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Who better than Alec Baldwin to play the role of Bret Baier as a complete jerk in last night's "SNL" cold open?

And I liked this "Weekend Update" segment that I think was designed to make the audience hold Trump in contempt... but might make them love him:

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Peachy বলেছেন...

Have you noticed that SNL focuses primarily on re-creating political debates etc?
Gone are the funny skits. It's just political re-creation. It's an open propaganda scheme for The Party.
The re-create re-enactments benefit Democrats.

Peachy বলেছেন...

How Dare Bret Baier ask.... questions that are not fawning and easy. Like the Loyal Soviet press must do!

Aught Severn বলেছেন...

Type casting of Alec Baldwin as a character acting like a jerk is definitely the easy answer.

I am concerned that this is continuing the Hollywood trend of gay characters having to be played gay actors, trans characters having to be played by trans actors, etc... So now jerk characters have to be played by jerk actors? This makes me concerned for SNLs integrity.

Oh wait, it is SNL and they have none. Disregard!

Peachy বলেছেন...

The best way to mock the Bret Baier - Kamala debate would be to have Bret asking questions - and Kamala yelling "BUT DONALD TRUMP!" over and over.

TaeJohnDo বলেছেন...

Still not funny. I remember when SNL was funny. Those days are long past.

narciso বলেছেন...

Wow, if it were any lamer, they would have to shoot it,

clint বলেছেন...

It worked well for them in 2008 -- most of the democrats I know formed their opinion of Sarah Palin from the deluge of clips of SNL's Sarah Palin impersonator saying stupid things, and didn't even know what the real woman had said.

The idea is to wash out any memories of the actual interview with a version where Baier's very reasonable opening question was somehow ridiculously unfair and Harris's ridiculously bad answer was somehow reasonable. Unfortunately, this is an effective tactic, at least in shoring up her base.

BUMBLE BEE বলেছেন...

He's a killer and He's a clown.

Wince বলেছেন...

As I said in an earlier comment...

From watching SNL last night, it's clear the memo went out from the Harris campaign, letting all their allies (e.g., NYT, SNL) know it's crunch time and that they are not helping the cause by being evenhanded, truthful or funny.

Kamala's campaign knows she's loosing, and don't want a "Dukakis After Dark" SNL moment where a Jon Lovitz as Dukakis admits, "After meeting with my advisors and seeing the latest polls, it is clear to me... I don't have Chinaman's chance of winning this election... I gonna be beaten, badly beaten... Reaganomics works, it really does."

narciso বলেছেন...

lovitz was much funnier, and dukakis was never that self aware,

Lem Vibe Bandit বলেছেন...

If someone asks you 'how is it different today that at any other time in memory?' Tell them, today, OJ would be back in the booth within... not even a year, after the trial.

Steve বলেছেন...

Donald Trump has a sense of humor that a lot of women don’t like and don’t get. That sense of humor appeals very much to a large number of men. The Tim Walz menstruation joke with the Pope of New York sitting there as risky perfection. Trump knows this and so does Kamala/media both are using it to drive their base.

Jaq বলেছেন...

Nothing could be sadder for a writer than to be handed a collection of talking points, and told to write something funny about what happened this week, but whatever you do, don't look for the inherent humor in the situation, just "make these goddamn points!"

Jaq বলেছেন...

"most of the democrats I know formed their opinion of Sarah Palin from the deluge of clips of SNL's Sarah Palin impersonator saying stupid things..."

Repetition trumps logic and subverts critical thinking. Every time a lie is repeated, it makes thinking clearly that much harder. Goebbels knew that, the Democrats know that, and the wealthy donor class that has captured the Democratic Party, and that owns SNL, knows that.

Jaq বলেছেন...

What a jerk. We should just vote her in because she's bubbly and cute. It's rude to ask her hard questions; "Math is hard!"

Former Illinois resident বলেছেন...
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Former Illinois resident বলেছেন...

Being smug, those rabid pro-Harris/Walz Democrats of SNL, ill-informed fad followers, driven by class expectations rather than applied reasoning.

Aggie বলেছেন...

I hope this disclaimer was in the credits: 'No Production Staff were harmed during the making of this skit'

Lem Vibe Bandit বলেছেন...

If you have to pearl clutch the word 'schlonged', you have to pretend fellow comedian Lois CK never survived taking his out... and, you know the rest.

I get it. It's politics, you have to suspend everything, a la Purge movies.

Dixcus বলেছেন...
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Disparity of Cult বলেছেন...

Señora Baldwin - "He is, how do you say, jerk."

Curious George বলেছেন...

The writers are all on board. Everyone from Lorne Michaels on down are on board.

Dixcus বলেছেন...

