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SNL Mocks Al Sharpton And His MSNBC Show

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SNL’s Keenan Thompson ribbed MSNBC host Al Sharpton with a goofy imitation of the Reverend’s over-the-top persona. “President Obama has been pushing this payroll tax hollaback — excuse me, tax holiday!” Thompson exclaimed. “Which has helping middle class folks up and down America and these Republicans now talking about how it’s bad for this and that and the other. Here’s my question — do these people have rocks in their heads?”

RELATED: Al Sharpton’s New ‘Lean Forward’ Ad Is About Republicans Stealing Blueberry Pie

Thompson goofed on Sharpton’s idiosyncratic mannerisms, and jokingly called the Republicans blueberry pie-stealing Nazis. The skit’s coup de grâce came at the end though where Thompson quoted near-verbatim Sharpton’s legendary teleprompter flub . “But resist, we much… we must… and we will much… about… that… be committed.”

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  • us995

    commiecasts bad joke on the American people

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LTOYPBQB46JSMMXS45BT7BLTSA Brian

    My white momma can do a better Sharpton impression than that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003056070430 Matthew Threats

    lol …that was soo funny

  • Anonymous

    Wow, he does Sharpton very well.

  • Anonymous

    I think Keenan Thompson is one of the worst cast members in the past few years, but finally he started off strong at least.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TWK2YYJTTIDLZIVV7NKZM23Z6Q Tyler

    That was very good!!  I practically fell of my seat,  

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    Funny stuff. I’m a liberal and I find Sharpton’s publicity whore act embarrassing. I imagine a lot folks on  the right cringe the same way when they see Pat Robertson on TV representing their side.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003056070430 Matthew Threats

    One of the worse ?? U can’t be serious

  • Anonymous

    I would not argue if you think he is THE worst.

  • Anonymous

    Ah, truly funny stuff.  Thompson really shines in this clip.  I avoid Sharpton and his show like the plague because I just can’t take him seriously, but even I can tell this is spot on.

    Thanks, SNL.  Seeing a fictional idiot make a fool of himself on tv is a nice reprieve from seeing real idiots makes fools of themselves all throughout the election season.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001154023994 Daniel Thompson

    Haha, ironically the most ridiculous sounding bit at the end is the part that actually happened.

  • Anonymous

    They came close to getting the ‘Nappy hair’ right.

    Resist we Much.

  • Hout Bosques

    Thing is, without Reverend Al, we never get to “Resist we much”, the single most coherent political phrase of 2011 after nahn-nahn-nahn, just ahead of “Oops”, and way out in front of “I’m running for office, for Pete’s sake”.

    2011 is fated to go down in political history as Teh Year of Teh Stoopid.

  • Anonymous

    I’m 18 seconds in, and so far he has nailed the Sharpton impression.

  • Gloves W. Donahue

    That was hilarious. Kenan has always a comic attitude, like Eddie Murphy.

  • Anonymous

    leave it to a racist piece of shit like you to inject a nappy hair reference into the convo….you teabaggin crossburnin assholes make me sick

  • Anonymous

    “”Was it was before he was before the social programs..uhm from the standpoint of he was for ahm… standing up for Roe vs Wade before he was against vers uh… Roe vs Wade uhm… he was uhm… for race to the top uhm… he’s… for Obama care now he’s against it.”   -Rick Perry

  • Gloves W. Donahue

     ”racist piece of shit …you teabaggin crossburnin assholes make me sick ”

    Here’s a typical liberal ray of sunshine in the morning.

  • Anonymous

    Sharpton is a joke.  Nothing more than a race baiting liberal.  How the hell he ever got his own show is beyond me.  

  • Anonymous

    Not quite as racist as Oblamer and Holder, huh?

  • South Park Conservatives

    yo mama………

  • South Park Conservatives

    Funnie!!!!!!!1 The Rev. Al is a racist joke.

  • Anonymous

    Yes!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bee-Ruled/100001985815996 Bee Ruled

    REV AL is funnier than ANY mocking of him.

  • http://twitter.com/max843 max843

    As an old-time liberal, I really like Rev Al.  His show is one of the few that expresses my thoughts and dreams for the future.

  • Anonymous

    The only way to know if the skit worked is when we see a “tea” bring up, unproven commmunist vomit!

