticed, and this week they lampooned the Obama administration, characterizing their negotiation tactics as cowardly appeasement in an address from <strong>Joe Biden</strong>.]]></description>
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<p>For those in favor of the Democrats&#8217; bill to reform health care, last weekend <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/columnists/health-care-a-giant-win-for-obama/">felt triumphant</a>. After what seemed like endless circular debates about death panels and the public option, a historic bill passed through the House of Representatives and for a brief moment, it felt as if <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/print/the-nations-newspapers-react-to-health-care-bill-on-sunday-covers/">something had been accomplished</a>. But the feeling didn&#8217;t last. As the &#8220;victory&#8221; aged &#8212; on what seemed like an hourly basis &#8212; it started to feel more conceptual than practical, and talk of <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/online/will-obama-lose-the-health-care-bill-over-stupak/">the Stupak amendment</a> and a watered down public option diluted the satisfaction of having passed anything at all.</p>
<p><em>Saturday Night Live</em> noticed. And this week, they lampooned the conciliatory Obama administration, characterizing their bipartisanship and negotiation tactics as cowardly appeasement. In an opening piece mocking <strong>Vice President Joe Biden</strong>, castmember <strong>Jason Sudeikis</strong> played Obama&#8217;s number two as the now-standard bumbling gaffe-machine, eager to please.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Here&#8217;s how we&#8217;re gonna do it: we&#8217;re gonna cave in like crazy,&#8221; the VP says. &#8220;The president wants to pass a health care bill so bad that he will literally sign anything. You can water it down however you like, as long as it&#8217;s a stack of paper with the words &#8216;health care&#8217; on it he&#8217;ll sign it!&#8221; That means outs for the medical community in malpractice suits and amendments against homosexuals, Hispanics and <strong>Nancy Pelosi</strong>.</p>
<p>Check out the clip below:</p>
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		<title>SNL Mocks Obama&#8217;s Nobel Prize (plus, Drew Barrymore &amp; Regina Spector)</title>
		<link>http://www.mediaite.com/tv/snl-recap-drew-barrymore-regina-spektor-and-a-lucky-lucky-obama-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Sklar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Regina Spektor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at Mediaite, we bring you all the videos from last night’s Saturday Night Live and let you decide for yourselves how the cast did this week. <strong>Drew Barrymore</strong> was the host, <strong>Regina Spektor</strong> was the musical guest, and <strong>Obama</strong> was once again the target, this time for his lucky, lucky win of the Nobel Peace Prize.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.mediaite.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Screen-shot-2009-10-11-at-2.00.57-PM.png" alt="Obama Nobel SNL" title="Obama Nobel SNL" width="254" height="187" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-33931" />Disclosure: I didn&#8217;t see last night&#8217;s SNL. I&#8217;m in Canada with my parents (happy Canadian Thanksgiving, Canucks out there!) and Hulu does not work here. However, I do have Twitter which <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23SNL">caught me up nicely</a>: SNL sucks, no it doesn&#8217;t, yes it does, it&#8217;s funny, no it&#8217;s not, it&#8217;s boring, no it&#8217;s not, Gilly is back yay, Gilly is back yuck. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s why here at Mediaite, we bring you all the videos from last night&#8217;s show and let you decide for yourselves. <span id="more-33883"></span><strong>Drew Barrymore</strong> was the host, <strong>Regina Spektor</strong> was the musical guest, and Obama was once again the target, this time for his lucky, lucky win of the Nobel Peace Prize. Per <strong>Fred Armisen</strong> as BHO: </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;This prize bestowed by the Nobel committee in Norway is given annually to individuals who have made significant contributions to world peace. Jimmy Carter won it for decades of trying to find solutions to international conflicts, Al Gore won it for his years of education [the] U.S. about climate change, and us? Well, I won it for not being George Bush.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>SNL then expanded on the theme with a joke that, as RedEye&#8217;s <strong>Andy Levy </strong><a href="http://twitter.com/andylevy/status/4776541486">pointed out</a>, had <a href="http://twitter.com/justkarl/status/4737413576">already made</a> the <a href="http://twitter.com/writercris/statuses/4735319531">rounds</a> on <a href="http://twitter.com/silhouette1/statuses/4732875692">Twitter</a>: </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The funny thing is it&#8217;s the first Powerball ticket I&#8217;ve ever bought. I was driving Sasha and Malia home from school and we stopped at a 7/11 for sodas. We all chose two numbers and there you have it: $70 million.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Good times. Vids below:</p>
<p><strong>Obama/Powerball cold open: </strong></p>
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<p><strong>Drew Barrymore Monologue:</strong></p>
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