they did a Lincoln at Ford's theater skit with Piscopo as Lincoln
― Listen to this, dad (President Keyes), Monday, 17 September 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
and Russell Brand played George Washington in a skit last year. I think Pelosi and Boehner time-traveled back to his era.
― Listen to this, dad (President Keyes), Monday, 17 September 2012 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
I checked out those two pages at the beginning, and no president past Teddy was listed. I thought it sounded strange too, but there you go.
― pplains, Monday, 17 September 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://thegoodjokes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/1277488480570-dumpfm-haydiroket-deal1.gif
― pplains, Monday, 17 September 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
The New Republic on exactly what we've been talking about here: the limitations of accuracy when working up a political impression. (I think Pharoah's off to a better start than the writer does, though. I got more out of him on Saturday than just mimicry--the extra layer was Obama's "forget about me for a second, can you believe this?" bemusement, which in a way sums up the context of his entire presidency.)
http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/107338/the-tedious-accuracy-jay-pharoah%E2%80%99s-obama-impersonation
― clemenza, Monday, 17 September 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
Kevin Nealon did Biden back in the 90s, during a sketch where clarence thomas was getting confirmed
― Trad., Arrrgh (stevie), Monday, 17 September 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
hard to believe there's only been one nixon in all these years, but all of aykroyd's performances were wonderful -- even his carter, which wasn't really carter-ish at all. favorite one was hartman's reagan, who was actually kind of genuinely menacing.
hammond did a funny gore, but his other impressions were usually boring as shit.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 17 September 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
Ferrell's Dubya eventually grew on me, or he just figured out how to make it work.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 17 September 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
Again, I think Hammond's Clinton was/is brilliant. I remember that one Weekend Update appearance in 2008: "Thank you, Duffy."
― clemenza, Monday, 17 September 2012 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
Hammond's Clinton was the best-- "I am bulletproof"
― Listen to this, dad (President Keyes), Monday, 17 September 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
I read some comics book as a youngster that said CHase wore a can on his head during his Ford depiction to equate Ford with Happy Hooligan ––––– is this fucking true???
― pet carrier (Crabbits), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 04:00 (eleven years ago) link
Hammond's Clinton was great!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 04:42 (eleven years ago) link
Hammond and Hartman were both excellent as Clinton, but then dude must be the funnest guy to imitate
― da croupier, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 04:59 (eleven years ago) link
actually, i do remember hammond's clinton fondly -- forgot about that.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
Hammond's Clinton was amazing. totally don't get what people have against Ferrell's Dubya. granted he's no James Brolin but he was still funny
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
"strategery" still makes me laugh
'you know who i'm talking about: iraq...iran...and one of the koreas.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 5 November 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Ferrell's dubya was about capturing the spirit of dubya, not necessarily creating an accurate rendering of dubya
― Knut Horowitz, Able-Bodied Investment Banker and Ladies Man (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
I meanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkqrI3IibYI
― Knut Horowitz, Able-Bodied Investment Banker and Ladies Man (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
Comedy's as subjective as it gets, but the votes for Ferrell-Bush, Ackroyd-Nixon, Chase-Ford, Hammond-Clinton, and Ackroyd-Carter do baffle me. I guess some of them are penalized just by virtue of being remembered (as opposed to many of the ones that got zero).
― clemenza, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 00:22 (eleven years ago) link