  • Anonymous

    Example!

  • Moderate

    The Rev. Al Sharpton’s nonprofit paid him nearly $242,000 — even as it carried $1.6 million in debt, according to documents obtained by The Post.
    In all, the controversial activist and his empire, including the National Action Network and two for-profit companies, were $5.3 million in the red, public records show.
    Most of NAN’s money woes stemmed from more than $880,000 in unpaid federal payroll taxes, interest and penalties. It also paid more than $100,000 to settle two lawsuits, byproducts of the unpaid bills.
    And it still owed $206,252 in loans to Sharpton’s for-profit Bo-Spanky Consulting Inc. and Sharpton Media LLC, the records show.

    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/rev_al_deep_in_the_red_FFFX2IRlXVlP0sh79dWyxL

  • Anonymous

    Did you laugh, or just watch and bitch? 

  • Joke Scareborough

    I think Keenan is a really funny guy, but it seems as though SNL only uses their Black cast members as tokens to use whenever they need a Black guy or girl…Eddie Murphy being the exception.

  • Joke Scareborough

    Politits Nation! =]

  • Anonymous

    This is the funniest sketch this guy has ever done

  • Michael _

    995.  You will not misintepret this.

    What is your level of education?

    Also, WE’D APPRECIATE IF YOU DIDN’T USE THE TERM, “American People’   That is what’s called reasoning from the particular to the general.  A method of reason pushed by unhinged information.  YOU ARE INSULTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

    Kindly advise; what is your understanding of the word communist?  Use it in a full sentence beeeyatch!

  • Anonymous

    You might be right in Keenan’s case.  He is a one trick pony with very minimal range.

  • Anonymous

    Sharptooon wouldbe perfect to play a regular in barbershop 3. He could come in for his weekly straightening and greese job.

  • Anonymous

    I kinda like ole sharpie but the tawana brawly (sp) thing is hard to get past.

  • OSTL

    typical racist

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003056070430 Matthew Threats

    You can act as if white men during Al sharpton’s lifetime never have raped a black women and gotten away with it if you’d like…But unless you assume that he KNEW she was lying.I don’t see what beef you have with the guy. 

    “At the height of the controversy in June 1988, a poll showed a gap of 34 percentage points between blacks (51%) and whites (85%) on the question of whether she was lying”

    Before even knowing the truth ..Please explain why 85% of whites believed she was lying.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003056070430 Matthew Threats

    Al sharpton will never be more racist then the america he grew up in. Conservatives have always been the most racist group of people in this country.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003056070430 Matthew Threats

    Not a bigger race baiter then Glenn Beck

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003056070430 Matthew Threats

    GOP base ….RACIST/BIGOTS

  • Anonymous

    You act as if he lied, which he didn’t.  As soon as he found out she was lying he distanced himself from her.  I don’t have a problem with him standing up for her based on her story and stepping away from her when he found out she was lying.

  • http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-sjc1/hs322.snc3/28695_104339339610961_100001046869519_36793_4471129_n.jpg COB™

    What’s up with that? -What’s up with that? :OP

  • Anonymous

    Lt. Col. Alan West and FOX Business commentator are fine Patriotic gentlemen.
    Al Sharpton and Barack Obama are N*g**rs
    It’s not about the color of skin…..It’s about the content of character.

  • http://twitter.com/clindhartsen Chris Lindhartsen

    This might be more watchable than the actual Politics Nation. How Sharpton ever got a show still confuses me, but knowing MSNBC it’ll be replaced in 6 months by something else.

  • Anonymous

    Keith Olbermann reruns or someone new…Perhaps…Bernie Madoff?

  • Anonymous

    Only at times…with Robertson.
    Sharpton is a complete embarrassment 24/7/365.
    Robertson is well-meaning but Sharpton is just hateful.
     

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

    Where did GRBSPR claim any ties to The Tea Party?
    It must be really painful when you pull your comments out of your ass!

  • Anonymous

    A Tea Party Express guy came up to me and complained about affirmative action. I asked him “Why is that so bad?”

    He said, “People should get ahead in America based on their personal merit and willingness to work hard!”

