Where’d the SNL bailout skit go? Update: Legal threat?
posted at 9:50 pm on October 6, 2008 by Allahpundit
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The Unfocused wonders, as do several e-mailers. The other videos on the SNL clip page are working fine but as of 9:25 this one’s suddenly unavailable. No dice at Hulu either, which is odd since I posted their embed of the skit yesterday morning.
Anyone experienced this before with SNL vids? I can’t believe it’s anything more sinister than a glitch, notwithstanding the fact that it’s NBC and that it’s no secret where Lorne and company’s political sympathies lie. If they were worried about shining a light on the Dems’ role in the Fannie/Freddie mess, they wouldn’t have done the sketch or put it online to begin with, no? Or did they not realize until today that McCain was planning to go after The One on this subject, leaving them scrambling to yank it before the news cycle made it go viral? Intrigue!
Like I say, probably a glitch. E-mail us if you see it come back online; the Barney Frank impression alone makes it worth a repost.
Update: The intrigue deepens: The thumbnail for the bailout skit was still visible on the SNL clip page when I started writing this post. Now? Vanished. The link to the clip now redirects to the master clip page.
Update: The boss floats a provocative theory.
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down the memoryhole.
lorien1973 on October 6, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Airbrushing you can believe in.
Maquis on October 6, 2008 at 9:52 PM
or..
snl realized the racist nature of the sketch? :P
lorien1973 on October 6, 2008 at 9:53 PM
While we’re at it… There were some posts over at Michelle’s site talking about how Dish Network subscribers woke up this morning to find that their units had mysteriously turned to the Obama channel last night… Did anybody ever follow up on that?
Skywise on October 6, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Can’t let the little people know the truth.
BadgerHawk on October 6, 2008 at 9:54 PM
WTF?
I guess the powers that be recognize that McCain is going to hammer Obama and the dems and they need to send the clip away, far, far away…
Theworldisnotenough on October 6, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Path to 9/11 had 2 nights worth of material. This was only 11-minutes, so when they were threatened with FCC retaliation they figured they should just take the whole thing down.
Editor on October 6, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Dude. I have two questions.
1) How long does it have to be gone without restoration before you are inclined to think it was intentional?
2) Considering all the message control on all aspects of media save talk radio, which is a more realistic view: that polls are exempt from the tampering all other news or fauxnews do, or that polls are the only non-tampered data. Not snark, serious question.
Spirit of 1776 on October 6, 2008 at 9:56 PM
it wasnt that funny anyway except the gay dude impression…
Roger Waters on October 6, 2008 at 9:56 PM
the messiah willed it away
Defector01 on October 6, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Were people here commenting on that this morning? Obama’s manipulation of the media is becoming Stalinist to a creepy extent.
BadgerHawk on October 6, 2008 at 9:57 PM
The Obama lawyers got to them. If he wins, it will be a very interesting four years.
carbon_footprint on October 6, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Its really hard for liberals to accept humor when the joke is on them.
justinok on October 6, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Yeah.. that’s the ticket! Yeah, you betcha!
tru2tx on October 6, 2008 at 9:58 PM
SNL on NBC- Must Forget TV.
highhopes on October 6, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Doesn’t matter if it was funny, why did it disappear as thoroughly as Jimmy Hoffa?
Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 9:59 PM
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman said [today] his staff is already reviewing documents provided by Fannie and Freddie and “may hold hearings on the topic in the future.”
Like after November.
Of 2009.
Give or take a couple of years.
SteveMG on October 6, 2008 at 9:59 PM
At least the Stockdale Perot Joyride is still in there right? ThasallIcareabout.
Cardiganfox on October 6, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Maybe contributing writer Al Frankenfurter demanded that they pull it.
jgapinoy on October 6, 2008 at 10:00 PM
When you get right down to it, the modern day left is all about reacting to being scorned. I suppose this disappearance was a reaction.
Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Of all people, you, my Dark Master, should be the first to suspect intrigue when to comes to Liberals. Of course it’s gone – down the Memory Hole – never to return. Hopefully, someone Tivo’d the episode and will get it out on the Internet.
