SNL Takes On Republicans In Congress Over Joe Wilson Outburst (VIDEO)

"Saturday Night Live" premiered its new spin-off show last night, a half hour version of Weekend Update that joins NBC's Thursday comedy block. They opened the program, hosted by Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers, with a typical SNL political sketch that still ended with "Live from New York it's Saturday night," despite the fact that it clearly wasn't.

The sketch centered around Joe Wilson's outburst during a joint session of Congress in which he yelled "you lie" at the president. According to SNL, the outburst was planned by the Republican leadership, but Joe Wilson was left in the lurch after he went to the bathroom while the rest of the representatives reconsidered their plan.

Kristen Wiig appeared as Michele Bachmann, mocking the congresswoman for her rhetorical choices, and Fred Armisen played a Republican playing Obama, making the whole thing as meta as possible.

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[ProudMilVet]

Manion : What's funny is that you called these Republicans "Honorable Men"

[FreeSpeechFlyoverCountry]

Well done skit by the SNL crew.

Still, I think that in light of the universal "you're a racist" response to the anti-Obamacare movement and the ACORN story, it'd be neat to see an American political version of Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition. "EVERYBODY EXPECTS…THE LIBERAL INQUISITION!" at http://firebreathingchristian.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/everybody-expects-the-liberal-inquisition/

[JBGabriel]

SNL, Thanks for making me laugh for the last 33 years plus! Still going strong; what an amazing show!

[capetimeusa]

DITO!!

[CommonSenseMom]

Who needs writers when you have Repubicans?!!

Keep it comin' SNL!

[JeanPaulSatire]

There is some very aggressive (read: stifling) moderating going on for this thread.

[HereComesMegaCorp]

That happens to me all the time on here. And I keep it clean. I've never been able to figure out the rationale.

[ob4meor]

I'm so glad I'm not a republican!

[Jayk4444]

Reciprocal I'm sure.

[debating]

can SNL do a puppet show with the empty suited conservative leaders sitting on chairs and playing their poor and welfare dependent right wingers do mischief unto themselves.

[debating]

Whatever you say about sentaor Yulai he got his fifteen minutes of fame. Actually it looks like fifteen days of fame. I hope it doesn't stretch to fifteen weeks. President Obama just said in his interview that the media gives coverage to rudeness and not to those who are being reasonable. How true. President put right when he said rude behavior in public is like "catnip" to the media.

[morpye]

Bill Hader nailed that impression.

[NKR]

Wow, some of the best SNL material I've seen in a long time...I actually laughed a lot...maybe SNL will stop being awful.

[HeavensToMergatroid]

The Michelle Bachman part was really on point.

[hippie4ever]

SNL is getting better; for a long time their writers were not very good and their skits fell flat. This one has a ring of credibility which makes it all the more funnier since it's plausible. The underlying theme, too, of bullying cuts to the heart of everything wrong with the GOP.

[Imichael]

SIR!

Have you no funny bone?

[MANION]

WHATS FUNNY ABOUT TELLING ANOTHER LIE AND CASTING HONORABLE MEN DUELY ELECTED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AS CONSPIRATORS TO DISRUPT A PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.

OR WHAT IS FUNNY ABOUT THE SUBLIMINAL RACISM AND ITS MALICIOUS INTENTIONS.

WHAT IS FUNNY ABOUT DISTRACTING THE PUBLIC FROM THE FACT THAT OBAMA DID LIE AND ON OTHER MATTERS AS WELL IN THE SAME SPEACH.

NO THERE IS NOTHING FUNNY THERE FOR ANY ONE HALF WAY SERIOUS ABOUT HIS COUNTRY AND THE TIMES WE ARE IN. THERE IS A TIME TO LAUGH AND THIS IS NOT THE TIME OF THE TOPIC .

THAT IS MY HONEST RESPONSE REGARDLESS IF YOU AGREE, THANK YOU

[dc2nm]

Sorry...the Republicans actions are not honorable. If you see lies, then you need to be better informed (watch something other than Fox)

[JeanPaulSatire]

"THAT IS MY HONEST RESPONSE REGARDLESS IF YOU AGREE..."

However, your "honest" response is based on lies, distortions that are intended to preserve the current system that works against the peoples' interests and for the insurance industry's.

[TheStreamAlwaysWins]

PLEASE GO TO POLITICO and vote on the poll. The Teabaggers are voting on the opinion poll re the broadcast!

[smittie]

HEY SNL!! Fantascticly funny!! Give us more of the James Carville skits.

[bluemirror]

This is classic!

Great stuff. Keep it coming SNL crew.

The James Carville impersonation was fantastic!