"SNL": Rahm Emanuel, Bill Clinton, "Dateline," Clear-Rite And More (VIDEO)

This week country singer Tim McGraw hosted Saturday Night Live. In addition to sketches n James Bond, Thanksgiving, an adult-retainer, "Dateline" and a Bill Clinton impression during "Weekend Update," there is an obscenity-laden web-exclusive with Andy Samberg playing Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

There was also an Arianna impression during Weekend Update.

Samberg as Emanuel, which did not air:

Bill Clinton on Weekend Update talking about Hillary as Secretary of State:

Kristen Wiig in a Clear-Rite Sketch:

The perverse pleasures of "Dateline":

Blizzard Man:

James Bond:

Turkey Day:

Comments

[Lindy222]

Tim McGraw in the Casino Royale and the turkey sketches was great! I thought I recognized him, but having seen him in that Flicka movie, I didn't think it could be him. He was, shall we say, a bit wooden in the movie. But he was outstanding in the sketches.

[saynotocults]

I agree. I thought Tim did a great job for his first time hosting. Wanted to see his band. Oh well.

[BarackstarObama]

That impression of Rahm was classic. LOL

[Berner]

That these are NOT available outside the USA is really sad. What are the pinheads at NBC actually thinking? That they'll get more viewers (and/or more money) that way?

[NaziRegime]

Yeah.

They're not just pinheads,they're xenophoboc LOSER pinheads.

Do they let foreigners in to watch SNL live, or do you have to show proof of citizenship at the door?

[4real]

They were all pretty funny.

[KillgoreTrout43]

Save your money and buy a SENSE of HUMOR!!! These sucked.

[KingCardigan]

Thank you Mr. Producer of MadTV (It didn't cost a penny to stream the videos btw).

[LeslieM]

Obama can speak softly because Rahm is carrying a big stick.

[davidsandiego]

this was funny wonder why it did not make the cut

[Fredo777]

HAHA

Samberg as Emanuel was brilliant.

That was probably better than half the skits they actually ran.

[AnotherHuddy]

Yeah, especially since I've never thought of him as an impressionist. He's more like a silent movie star.

[shedances]

The one on Rahm Emmanuel reminds me of a typical politician, Chicago-style! It was absolutely hilarious!!

[mnhockeyfan]

what's the secret to seeing these videos? I've got blank space and nowhere to go. Haven't had this happen before on this or any other site... Thanks!

[kloche]

Note to NBC not everyone lives in the United States. Many of us in other countries enjoy SNL and would like to be able to view show highlights online. This international blocking is out of hand.

[rachel88]

So true!

[Esot3ric]

Co-sign!. This geo-tracking stuff is stupid.

[thegirlnextdoor]

Does anyone else get the message that the clips are not available from their location? It is only the NBC clips that do that and it is frustrating and angry making!
I can not figure it out unless it is because I am in Canada - but NBC's are the only clips that do that.

[YMCA]

Yeah, it's because we're in Canada
This has only just started. It began with Comedy Central and now NBC.
It really isn't fair and NBC is going to lose viewers because of it.
At least Comedy Central redirects you to Canada's Comedy Network, where you can see the same clips.

It really stinks.

[drec1500Madrid]

Stunts like this are part of the reason why we have this economic meltdown..­.some lawyers got together and declare it a bad idea to freely exchange information over the internet. Good luck with your future NBC....you may be the next citibank..­.

[9liberal]

that was hilarious! i loved it especially because he talked about boehner...­who makes me sick!

[canucklivinginUSA]

Indeed, that was funny, but, Adam needs to perfect his Emanuel. He doesn't have Rahm speech cadence and his vocal intonations at all. Not even close. If it wasn't annouced that he was Rahm, I wouldn't have known. He needs to practice some more

[KillBillV2]

Oh I know, I hate Bonerface. I can't see the clip though :( Why the heck didn't SNL play it?

[cynicone1]

Last night's episode was one of the worst I've seen in a long time....

[ebanks84]

I loved all the skits. They should have aired them because thy are too funny. Love SNL.

[GlobalH]

Someone below said "unwatchable" and I agree, but for a different reason. I'm outside the US, and NBC restricts these clips to the US, which means all I see above are a whole pile of squares that tell me the videos aren't available in my viewing area.

I realize that keeping on the right side of copyright is important, so I'm not going to complain really hard about this; but it still disappoints me that so many of my favourite sites are now using a good chunk of embed content that's largely unviewable from my location just 20 miles from a major American city, just because I'm on the wrong side of an imaginary line.