ManlyRash on October 6, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Liberals cling to their Marxist memories from the Good ole Days – control all media images!
Jaibones on October 6, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Aww, c’mon, AP. You can come up with something better than that. You’re slipping.
Tommygun on October 6, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Maybe Jon Stewart–or was it Colbert–needs to tell them “It’s OK to laugh!”
jgapinoy on October 6, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Maybe they can see a trend, and don’t want to add to it?
Weight of Glory on October 6, 2008 at 10:01 PM
SteveMG on October 6, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Nice to know they’re on top of things; wouldn’t want to go after the guilty parties during the actual crisis.
Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Any link to MKH has got to be good.
jgapinoy on October 6, 2008 at 10:03 PM
If memory serves me,
There was an animated skit a few years ago on SNL about the corruption of cable companies and Congress. I think it was after Congress decided to bump up the digital conversion to 09 at the the cable companies request, but it was mainly about them getting rights to air programing for next to nothing. I know McCain was against it, one of the few.
It ran once and was never seen from again.
Anyone remember it…?
Bueller?
SA
scipioafricanus on October 6, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Just remember: It’s the conservatives who are Orwellian.
Jim Treacher on October 6, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Cowards.
Topsecretk9 on October 6, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Waxman is as much of a criminal as Frank or Dodd. He never met a Republican he didn’t want to indict or a Democrat he and his goon squad of “investigators” has found guilty of any inappropriate activity. The fact that William Jefferson has never seen procedural hearings is proof that Waxman is a partisan shill.
highhopes on October 6, 2008 at 10:04 PM
They finally got the memo.
Airbrushed, Soviet style.
thirteen28 on October 6, 2008 at 10:05 PM
That’s what I’m saying dawg!
Weight of Glory on October 6, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Nothing to see here. Obama loves humor. His Chicago-style intimidation tactics are meant only for those who oppose real change.
spmat on October 6, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Democrats probably threatened to revoke their broadcast license.
Topsecretk9 on October 6, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Well, there is an invention out there that can probably help with this issue.
It’s not in wide use, and only a small percentage of Americans have one, but I think it is called a Tivo (sp?) or sometimes referred to as a DVR.
If anyone from the interwebs happens to have recorded this sketch could you please post it to the youtubes?
Dorvillian on October 6, 2008 at 10:08 PM
No you can’t. NBC can claim copyright infringement and pull it from anywhere on the web.
terryannonline on October 6, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Sandy Berger put it down his pants.
Editor on October 6, 2008 at 10:10 PM
We have always been at war with Oceana.
SCI-FI on October 6, 2008 at 10:12 PM
it is on youtube:
SNL- Sarah Palin and Joe Biden VP Debate Skit
scrubjay on October 6, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Who cares? It’s not like the Media is going to air it anyway.
AYNBLAND on October 6, 2008 at 10:14 PM
If this post disappears, it’s time to worry.
Jim-Rose on October 6, 2008 at 10:17 PM
I find it hard to grasp how your first thought would be a glitch. McCain attacks Obama on this topic today and it disappears and you think it is some random event? yet you are ready to
believepost anything negative about Gov Palin. amazing…just amazing.the dems do not play by our rules. thus attacking our people help the dems. they do not make the same mistake. ANYTHING that hurts their people is destoryed. yet we can not even refrain from making the dems case against us. Navel gazing at its finest.
unseen on October 6, 2008 at 10:18 PM
The Missouri Truth squad probably arrested the writers and actors.
Tazz 55 on October 6, 2008 at 10:18 PM
If they were protecting it from going viral than they just sort of advanced the story in a total different direction.
Topsecretk9 on October 6, 2008 at 10:18 PM
I bet it has to do with Soros. He was lampooned in this skit.
jencab on October 6, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Greta is apparently about to show it.
surrounded on October 6, 2008 at 10:20 PM
The truth squad is racing towards Greta as we speak
Tazz 55 on October 6, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Do we not have friendly folks who record these things for our safety, security and posterity? We should know the radical left will brown shirt and gestapo main stream America on these things.
wepeople on October 6, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Waxman has already started investigations into Lehman Bros. execs (questioned them today) and plans on checking out the other failed banks execs too.
