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SNL: Olbermann Sketch

submitted by Warren E. Hale

(MrFisk)
1 decade 5 years 6 months 1 week ago

Ben Affleck impersonated Keith Olbermann on Saturday Night Live in a sketch of "Countdown." As reported, the skit mocked the MSNBC anchor and played him as an exaggerating, pompous cat-owner who speaks like a Shakespearean actor, cuts off his guests and lives with his his mother. After making up various lies and naming one guest "Worst Person in the World," Affleck's Olbermann delivered a special comment on the rejection of his co-op application because of his white cat, Miss Precious Perfect, complete with "Countdown" -like camera work and music.

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*news

Adding video to channels (News) - requested by NetRunner.

News? Most of Keith Olbermann's oration, particularly his "special comments" don't even qualify as "news". Not any more than Bill Oreilly's, at any rate.

Hilariously Brilliant! Well done Ben Affleck!

Upvote for: "Up with which we will no longer put!"

Too bad Affleck can't act, the whole time I was thinking : "agent smith?"

Is that Issykitty in Olbermann's bed? Does DFT know of this?

I'll second what dgandhi said. I kept waiting for a good skewering but was completely put off by Affleck's inability to act his way out of a wet paper sack. What happened? He used to be able to do ok..

Was... was this supposed to be funny?

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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Monday, November 3rd, 2008 7:54am PST - promote requested by rasch187.

I usually think SNL skits go on to long, but this one is a lengthy one that I enjoy till the end.

supposedly Olbermann went upstairs to help them get him right when they were rehearsing... i think it was a Letterman interview that he mentioned this...

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