The Democrats fake pearl-clutching at hearing the word "schlong" are the same ones holding a "Drag Me To Hell" demonic drag queen event this weekend, literally inviting Satan to assist them to their final destination and literally melting into a Wicked Witch of the West-style goo whenever someone in the crowd shouts Jesus Is Lord.

Rory বলেছেন...
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Bob B বলেছেন...

The Weekend Update appears to strive to be a real MSM broadcast as it edited Harris’ statement to make her look better and edited Trump’s statement to make him look worse.

Bob B বলেছেন...
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Skeptical Voter বলেছেন...

When Alec Baldwin plays a complete jerk, he's just being himself.

hombre বলেছেন...

Lefties playing to lefties. Normals are tired of it. It's "normal versus crazy" now. Sadly, the numbers are blurry.

Ampersand বলেছেন...

Get ready for 16 days of the most intense propaganda campaign you have ever experienced.

The Vault Dweller বলেছেন...

The "But no matter who we vote for I promise you I am not going to therapy," joke was pretty good. The "Now That's What I Call Dementia," joke felt like it was from a lot of built up energy of not being able to joke about or even talk about Biden's cognitive problems.

Tina Trent বলেছেন...

You have to admit, there's nothing funnier than joking about child molestation.

Lee Moore বলেছেন...

It's just "comedy", but for the record they cut off the bit where Trump explains WHY he was amazed Harvey Weinstein got "schlonged." He was amazed because Weinstein was a fully paid up member of the Democrat protection racket. He was 'plot-shielded"

n.n বলেছেন...

Lights. Camera. Shoot...

Alec's act has been done to death. He needs fresh meat... material.

RCOCEAN II বলেছেন...

So, Kamala does exactly ONE, I repeat ONE, tough interview, and SNL attacks it as being unfair and slanted! Since nominated every other interview by Kamala has been a powder puff interview with softballs she could bat out of the park with a fountain pen.

I love Carvey, and Baldwin is a good BB, but the writing sucks. And so do the guys doing SNL Weekend update. I wish they could do something funny.

Gerda Sprinchorn বলেছেন...

I don't understand why the Dems (SNL & the talking-point conduits here) are playing up the 39 minutes of music thing. Trump is trying to steal the Joy theme, and they are helping him do it.

The NY Magazine article was on point: the quirky/eccentric/charming 39 minutes episode undermines the Fascist Trump narrative.

RCOCEAN II বলেছেন...

The amazing thing about Democrats and liberal/leftists, is many of them politics from TV shows! I've had them support their arguments with skits from SNL, John Stewart remarks, and examples from CSI: whatever. I think many of them live in a fantasy world.

narciso বলেছেন...

hes 'shot his wad' literally

RCOCEAN II বলেছেন...

39 minutes of music is just the current stick to beat Trump with. Tommorrow it will be something different.

gspencer বলেছেন...

Whatever Alec Baldwin decides to do, I'll stand behind him. Way, way behind.

Butkus51 বলেছেন...

The person who loaded the gun is in jail. The person who pointed it at a human and pulled the trigger is doing "comedy" on SNL.

samanthasmom বলেছেন...

I admit it I judge people by what they think is funny.

Gunner বলেছেন...

Baldwin is political comedy kryptonite. Why does SNL love him so much?

Dave Begley বলেছেন...

Maya Rudolph would be a better president than Kamala Harris. Maya needs to cash in because after November 5th, her impersonation career is over.

Peachy বলেছেন...

Democrats are unable to handle any jokes or criticism. They are the most delicate fascists to roam the planet.

narciso বলেছেন...

he also wrote the script and was the producer, but no responsibility

narciso বলেছেন...

oh noes...anyways

Bob Boyd বলেছেন...

Aside from a live audience, how was this Weekend Update segment different from any network news show's political coverage?

Yancey Ward বলেছেন...

The really hilarious thing is that Baier wasn't hard on Harris- he asked her questions that she and her staff should have anticipated. It went wrong for her because Baier didn't let her dodge the questions with Trump Word Salad, which is what any solid interviewer would not have allowed. It wasn't any particularly worse than the 60 Minutes interview with Whitaker- the only difference was that Whitaker gave Harris a little too much room to evade answering questions and the CBS editing room falsified some of her answers with friendly editing- something FOX editors either didn't have the time to do or refused to do.

tcrosse বলেছেন...

Like Vaughan Meader.

Quaestor বলেছেন...

It would have been brilliant if Baldwin had shot Harris dead for her evasive non-answers to simple questions.

narciso বলেছেন...

that would have been entertaining, would have broken the illusion though,

like the python cheese sketch

Yancey Ward বলেছেন...

That would have had me rolling on the floor but it would have been in incredibly bad taste for Baldwin to do so.

Breezy বলেছেন...

