Thanks to a growing scandal, Saturday Night Live brought back Fred Armisen's Governor Paterson character is back on Weekend Update. And Armisen-as-Paterson (hereafter referred to as "Paterson") relished the return, "Congratulations, NY Times, you snared the elusive David Paterson. Finding something wrong with my administration is like finding a needle in the needle store. You found out I was a bad governor. Who tipped you off—everyone?"
"Paterson" also said, "Remember how bad a governor I am already? Imagine how awful I'll be when I'm not trying to impress anyone." He said apparent Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Cuomo "can take" Albany and that Cuomo will be "eaten alive by those upstate goblins. They're going to tear that guy apart and use his blood for their cave paintings. Andrew, if you're in Albany, I can recommend a great place to go to dinner. It's called Manhattan. And if you need a good restroom, just use... New Jersey!"
"Paterson" also revealed his plans for after his term—sounds like he'll be applying for this job. In 2008 Saturday Night Live introduced "Paterson" with him proclaiming, "I'm a blind man who loves cocaine who was suddenly appointed governor of New York. My life is an actual plot from a Richard Pryor movie." But the real Paterson was annoyed.
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Not that it's hilarious groundbreaking stuff, but... why include the video if you're going to ruin every punchline by including them all in the post?
Spirit of 76
Every successful comedian can tell you that you need more than just the right lines. You need good timing and delivery. Otherwise everybody would be a comedian. Give the exact same jokes from that skit to some guy on the street to read for you and chances are you'll cringe at how unfunny he is.
mellow_fellow
Kinda like how a hot body isn't enough for a woman to look sexy in photographs. Lindsey Vonn in the Sports Illustrated swinsuit issue, I'm looking at you.
TrippinJoJo
some people, unlike patterson, want to visualize humor.
Spirit of 76
Oh, sure, Paterson's hurting yet another New Yorker. This time next year, Fred Armisen won't be able to count on one of his best characters.
Hey, Jen, don't take my head off or anything, but a minor correction. It's "Who tipped you off," not "ticked."
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