Yes, that WAS Valley Stream's own Fred Armisen in the role of Barack Obama Saturday night, but now the question (s): Was he, is he, should he be...the right choice?
Here's the replay, and if you haven't seen, definitely worth watching...
Meanwhile, my colleague at ChiTrib, Mo Ryan, has sparked an interesting debate on this question, and it's worth checking out as well. Her question: Couldn't "SNL" have found a black comedian to do this? She got a huge response, and most people, who provided their own capsule reviews, said - doesn't matter. Take it away, Mo...
Comments (2)
Maybe they should have asked Finesse Mitchell to come back to the show so that they could have somebody play the role of Obama on a regular basis.
Not sure on the whole black comedian vs. white comedian thing here. I'd just rather see a better impression of Barack.
Armisen is talented, but I thought his Obama was pretty bad.