He has NOT started investigations into Fannie Mae or the FHA… even after an official request by Republicans on his panel.
Skywise on October 6, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Jencab’s right. Can’t have the sacred cow Soros mocked. You know, the Soros who helped confiscate property from the Jews in the War. That Soros.
hippie_chucker on October 6, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Follow along: What is being talked about is the SNL bailout skit, not the debate skit.
mauioriginal on October 6, 2008 at 10:24 PM
I have it on my Tivo, if anyone needs it, although I’m not sure what’s the best way to get it into my computer.
juliesa on October 6, 2008 at 10:25 PM
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Actually a clip of the bailout sketch is at the very end of that video.
terryannonline on October 6, 2008 at 10:26 PM
WTH? Someone call the Associated Press and tell them to stop getting close to reporting!
SouthernGent on October 6, 2008 at 10:26 PM
I sent an e-mail asking them what happened to it. Think I’ll get an answer?
rihar on October 6, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Follow along: What is being talked about is the SNL bailout skit, not the debate skit.
mauioriginal on October 6, 2008 at 10:24 PM
there is part of it at the end
unseen on October 6, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Yup. Got the same thing on my embed.
Maybe it’s a traffic jam from all the unexpected bandwidth consumption by excitable bloggers.
Heh.
locomotivebreath1901 on October 6, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Hulu is a bastion of libtards.
VolMagic on October 6, 2008 at 10:28 PM
scrubjay on October 6, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Nope – the skit about the bailout with all of the usual suspects: Pelosi, Frank, Soros
tru2tx on October 6, 2008 at 10:28 PM
Lame.
CP on October 6, 2008 at 10:28 PM
Just caught that!!
Mea culpa
mauioriginal on October 6, 2008 at 10:29 PM
is ok, I know there is the copyright issue but I and probably a few million others have a copy. They can wear themselves out having it removed from YT and other places if it turns out it was removed for political purposes. I hope not, but…
kahall on October 6, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Southern Gent-nice pickup from the AP!!!
a nice nugget from the article…
“At the time, Illinois legislators were handing out hundreds of millions of dollars in grants. The money was part of a deal that legislative leaders cut with the governor to approve a major public-works program.
Each legislator could award money to favored groups and projects with basically no oversight. The grants were known as “member initiatives” and were similar to the congressional “earmarks” often criticized in Obama’s presidential campaign against Republican John McCain.”
hippie_chucker on October 6, 2008 at 10:29 PM
People better wake the F up. Just imagine what the next 4 years are going to be like if this SOB wins….
TheBigOldDog on October 6, 2008 at 10:32 PM
You’ll be surprised to know that Lorne is basically a right-leaning RINO.
Heck, he even gave money to McCain in 2008 IN THE GENERAL.
That’s right. Money to JMAC.
nothing to ‘the one’
does that make the skits attacking the media’s love affair with obama clearer now.. hmm…
battleoflepanto1571 on October 6, 2008 at 10:33 PM
There has to be a non-NBC sponsored version somewhere on the Internet. We should find it and proliferate it.
BCrago66 on October 6, 2008 at 10:34 PM
I can imagine, workers for the old Pravda news agency looking at today’s MSM and saying, “My,my,Comrade….You are much better at
makingreporting the news than we ever were!!!”c3ichief on October 6, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Get copies, get links, and make it viral. MAKE IT VIRAL NOW.
ParisParamus on October 6, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Someone get that man’s name.
billy on October 6, 2008 at 10:36 PM
I fear for this country
if Obama gets elected., period.inviolet on October 6, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Sneaky,tricky Liberals are trying to
hide the video probably in the same
light as they wish their debauckle
of the entire global meltdown would
go away!!!!
I’ve got to see this,the video I
mean!
canopfor on October 6, 2008 at 10:38 PM
JIM TREACHER!!
surrounded on October 6, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Glitch – is this news speak for “In the tank for Obama”
Tommy_G on October 6, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Go figure.
JellyToast on October 6, 2008 at 10:39 PM
This must be the work of the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy Kabal!!
