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There Just Isn’t Anything There To Make Fun Of
… comedy genius Lorne Michaels of “Saturday Night Live” fame still can’t find anything funny about the president.
But Mr. Michaels acknowledged that Mr. Obama has been a challenge. What is his comedy hook? “So far we haven’t found it. My joke is always that he’s the first Canadian president,” said Mr. Michaels, a Toronto native. “He wants to think it through, do it in the fairest way possible and be thoughtful. And be a little distant, which I totally identify with, obviously.”
Naturally, Michaels can’t wait to pounce on Clint Eastwood’s recent “empty chair” speech at the RNC.
“We have at least three different takes on Clint,” he said, referring to Clint Eastwood’s memorable colloquy with furniture. (Bill Hader will play him.)

Today’s liberal comedians simply cannot find any flaws with Obama, which speaks to a vision so muddled it boggles the brain.
I disagree with the Breitbart writer. By implication he thinks this is a matter of progressives protecting progressives. That’s not it at all.
In my opinion this reveals their racism. These people have bad thoughts in their heads about blacks, and in an effort to conceal these bad thoughts they overcompensate in the other direction for fear of being outed as bigots.
This is true of all leftists. All of their policies and rhetoric reveal that they think black people are inferior.
Meanwhile, none of the jokes about Obama need be about his race. But that is all they see.






CrustyB
September 14th, 2012
I haven’t laughed at SNL since Eddie Murphy was part of the cast.
Michaels can’t find jokes in Obama because of the age-old liberal fallacy that finding flaws in non-white people is racist. What a typical left-wing dipshit.
scribble
September 14th, 2012
Lorne Michaels can’t find anything funny about obama? He obviously doesn’t read IOTW.
Edith McCrotch
September 14th, 2012
It IS true…
Try to take a non-conservative non-white non-Christian non-hetrosexual person to task about ANYTHING and you’re labeled a racicst…everytime.
Welcome to what it’s been like in “the South” for the last 30 years y’all (Well at least Mobile is still safe.)
Stranded in Sonoma
September 14th, 2012
If they can’t find something funny about 0bama, then they aren’t real comedic writers. We find funny things about Obama every day.
I understand you BFH. There is a lot of latent racism with the democrats. But it is also due to a lack of talent. If they can’t find something funny in a “president” that is the walking, talking, embodiment of the phrase political satire, then they just aren’t trying.
Frosteetoes
September 14th, 2012
Maybe he should consult Dennis Miller, Victoria Jackson, Adam Sandler, and Norm McDonald. The old crew back when SNL was funny.
RosalindJ
September 14th, 2012
If this post had a like button, I would click it.
mkultra
September 14th, 2012
The fact that Barry’s beard could kick his pansy ass is funny. The fact that Barry’s beard could kick hulk hogan’s ass is disturbing, however.
Bri
September 14th, 2012
I got one all hell is breaking loose. Have a child playing obama hiding under his desk, ears covered going la la la I can’t hear you.
chico escuela
September 14th, 2012
In order to find humor in this administration you must pretend it is not real. Otherwise people will just be scared to death.
Chuck U Farley
September 14th, 2012
Lorne Michaels hasn’t been relevant for over 30 years.
As Emperor Soros says, ‘Move on’.
Geoff C. The Saltine
September 14th, 2012
He can’t find anything funny about boo? How about his ears, the scar that runs half way across his head, his speech impediment, his drug use, naming his dog boo, Reggie Love, his body man, bowing down, his wife called him stinky, let me eat my twat waffle, his golf game. The list is end less. Loren Michaels put down your large glass of sugar free Kool-Aid and quit if you can’t make up better lies.
michellesbigbeaver
September 15th, 2012
Lib comedy writers are cowards because of the old saying: “Many a truth is told in jest.” Joking about Obama would reveal too many of his weaknesses to his fan-base that haven’t seen or heard about his weaknesses because those people would never be caught dead watching hard hitting commentary like Fox News or listening to Rush Limbaugh and etc.
Chuck U Farley
September 15th, 2012
On The Other Hand – Michaels is correct. There is nothing funny in the way Obama and his minions have raped and pillaged this country.
He has wrecked the economy. He is systematically destroying our military, our religions, our Constitution, our way of life. He has affected the world economy. He has emboldened those that want to destroy us.
This is his purpose, his mission.
Nothing funny there.
michellesbigbeaver
September 15th, 2012
Also the lib media including Hollywood and TV know that “ignorance is bliss”, (easier for them to exploit the unwashed masses). If they start joking about Obama’s multiple obvious flaws even the stupidest people might start thinking about why they voted for the media propped up moron in the first place.
