The guys and gals at SNL have brought their political A game once again. Why can’t their regular sketches be this funny!!! I would LOVE to see a weekly weekend update in primetime. But to make that possible someone must clone Tina Fey. Anyone have a petrie dish and some of her DNA?

I hate to say it, but between this and her initial reply to that wrinkly white-haired guy, I can no longer honestly say I believe Paris Hilton has no redeeming value. She is officially no longer a waste of human flesh. I won’t go as far as saying I’m a fan, but I must give her kudos for putting something funny out in the world. I’d rather see her do comedy than sing.

Fake Presidential candidate Paris Hilton seeks fake political advice from one of history’s great Fake Presidents.

I’m especially amused by FoPo for Foreign Policy, and even more so that it seems to be an actual term in regular usage.

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UPDATE!!!!! It appears that Saturday night’s hysterical SNL C-Span bailout sketch has been unceremoniously deleted from the internet. Or at least someone is trying to delete it. After being uploaded over the weekend, it was removed from both NBC.com and Hulu.com on Monday. In this viral generation, its not as easy as some would like because it had already ben downloaded. I have a .wmv of it in case it dissapears again.

It was up on youtube Monday for a few hours… until someone had it deleted! Tuesday hulu.com grew a pair and put it back!!!!. But on Wednesday someone cut ‘em off as the sketch has been remove yet again. So until they notice me and tell me to take it down…

It seems the side-splitting comedy sketch spoofing George Bush., Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, George Soros and Herbert and Marion Sandler is gone from NBC.com AND Hulu.com, which leads me (and a few other bloggers) to wonder where it went… and WHY?

After the FANTASTIC Sarah Palin sketches and now this, I’m starting to wish SNL would stick to political comedy. There is just no comparison between their C-Span Bailout sketch (from Saturdays Season 34 episode 4)… and their non-political fare.

I originally had an embeded version of the SNL sketch here, but NBC has removed it from the web for some reason. Which of course is sparking further debate.

The video may be gone, but thank MichelleMalkin for posting the complete transcript and screenshots.

Why was this sketch deleted? Was it political pressure (there is talk of the Soros connection being enough to make it go away)? Legal paranoia? I could imaging NBC legal having a problem with “people who should be shot” tagline under Herbert and Marion Sandler (who unlike the other interviewees are real people - they profited heavily from the current financial scandal). People have killed for less and I’m sure NBC doesn’t want to hear they gave anyone an idea of bumping off the evil old farts.

Do YOU have a theory as to why it was deleted?

update via HotAir and theUnfocussed

There is just so much great stuff to mock about Sarah Palin that I have to save up items and dole them out at my leisure…

You have to love the YouTube generation. Check out this footage of Sarah Palin’s beauty queen days. Palin was runner-up in the 1984 Miss Alaska beauty pageant after winning the Miss Wasilla contest earlier that year. Her pageant win gave her a scholarship to help pay her way through college. Palin was also voted Miss Congeniality and in the Wasilla pageant, and her talent was the flute.

I’m all for a woman in a position of political power. But does it have to be THIS woman? Lets hope she and McCain place second.

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Tina Fey continues to do God’s work by lampooning Sarah Palin for her old cronies at SNL. The Palin sketches just keep getting better and this weeks Veep debate between “Sarah Palin” and “Joe Biden” is brilliant by any standards. As much as I enjoy these skits, I’ll be happier when there is no longer a need for them. Watch and enjoy!

Watch it fullscreen at hulu.com

When I first came to your planet and demanded your homes, property and very lives, I didn’t know you were already doing so, willingly, with your own government. I can win no tribute from a bankrupted nation populated by feeble flag-waving plebians. In 2008 I shall restore your dignity and make you servants worthy of my rule. This new government shall become a tool of my oppression. Instead of hidden agendas and waffling policies, I offer you direct candor and brutal certainty. I only ask for your tribute, your lives, and your vote.

– General Zod
Your Future President and Eternal Ruler

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Is anyone else sick of Palin’s “folksy charm.” Hearing here refer to the Democratic ticket as “you guys” in a serious public forum is just plain embarrassing. It seems to me that the choice of Palin and her dreadfully informal speech patterns are an attempt to attract what the Republicans consider the “average” American. I realize that we have a lot of stupid people from sea to shining sea, but do we HAVE to sink to their level? Even my die-hard Republican parents agree she’s a hockey mom who is out of her league.

I found this handy flowchart detailing the complicated political processes that were taught to Sarah Palin during her grueling days of Debate Camp. As I read through it, I can almost picture the debate unfolding before my very eyes.

And here’s more folksy charm about the Michigan pull-out.

via Queerty and Mollygood

Awwwww… isn’t he cute?

Join Claire, Sylar, Hiro, Suresh, Maya and Mr Muggles in this hilarious spoof of Season 3…

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It makes you a target. Flake on him and you will feel the sharp barb of his wit… over and over. McCain should have known better. but then again, there seem to be a FEW things he should have know better.

