March 16, 2008
Spitzer Videos of the Day: The SNL Treatment
Saturday Night Live sunk its claws into Governor Spitzer's meaty scandal. Bill Heder played Spitzer while Kristen Wiig was Silda Wall Spitzer in the cold open (video above). Heder didn't try to emulate Spitzer's extreme lip biting, but he did have a balding head and slightly maniacal gleam in his eyes. Wiig brought pursued lip frustrated restraint to the suffering spouse.
On Weekend Update, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers covered Spitzer in a "Really?!?" segment (video above) that was pretty hilarious, with references to unsafe sex, what Silda could have done and Senator Larry Craig. (Poehler also started off Update noting that "The Whistleblower was having his whistle blown.")
But there was no sign of "Kristen" aka Ashley Alexandra Dupre. Maybe next week!
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Ashley Dupre is the musical guest for the 3/29 show. The English guy from Celebrity Apprentice is the guest host.
THe Spitzer skits were good, and that "Really?!?" segment was hilarious. I thought the balance of the show was not good at all, and the guest host is quite annoying. The standout was the Nightline-esque Breaking News 'McCain is Old' with a Brian Williams type interviewing John McCain. That was well done.
Wow the opening skit was great, and Bill Heder did a great job with Spitzer. The "Really" skit was all right, but it was very reminiscent of the "Literally" skit from MadTV a few years ago.
They need to bring back Joe Piscopo. That is when the show was good. Now it is just a bunch of mamalukes.
This is a bit off topic, but...
Mariah Carey almost went Britney on us on SNL.
Heh, MJG. I agree. Her skirt was quite short. On the bright side, while Britney got less attractive as she got crazy, Mariah Carey has managed to remain hot despite being batshit insane.