Trump is much more entertaining all week long than SNL is just for one night. That must be hard for them.

Leland বলেছেন...

"Give me the exact number of murderers you let loose in this country" spoken by a murderer intending it to be a joke.

Lazarus বলেছেন...

Lorne Michaels isn't going to hang around forever. When he goes, NBC should put the show on a long hiatus, ostensibly as a tribute and to give a new team time to reboot, but really because the whole formula of the show has gotten stale. When Michaels does go, maybe we could have a moment of clarity when people could admit that Donald Trump is actually closer to the irreverent spirit of the original SNL than the show has been in recent decades.

Jess বলেছেন...

I'd be really wary, and make sure there were no guns on the set.

loudogblog বলেছেন...

I was only turned away from a polling place once. They couldn't get their computerized voting touch screens to boot up correctly so they told everyone to leave and come back later in the afternoon. California has since switched to 100% mail in ballots. Last week, there was a story about someone finding a big pile of the mail in ballots in a storm drain.

rehajm বলেছেন...

These are for old people so I didn’t watch but is the premise that of all people Bret Baier is a jerk?

loudogblog বলেছেন...

I also caught a little anti-gay vibe with the jokes about Trump's taste in music. The people on the left will constantly tell you that's it's inappropriate to try and denigrate someone by implying they're gay or using "gay" as an insult... Unless they're a conservative. Then it's one of the go to insults that they constantly throw out at conservatives. And Trump is not anti gay. (Although, he does have issues with the trans movement.)

mccullough বলেছেন...

The real interview was funnier.

mccullough বলেছেন...

The real interview was funnier.

Original Mike বলেছেন...

Yeah, Baier had the temerity to try and circumvent Harris' filibustering. If Bret was a jerk, Kamala was the reason why.

Big Mike বলেছেন...

How did they convince a cameraman to stand in front of Alec Baldwin?

narciso বলেছেন...

the pythonesque satire with the clown and the unicorn was more entertaining

Iman বলেছেন...

Better make sure the wind direction is to your benefit!

Iman বলেছেন...

Bring back Baldwin’s Schweddy Ballz !

Iman বলেছেন...

As I’ve said, Democrats get their news and strategies from comedians… both professional and the amateurs from CNN, MSNBC, ABC/CBS/NBC.

Iman বলেছেন...

Lois CK whupped it out?!

Shame on shim!

Eva Marie বলেছেন...

It’s still difficult fir me to believe that the Democratic nominee for President never went through a primary process and Democrats are just fine with that.

M Jordan বলেছেন...

How in hell is Alec Baldwin able to show his face on SNL after shooting his Ukrainian cinematographer? Is there no shame left in the left? As for the skit, Dana Carvey was the only funny thing in it. They used that clever bit of smear where they dole out an equal number of “jabs” on both sides but the “jabs” are not of the same quality. Kamala’s TikToking vs. people dying on J6.

Joe Bar বলেছেন...

Be prepared for the McDonalds memes!

Iman বলেছেন...

Spazzy… Sunday is the day of rest and your mouth and stubby, sausage fingers would appreciate if you observed it.

AlbertAnonymous বলেছেন...

Still not funny…

Jim at বলেছেন...

Who would love any politician, much less Trump?

Barack Obama voter sez, what?

Drago বলেছেন...

Instead of calling ordinary people "Deplorables", Trump served them.

This makes New Soviet Democraticals very very angry. There are likely many psychological reasons for that in the same way democraticals across the US like to wear Che shirts even though Che was quite the famous hands on murderer of children, farmers, homosexuals and ordinary people.

Drago বলেছেন...

More like Barack Obama worshipper sez what?

Drago বলেছেন...

Since a very inebriated and fatigued and frightened of crowds kamala-la-la-la-la can only deliver 6 minute 37 second appearances before fleeing the stage, SNL and other captive leftist outlets will have to continue to try and make up the difference.

Drago বলেছেন...

LOL

(Wink wink)

Drago বলেছেন...

The re-writing of history continues apace for the Althouse lefties.

Which makes sense as that is what leftists do best....witness the continued pushing of one debunked hoax after another by mutaman, for example.

tcrosse বলেছেন...

Similar to a Kamala rally, with a bussed-in crowd of "supporters"

DeepRunner বলেছেন...

Meh. The Dems got to the writers for calling out KH and TT.

Drago বলেছেন...

I wondered why kamala-la-la-la would go to all the trouble of lying abou having worked at McDonalds in the most pathetic way....and then I remembered she selected Stolen Valor / Blue Falcon fake hunter Walz as her running mate.

Then it made more sense.

tcrosse বলেছেন...

Mutaman is stupid enough to think he's smarter than us know-nothings.

Lem Vibe Bandit বলেছেন...