    Did John McCain get into the US Naval Academy and did George W. Bush get into both Harvard and Yale based on their own hard work? Is Perry really qualified to be POTUS? How about Palin?

    The Tea Party Express guy basically summarized an opinion that said NEPOTISM, and “commond sense” good, affirmative action evil.
    Liars and hipocrites every last one!   

  • Anonymous

    It’s is to get beyond poor trash that delights in counting the Kock sisters money, and yet can’t afford a swim in the cement pond

  • Anonymous

    Somehow I suspect “nappy hair” can buy and sell po’ trash like you 10 times. That must really hurt. Get used to it Buford, every year your USA becomes a thing of the past. Up the OWS rebels!

  • Anonymous

    Rev AL will be the top host on MSNBC on the run up to the election. He tells the truth and not afraid of asking Republicans about their bs.

  • Anonymous

    Why do you teabaggers fixate so much on asses? Oh, that’s right, it’s the Santorum dipping sauce you guys love so much. (sick bastards)

  • Anonymous

    Easy!
    Because her lips were moving!
    SHEESH!!

  • Anonymous

    I guess you liked the headline and didn’t read the story. There was “no” example of “Holder” being racist. Do you want him to be racist? Does that help others fit in better? I think “Weiner” demeans “my people”,… that’s not racist! “Teas” want this but,… it’s not there!

  • Anonymous

    Speaking of yo mama, now that the NBA is back in business , do ya think she and Palin can “score” me some free tickets? After all, she’s done more for less.

  • Anonymous

    Hey I’m with you. Feel the same way about O’Reilly, Hannity, Beck…etc. Don’t you agree….
    ..hello… you still there hick?

  • Anonymous

    Liar and hypocrite. The false prophet is going the way of the scum bag Reagan. Soon he won’t know his own name and will be shitting on himself. I guess God doesn’t have a sense of humor.

  • Anonymous

    That was a good one. Libs can take a joke. I however love to give as good as I get. See ya around teabaggers!

  • Anonymous

    Hmmm  I don’t know, as for myself I give the skit 5 stars…  I think that he captured the essence of Sharpton perfectly…  Best skit I have seen come from SNL in a very long time.  

  • Anonymous

    Wait a min. here, all I saw was a real clip from the Rev’s show.  Where’s the SNL parody of the Rev. Sharpton MSNBC show?

    Come on Mediaite, give us the SNL clip!

    Oh!… Hard to tell the parody from the real thing!

  • https://me.yahoo.com/a/7nZpGKwT1fVdlb3YN6DXlA8PViJDMLL2bO_q#5aa2e ganymede

    I actually like the Rev Al. I live in NYC and have watched his career since Tawana Brawley as well as the Crown Heights tragedy, which all reflected badly on Sharpton. But I believe in the power of redemption and maturation. Sharpton is actually doing a worthwhile program on MSNBC and his audience is a few hundred thousand which is good for his time slot. And he doesn’t lie or distort anywhere near the level of Hannity, O’Reilly and the rest of the FOX array of pundits. It was a smart and creative move on the part of MSNBC. Of course, you FOX heads will disagree, but, then, what do you know!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZCDEG24W2PC2QJJE2BHXX5BAOM Tiny Card

    Rev. Al Sharpton Civil Right Companies “DEEP IN THE RED”!

    The Rev. Al Sharpton’s nonprofit paid him nearly $242,000 – even as it
    carried $1.6 million in debt, according to documents obtained by The
    Post.

    In all, the controversial activist and his empire,
    including the National Action Network and two for-profit companies, were
    $5.3 million in the red, public records show.

    Most of NAN’s
    money woes stemmed from more than $880,000 in unpaid federal payroll
    taxes, interest and penalties. It also paid more than $100,000 to settle
    two lawsuits, byproducts of the unpaid bills.

    And it still owed $206,252 in loans to Sharpton’s for-profit Bo-Spanky Consulting Inc. and Sharpton Media LLC, the records show.

    Sharpton
    drew a $241,732 salary and perks that included first-class or charter
    air travel, tax filings show. He owes the IRS $2.6 million in income
    tax, and nearly $900,000 in state tax.

    The defunct Rev-Al Communications Inc. owes the state almost $176,000, and Bo-Spanky is $3,500 behind on state-tax liens.

