Mediaite Presents: 35 Great SNL News Spoofs
Will Ferrell Does James Lipton
Even the title card saying “Host: James Lipton” brought the studio audience to a chuckle, so you know the guy is ripe for a lampoon. The only word to describe Will Ferrell’s inspired impression of the slightly pompous Inside The Actor’s Studio host: “scrumtrulescent.”
Larry King’s Rambly USA Today Column
It would’ve been easy for Norm MacDonald go after Larry King’s avuncular, softball interview style, but no: he called out King’s rambly USA Today column, which the NYT called “a weekly offering studded with plugs, superlatives and dropped names — all usually in close proximity to one another.”
One controversial view: “I have no tolerance, gang, for people who commit arson.”
A Day in the Life of Brian Williams
In this SNL Digital Short, BriWi himself shows what a good sport he is by taking us on a tour through the life of a nightly newsman, which involves hallucinating encouraging words from Bono. He’s so confident, he doesn’t even mind if you call him Stone Philips by mistake!
Amy Poehler Does Nancy Grace
Amy Poehler does a slow-talking, Southern-fried Nancy Grace, tough on crime, but none too happy with the officer who gives her a parking ticket. It’s fine enough, but really: how do you compete with the real thing?
Geraldo Rivera Is a Sexy Man
Darrell Hammond’s Geraldo Rivera is a sexy man. Just ask Somalian villagers, Osama bin Laden, and Darrell Hammond’s Geraldo Rivera.