Which of course,is the Lefty News MSM!
canopfor on October 6, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Here is the only good obama SNL link…
http://www.hulu.com/watch/10231/saturday-night-live-democratic-debate#s-p3-st-i1
TheKernel on October 6, 2008 at 10:40 PM
It’s amazing what you can get away with when the media will do anything for your cause.
I’m not a huge Bible reader, but I’ve heard many times that the USA won’t be a major player in the end times.
Something about an eagle and a bear…
Anyway, it’s starting to become obvious why that will be the case.
Being destroyed from the inside.
Dorvillian on October 6, 2008 at 10:41 PM
In a way, this is good news – it means they fear the truth about the whole Fannie/Freddie mess getting out.
Lets make their fears come true.
thirteen28 on October 6, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Glitch..
Tommy_G on Oct 6,2008 at 10:39PM.
Tommy_G: ‘Glitch’,The term SNAFU comes to mind,accept the
‘F’ has a little extra meaning,tho!haha:)
canopfor on October 6, 2008 at 10:44 PM
….another reason why I don’t trust/count on video-sharing sites. Here’s the video.
MsUnderestimated on October 6, 2008 at 10:44 PM
I wonder if he ski will disappear from re-runs too?
Speaking of which, CNN just aired a “special investigation” on Anderson Cooper’s program that confirmed all the direct connections between Ayers and Obama. Funny, because CNN “fact check” tried to dismiss them earlier, and so did Cooper after the segment aired. Too late now though. It aired. Anybody record it?
forest on October 6, 2008 at 10:45 PM
And then….there it is.
kahall on October 6, 2008 at 10:49 PM
God bless you. Are you going to put it up on Youtube?
I know why they pulled it. I googled it and found links all over the net….
TheBigOldDog on October 6, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Weird glitches on the site. Just clicked on a link there and saw the SNL cast in an funny Obama worship sketch. They were on their knees before a mock up altar from the Denver speech asking for Obama’s blessing over their show and careers, then ended with a prayer that Bill Ayers would accept an invitation for a flag-waving cameo. Finally they lit what they called “candles of change” and consumed small wafers with the Obama Presidential seal on them.
Now that’s gone too. I never saw any of them smiling afterwards and two were crying, so I guess they just cut the “sketch” for lack of humor. Yeah that’s the ticket! ;)
econavenger on October 6, 2008 at 10:53 PM
The missing SNL bailout skit — and the Soros connection
Michelle on October 6, 2008 at 10:53 PM
How much do any of you want to bet that this week on SNL we get a skit mocking the Obama / Ayers relationship?
Vyce on October 6, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Thanks, Boss!
jgapinoy on October 6, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Oh…I thought you were providing the missing SNL skit.
OK, I’ll read the post now.
jgapinoy on October 6, 2008 at 10:57 PM
The poster at The Unfocused says her comments (and others) asking about the deleted video were themselves deleted.
MayBee on October 6, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Yes, my comments were deleted along with the video.
terryannonline on October 6, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Herb and Marion Sandler have the BEST attorneys. That’s why the vid’s not available any more.
john1schn on October 6, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Thanks for dropping that link, Michelle. That Ed Lasky piece is chilling.
Spirit of 1776 on October 6, 2008 at 11:00 PM
MsUnderestimated on October 6, 2008 at 10:44 PM provides a link. Download a copy and save it…everyone…
TheBigOldDog on October 6, 2008 at 11:00 PM
another reason………
MsUnderestimated on Oct 6,200 at 10:44PM.
MsUnderestimated: Ms.U Outstanding,btw,thank-you
for posting SarahCuda’s debate videos as
well,from last week!
That video,is a smoking gun!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
canopfor on October 6, 2008 at 11:02 PM
terryannonline- oh gosh, I didn’t even look to realize that was you. Sad, isn’t it.
Surely we all must realize it was the fascist Bush what done this.
MayBee on October 6, 2008 at 11:04 PM
NBC is in the tank for the Democrats?
Say it ain’t so, Joe!
sulla on October 6, 2008 at 11:05 PM
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