To Barack Obama, Fred Armisen Is No Tina Fey

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Kyle Buchanan

10/22/08 03:31PM

Filed to: Barack Obama

This could make that planned Nov. 1 appearance on SNL a little awkward: during an interview with a D.C. news station, Barack Obama was prompted by some "gotcha journalism" to dis his Saturday Night Live portrayer, Fred Armisen. "Are you disappointed at all that the person who parodies you on Saturday Night Live just isn't very funny?" said the interviewer, asking the late-night comedy version of "So when did you stop beating your wife?" A trapped Obama then conceded that Armisen's interpretation was definitely a run or two below its high Tina Fey watermark. Clearly, Obama is in the tank for 30 Rock. [WUSA9.com]

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NoWireHangers Kyle Buchanan 10/22/08 03:39PM

Fred Armisen his funny, but his Obama is boring and sucks. At the same time, you've got to admit that Palin basically writes the material for SNL herself. You could play her interviews verbatim and get more laughs than one of those horrible Tim Calhoun sketches.

enriquez the water bottle NoWireHangers 10/22/08 03:57PM

@NoWireHangers: Agreed on Armisen. If Obama wins, that'll buy them some time to find a better impersonation.

bluebottle Kyle Buchanan 10/22/08 03:59PM

it's really impossible to compare the two. palin is practically a parody of herself, while obama is much more difficult to satirize.