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catherine

10-4-20, 9:02am

This was hilarious, and all of the players did a fantastic job. (Jim Carrey as Biden is amazing)

I also think they did a pretty decent job of keeping it from being TOO irreverent, given the circumstances of Trump in the hospital.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsije1KetVw

herbgeek

10-4-20, 9:41am

Many of us wish we had that magic pause/mute button. LOL.

catherine

10-4-20, 9:56am

There are a few politicians over the years that I can't look at without seeing the SNL people who impersonated them... Dana Carvey as Bush41 for instance. Tina Fey as Sarah Palin. The year 2000 duo of Bush43 (Will Farrell) and Al Gore (Darrell Hammond). I think SNLs best contribution to comedy has been its political satire.

Jane v2.0

10-4-20, 10:34am

Perfect.

Teacher Terry

10-4-20, 1:45pm

It was so awesome! They are so good at politics.

Jane v2.0

10-4-20, 2:35pm

Many of us wish we had that magic pause/mute button. LOL.

Or, in some cases, a remote-controlled trap door.

Tammy

10-4-20, 3:11pm

Loved it

Tradd

10-4-20, 6:19pm

Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford.

Gardnr

10-4-20, 9:08pm

They did a terrific job last night!

Tammy

10-4-20, 9:26pm

I’m reading that the Critics didn't like for two reasons:

1. It made both men look equally bad, when they believe that Trump behaved much worse
2. The addition of Kamala Harris took the spotlight off the true problems with Trump’s multiple interruptions and refusal to denounce racism.

Gardnr

10-4-20, 9:44pm

Tammy

10-4-20, 10:30pm

Agreed. Made me laugh.

rosarugosa

10-5-20, 5:20am

For some reason I didn't find it that funny. Maybe because the actual debate was so outrageous that it couldn't be topped.

iris lilies

10-5-20, 10:19am

For some reason I didn't find it that funny. Maybe because the actual debate was so outrageous that it couldn't be topped.
I couldn’t watch the debate and after hearing about it I’m really glad I did not watch it. So this Parody Lulls me into thinking it was bad but not THAT bad. Even though it probably was THAT bad.

rosarugosa

10-5-20, 8:01pm

I couldn’t watch the debate and after hearing about it I’m really glad I did not watch it. So this Parody Lulls me into thinking it was bad but not THAT bad. Even though it probably was THAT bad.

It was worse than that! I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say there was no actual debate at all.

Greg44

10-6-20, 12:04am

I love SNL's opening skits - often the only ones I can stay awake for. The Political skits are the best. Some of the Hillary, Sarah Palin and Bernie skits were laugh out
loud funny. After seeing that skit I thought the remote with a mute is really what I needed when I watched the debates. Trump was the worst, but Biden wasn't much better.
I finally had to just walk away. All I could think was, this is the best we got? Seriously? Mute.

Teacher Terry

10-6-20, 9:33am

Biden had a difficult time with trump constantly interrupting. Who could keep their train of thought with the crazy one going constantly off the rails?

Jane v2.0

10-6-20, 1:14pm

Biden had a difficult time with trump constantly interrupting. Who could keep their train of thought with the crazy one going constantly off the rails?

Those interruptions were no accident. In the debate prep, Christie encouraged him to interrupt early and often to throw Biden (who famously has speech issues) off his game. Biden has since apologized for referring to Trump as a "clown." I think that showed restraint.

Teacher Terry

10-7-20, 12:29am

I know that. I spent 7 years in speech therapy for stuttering in elementary school. I use the same techniques that Biden does when talking.

Tybee

10-7-20, 11:02am

My son also received speech therapy and you can still here the therapy at work when he talks--but no stutter. He does not do well when interrupted, either.