Saw this tonight in the gay rights section of a special on VH1 and loved it enough to dig it up online for you. Anita Bryant’s crusade to “do away with” the homosexuals was one of the first times I remember hearing about being “gay” (before i really knew what it meant) - that and seeing Superman kiss Michael Cain in Deathtrap. I primarily think of her as an outspoken zealot who took advantage of her podium and lost it. Lets hope Sarah Palin is remembered as fondly by history. They are/were both just glorified ex-beauty queens with an anti-gay axe to grind doing a song-and-dance to entertain the mindless masses.

Its too bad our dangerous world requires public figures to be so well guarded at all times that it makes the good-old-fashioned pie-in-the-face virtually impossible. I think Sarah Palin would look fabulous in Lemon Meringue.

I missed the opening sketch on SNL’s season premiere last night. And that was unfortunate as it was apparently the ONLY thing worth laughing at. I watched the entire program and there was nothing else remotely funny. Luckily there was another episode from 2004 on E! (Christina Aguilera and Maroon 5) - that was a funny episode.

The writers didn’t know what to do with Michael Phelps. He may swim like a fish, but he’s not much of an actor/comedian. Easy answer - it would have been hysterical if they had come up with a show full of skits that required him for a variety of reasons to be in a speedo or towel. As it was they dorked him up a bit too much and tried to keep him from talking. They had a whole summer off and THIS is all they came up with? I admit the Palin/Clinton sketch was golden - but why not make the REST of the show funny too? I just kept thinking REALLY? This is it?

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Leave Sarah Palin Alone

On second thought, never mind. Go ahead and toss whatever crap you have on hand right at her.

GO SEE HAMLET 2!!!!!!! I laughed, I cried, it became a part of me. Seriously the funniest movie I’ve seen in ages. Simultaneously smart and dumb so you can bring all your friends and family regardless of intelligence or breeding.

A few songs from the show within the movie…

Raped in the Face
Someone Saved My Life Tonight

and my personal favorite You’re as Gay as the Day is Long

Have to thank WickedGayBlog for turning me on to yet another series of amusing webisodes that I should have heard of before… What The Buck? I can’t believe I’ve been missing this guy.

Rapid-fire comedian Michael Buckley has signed a deal with cable network HBO’s digital media offshoot, HBO Labs. Details are sketchy but don’t just expect a cable version of his web show.

“I am sure that my YouTube audience will enjoy seeing me in another format,” said Buckley, 33, in an e-mail interview Wednesday. “And of course, I am hoping to attract a new audience of people who do not enjoy seeing a camp gay guy taking the piss out of [singer] Miley Cyrus.”

via WickedGayBlog“>WickedGayBlog and Wired

I was talking to a friend who put it an interesting way. When you think of Republicans, an affluent white man comes to mind. He’s got money, he’s not oppressed, he goes with the flow. But when you add something like being gay, you have to make a choice - Is going along with these guys just to protect your financial interests worth sending the message that its OK to treat homosexuals like second class citizens in order to distract the nation from this administration’s ineptitude?

I don’t think it is. I think real gay Republicans should find a way to change the party from within. but the problem is, the gay Republicans who ACTUALLY have any power to do so are loathing themselves in the closet or busy in a bathroom stall clandestinely sucking off trade instead of standing up publicly for the rest of us in Washington. To me the Log Cabin Republicans generally come across as sycophantic yes men following their wallet instead of their soul, and I haven’t seen anything this election to change that opinion.

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I just watched this again while showing it to a friend and was so amused I had to bump it up towards the top again… But it’s worth watching - and sharing!

You may recognize Kristin Chenoweth as Olive from Pushing Daisys

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Well you can see why the Evil League of Evil accepted an adorable wimp like Dr. Horrible with the likes of these fiendish arch-villains in the talent pool. So break out your darkest duds, hone your super powers and polish your evil magic helmet for your own application… They’ve announced the best applications will end up on a DVD release of Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog.

The Allergen, Captain Shrovewreaker, Short Change, The Parasite (someone should tell him to change his name, it’s taken. He could go by Remora?), and Custodius Rex. C’mon people I think we can do better than these.

Then she PROBABLY shouldn’t be running for the job. I cannot believe Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin asked “what does Vice President of the United States do” on camera with witnesses.

Former beauty queen, Sarah Palin was elected Alaska’s governor a little over a year and a half ago.

She is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest. She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. She thinks creationism should be taught in public schools. And she doesn’t think humans are the cause of climate change.

I’m hoping she’ll be so offensive to the middle of the road Republicans that they will flock to Obama. I’m not sure why McCain would choose her unless he is intentionally shooting himself in the foot. I would think already being a republican and running against Obama, he would need to worry more about catering to those who might actually vote for Obama than catering to a group that would never vote for him (pro-life, creationism in school bible thumpers). Can anyone explain this choice to me? What is hoping to gain with her, aside from someone whose not as likely to keel over from old age. Even her mother-in-law isn’t sure if she’ll vote for her.

via Are You There Blog Its Me Stephen, Seduced By The New, MoveOn.org and MSNBC