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The Barack Obama Variety Half Hour Show

Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief in Arts & Entertainment, Politics.
Oct 26th, 2008 | Comments

Saturday Night Live has regained its legendary stride and has now once again become must-see viewing for anyone interested in great political satire. It’s easy for satire attempts to flop and scoring requires precisely hitting and shattering shared assumption, Here’s SNL’s latest gem: a promo for The Barack Obama Variety Half Hour Show:

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JWeidner

I think the biggest problem for Saturday Night Live is their hour and a half format. Sure, they're firing on all cylinders for their political pieces now and maybe a segment or two, including parts of Weekend Update, but the rest of the show tends to stink. It's hard to sit through that much stink just for a single good political piece and maybe an extra laugh or two during Weekend Update.

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