    Sharpton has said he is on a repayment plan with state and federal-tax authorities.

    NAN
    last year took in more than $3 million in donations, which allowed it
    to chip away at its tax burden. This year, its board of directors voted
    to resolve the tax issues and paid all back state taxes, said Executive
    Director Tamika Mallory.

    The civil-rights group is also addressing the $883,503 it owes in federal payroll taxes, she added.

    And
    it is close to finished repaying the Peabody Hotel in Memphis $106,981
    owed since 2008, when NAN skipped out on its bill after its annual
    convention, according to its 2010 audited financial statements.

    Plus, it paid $5,500 to a Phoenix developer to settle a legal dispute over the rental of chapter offices.

    nypost

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZCDEG24W2PC2QJJE2BHXX5BAOM Tiny Card

    Rev. Al Sharpton Civil Right Companies “DEEP IN THE RED”!

    The Rev. Al Sharpton’s nonprofit paid him nearly $242,000 – even as it
    carried $1.6 million in debt, according to documents obtained by The
    Post.

    In all, the controversial activist and his empire,
    including the National Action Network and two for-profit companies, were
    $5.3 million in the red, public records show.

    Most of NAN’s
    money woes stemmed from more than $880,000 in unpaid federal payroll
    taxes, interest and penalties. It also paid more than $100,000 to settle
    two lawsuits, byproducts of the unpaid bills.

    And it still owed $206,252 in loans to Sharpton’s for-profit Bo-Spanky Consulting Inc. and Sharpton Media LLC, the records show.

    Sharpton
    drew a $241,732 salary and perks that included first-class or charter
    air travel, tax filings show. He owes the IRS $2.6 million in income
    tax, and nearly $900,000 in state tax.

    The defunct Rev-Al Communications Inc. owes the state almost $176,000, and Bo-Spanky is $3,500 behind on state-tax liens.

    Sharpton has said he is on a repayment plan with state and federal-tax authorities.

    NAN
    last year took in more than $3 million in donations, which allowed it
    to chip away at its tax burden. This year, its board of directors voted
    to resolve the tax issues and paid all back state taxes, said Executive
    Director Tamika Mallory.

    The civil-rights group is also addressing the $883,503 it owes in federal payroll taxes, she added.

    And
    it is close to finished repaying the Peabody Hotel in Memphis $106,981
    owed since 2008, when NAN skipped out on its bill after its annual
    convention, according to its 2010 audited financial statements.

    Plus, it paid $5,500 to a Phoenix developer to settle a legal dispute over the rental of chapter offices.

    nypost

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZCDEG24W2PC2QJJE2BHXX5BAOM Tiny Card

    Rev. Al Sharpton Civil Right Companies “DEEP IN THE RED”!

    The Rev. Al Sharpton’s nonprofit paid him nearly $242,000 – even as it
    carried $1.6 million in debt, according to documents obtained by The
    Post.

    In all, the controversial activist and his empire,
    including the National Action Network and two for-profit companies, were
    $5.3 million in the red, public records show.

    Most of NAN’s
    money woes stemmed from more than $880,000 in unpaid federal payroll
    taxes, interest and penalties. It also paid more than $100,000 to settle
    two lawsuits, byproducts of the unpaid bills.

    And it still owed $206,252 in loans to Sharpton’s for-profit Bo-Spanky Consulting Inc. and Sharpton Media LLC, the records show.

    Sharpton
    drew a $241,732 salary and perks that included first-class or charter
    air travel, tax filings show. He owes the IRS $2.6 million in income
    tax, and nearly $900,000 in state tax.

    The defunct Rev-Al Communications Inc. owes the state almost $176,000, and Bo-Spanky is $3,500 behind on state-tax liens.

    Sharpton has said he is on a repayment plan with state and federal-tax authorities.

    NAN
    last year took in more than $3 million in donations, which allowed it
    to chip away at its tax burden. This year, its board of directors voted
    to resolve the tax issues and paid all back state taxes, said Executive
    Director Tamika Mallory.

    The civil-rights group is also addressing the $883,503 it owes in federal payroll taxes, she added.

    And
    it is close to finished repaying the Peabody Hotel in Memphis $106,981
    owed since 2008, when NAN skipped out on its bill after its annual
    convention, according to its 2010 audited financial statements.