"I think was designed to make the audience hold Trump in contempt... but might make them love him"

Ironically, it is the democrats doing the unimaginable (lawfare) in the middle of 5th ave (for everybody to see) and expecting and getting love for it.

Nobody is hardly pushing back in any of this, except maybe for some of the judges. Where are the historians in all this? It feels like the politicians of old where fools to have missed out on trailblazing this avenue of abuse, I mean, exercise, exercise of power.

Lem Vibe Bandit বলেছেন...

If Kamala wins, I mean, if she is installed, everybody who endorsed Trump is going to prison. Maybe staying out of it, will be the smartest thing Bush 43 will have done in his life. That dude has strong preservation reflexes. I am thinking about the flying shoe in Iraq.

Lem Vibe Bandit বলেছেন...

Garland, who has facilitated the lawfare, is probably too soft for Kamala's taste. Does anybody know who is in Kamala's kitchen cabinet?

Mr. Forward বলেছেন...

"...in Kamala's kitchen cabinet? Empty wine bottles, a few coconuts and a Glock.

Narayanan বলেছেন...

don't SNL people have private moments when they appreciate their own ridiculous posturing for pandering?

Iman বলেছেন...

Mutt ‘n Spazzy… Heroic legends in their own minds.

Kakistocracy বলেছেন...

Next weekend they'll be parodying Trump's comments regarding Arnold Palmer's physical attributes and his staged McDonald's event.

Wonder if anyone ordered an Arnold Palmer? 😉

Narayanan বলেছেন...

maybe SNL commandeered TSA to patdown Alec

Drago বলেছেন...

I would stick with he/she/xe re: mutaman.

Drago বলেছেন...

Even after multiple explanations regarding blogger "eating" blog posts which are recovered later after Althouse does her periodic dive into the blogger post wasteland, a phenomenon that occurs without regard to post content, the Althouse New Soviet Democratical Brigade, taking timeout from calling for complete global censorship of non-leftist thoughts, weeps and wails and screams at the heavens that some meany might be deleting their posts.

Have you ever seen a small child at the beach crying loudly about the sand in their eyes while rubbing those eyes with wet, sand covered hands?

Same energy.

Drago বলেছেন...

Streisand Effect.

Drago বলেছেন...
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Drago বলেছেন...

Personnally I was just happy to see the Baldwin skit ended with a zero body count.

If you are a leftist, you can shoot someone point blank in the face in broad daylight in front of a hundred witnesses and the leftists/marxists/New Soviet Democraticals will still embrace you and laud you.

Think of the standing ovations the dems/lefties gave to Roman Polanski on a globally televised show LONG AFTER he was convicted of drugging AND comitting sodomy on an underage girl.

Which basically explains why the democraticals have fought so hard and viciously to make sure we have over 400,000 disappeared underage children migrants on top of the aggressive leftist push for groomer policies and porn in schools for young children.

Achilles বলেছেন...

They work at SNL because they don't like/can't do comedy. Privately or publicly.

They support the party because they are not funny and have no talent. Most of them slept their way up or have some tribal connection and couldn't make it on their own.

They wouldn't have a job if comedy was the metric. They are only talented enough to shill propaganda like clapping seals.

Achilles বলেছেন...

Their goal isn't comedy.

They are trying to enforce their Overton Window.

Achilles বলেছেন...

It wasn't even really tough.

Kakistocracy বলেছেন...

Trump's cognitive decline will not reverse as he ages more. He worsens daily. His campaign now lacks any direction or strategy. Trump cannot stay on message. The GOP needs a new candidate. This is elder abuse.

Achilles বলেছেন...

This line just makes you look stupid.

At least try to be close to reality.

Drago বলেছেন...

LOL

Team Dem members, that just a few months ago swore up and down that the Joey Bag-O'Dementia we were forced to watch was the absolute "best" Joey D EVAH(!), now swear up and down that it is Trump that has all of those transparent Joey D symptoms!

Too funny. Such is the utter desperation of the democraticals at this point.

If you ever wondered what kind of person could so easily become a psycho Maoist/Stalinist NPC "Animal Farm" lunatic that is happy to flip their scripts at the snap of the fingers of their New Soviet Democratical "betters", I give you the above Palmer person....who apparently has decided to outdo P-Inga in the realm of contradictory partisan hackery!

Congratulations P-Inga!

Drago বলেছেন...

LOL

The global censor advocates are very very very upset at blogger posting quirks and, like ALL leftists, without exception, desire more than anything else the opportunity to paint themselves as victims.

Well, that, and to make sure kindergarteners have full access to explicit pornography in schools without parental knowledge.

The Genius Savant বলেছেন...

I'm pretty sure those cartels still exist and were not in any way "brought down" by her.

This is such Kamala slurping. Not like that's surprising.