Jorel Lives!
September 15th, 2012
I missed the premiere episode back in ’75, but I believe I caught the second show because at the factory they were all raving about this crazy new comedy show that comes on Saturday nights at 10:30 (after the local news). The novelty of Second City actors(actresses)–fresh, relatively unknown, lively and full of youthful vigor, caught the country by surprise. It was LIVE!!! Skits like the Star Trek parody with Jim Belushi and Chevy Chase blew everyone away, and boy did the guts hurt from laughing at “Telegram. …..Candygram (Jaws), accompanied by the aftershocks of a typically obnoxious commentary by Rosanna Danna, always ending with “Never mind.” The first five years were good for the initial crowd such as myself. After that, it was so-so.
simply enraged (proud "racist")
September 15th, 2012
Don’t forget that many of these decorticate wretches actually do believe that the “occupant” is brilliantly divine.
Unruly Refugee
September 15th, 2012
It’s not Saturday Night Live anymore, it’s Saturday Night died.
I remember when it used to be funny. Back in Gilda Radner’s day.
One of the funniest skits I’ve ever seen in my life was the one where Garrett Morris had to compete in a prison talent contest in front of the parole board to see if he was talented enough to be paroled. So he does a song about “gonna get me a shotgun and kill every whitey I see” and he tries to rape one of the ladies on the parole board. LOL.
Yes, they had no trouble making fun of blacks or presidents back then.
Now, I haven’t watched that show since all the real actors and comedians left, around the time Dennis Miller left I suppose. And the show isn’t worth a shit anymore. It’s for brain-dead liberals who want the government to tell them what to do because they are too stupid to do anything for themselves.
Lorne Michaels can kiss my ass. No wait, I wouldn’t want him contaminating my ass with those peter-puffing lips, he can just go to hell with all the other liberal scum.
scr_north
September 15th, 2012
Michaels had his day for the first three seasons of SNL. It started it’s decline then and never got much better. There was the odd bit that was pretty funny but it’s pretty well like NBC news now meaning the network really doesn’t care that it shills for the left or has no sense of balance. Michael is old, gray and pretty well done now along with the show.
Toaster
September 15th, 2012
In my opinion this reveals their racism. These people have bad thoughts in their heads about blacks, and in an effort to conceal these bad thoughts they overcompensate in the other direction for fear of being outed as bigots.
You’re 100% accurate. After growing up in a Northeast liberal Democrat family, I heard “ni–er” spoken MUCH more by the libs than conservatives (and no, they weren’t reciting lines from “Blazing Saddles” or the latest hip-hop single). The nature of the discussions by the Democrats was the most racist garbage I’ve EVER heard in my life and I’m glad I don’t have to listen to that crapola any longer.
After the 1992 LA riots you wouldn’t believe the bigoted BS being spouted. They thought that “those people” should be more grateful for all of the wonders that LBJ and the various other Donks had done “for them”. It’s complete unearned moral superiority and I still find it disgusting. Theoretically we both had the same public and religious education, but we’re absolute opposites politically (and morally if they were being honest). I don’t know how they can spout off that crap and still call themselves Christians.
Whenever I hear any lib-cong, prog or Democrat accusing Republicans and/or conservatives of racism I know it’s all projection. They think the opposition behaves the same as they do. They’re much more openly bigoted in private. They believe we’re “evil conservatives” so therefore we must be really bigoted in private. Pure bullshit by pure bullshitters !!
/end rant
escuela
September 15th, 2012
sarcasm beenna berrie berrie good to me
grayscape
September 15th, 2012
All progs are racist. It’s definitional.
For 100 years they enslaved, whipped, raped, tortured and murdered blacks. Then 50 years ago they changed tactics….but the Klan stil lives in the Prog/Dem pparty
Toaster
September 15th, 2012
For accuracy, the bigoted items I referenced above were not from my parents, just my Democrat uncles and cousins. I suppose the many years of frustration is really obvious.
FreeMan & Sarah on Vacation
September 15th, 2012
Lorne Michaels – you have just become the joke of all jokes.
Nutjob
September 15th, 2012
Can’t find a single thing?……….jumping jehosephat talk about a mental block or brain fart, it’s neither just plain retardation and blind infatuation.
Extirpates
September 15th, 2012
SNL should be considered Brain Dead, the main cause political correctness.
Rick
September 15th, 2012
Staging that photo should constitute child abuse.
The kid must have found out how deeply in debt Obama has made him.
Rick
September 15th, 2012
Ooops. Comments belong to article above.
Disregard.
Back to regularly scheduled programming.