    Plus, it paid $5,500 to a Phoenix developer to settle a legal dispute over the rental of chapter offices.

    nypost

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZCDEG24W2PC2QJJE2BHXX5BAOM Tiny Card

    Rev. Al Sharpton Civil Right Companies “DEEP IN THE RED”!

    The Rev. Al Sharpton’s nonprofit paid him nearly $242,000 – even as it
    carried $1.6 million in debt, according to documents obtained by The
    Post.

    In all, the controversial activist and his empire,
    including the National Action Network and two for-profit companies, were
    $5.3 million in the red, public records show.

    Most of NAN’s
    money woes stemmed from more than $880,000 in unpaid federal payroll
    taxes, interest and penalties. It also paid more than $100,000 to settle
    two lawsuits, byproducts of the unpaid bills.

    And it still owed $206,252 in loans to Sharpton’s for-profit Bo-Spanky Consulting Inc. and Sharpton Media LLC, the records show.

    Sharpton
    drew a $241,732 salary and perks that included first-class or charter
    air travel, tax filings show. He owes the IRS $2.6 million in income
    tax, and nearly $900,000 in state tax.

    The defunct Rev-Al Communications Inc. owes the state almost $176,000, and Bo-Spanky is $3,500 behind on state-tax liens.

    Sharpton has said he is on a repayment plan with state and federal-tax authorities.

    NAN
    last year took in more than $3 million in donations, which allowed it
    to chip away at its tax burden. This year, its board of directors voted
    to resolve the tax issues and paid all back state taxes, said Executive
    Director Tamika Mallory.

    The civil-rights group is also addressing the $883,503 it owes in federal payroll taxes, she added.

    And
    it is close to finished repaying the Peabody Hotel in Memphis $106,981
    owed since 2008, when NAN skipped out on its bill after its annual
    convention, according to its 2010 audited financial statements.

    Plus, it paid $5,500 to a Phoenix developer to settle a legal dispute over the rental of chapter offices.

    nypost

  • Anonymous

    Why does Melbo fixate so much about Balls in the Face?

  • Anonymous

    So you’re saying that an ideological program which gives people benefits based on the color of their skin is ok because you point to a few examples on nepotism?? The BEST you can do is the two wrongs make a right argument? Whoever this Tea Party person was is correct, and all you did was retort on this board with examples you never expressed to him. 

    You are not in the position to explain to us what you think he thinks because you did not bring those points up to him. Not to mention that you really stretched your argument with folks like Palin and Perry who have no examples of nepotism to their name. 

    Try a little harder next time, pfff if that’s even possible, or your simple arguments will deconstructed within a minute by simple log. Though I do not assume you know what logic is, judging by your argument.

  • Anonymous

    uhhhhh we know not to hire a guy who lied about a woman being raped???? Not to hire a guy  who called New York “Hymie-town”???? Not to hire a guy who can at best get a few hundred thousand in his time slot which is NOT good for his time slot???

  • Anonymous

    EVERYBODY knows that any hatred or dislike toward Al Sharpton is ONLY because of the melonin in his skin and has NOTHING to do with his political positions or statements. EVERYBODY knows that teabaggers are always looking into stuff like “history” and “content of character” to judge people and therefore they should just be called “racist” so we don’t have to acknowledge their points.

    SUPPORT OWS!!!!! Live feed at BurningtheAmericanFlagandLovingit.com!!

  • Anonymous

    Alfraud Sharpton is a hateful,incompetent,apologists for Obama and the Democratic party but Sharpton is great excellent as a blackmailer.

  • Anonymous

    I support the comment of ProObamaAgenda 100%  A right wing white boy calling a Black man a racist is like Hitler calling a European Jew a murderer.  White racist right wing boy is in no moral position to call anyone a racist.  That white scumbag bombed Black churches in the south, killed and lynched Blacks that were trying to vote, denied Blacks access to restaurants, schools, parks, etc., and that racist right wing SCUM tries to call a Black man, who stands up and resisted that dirty white scums atrocities against Blacks, he tries to call that Black a racist.  The word “racist” was invented to describe the racist lying right wing fascist Black hating white scum right winger.  

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