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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I’ll bet Obama is really pissed that when Orwell’s “telescreens” were finally invented, some idiot went and put keyboards on them! Damn!
drunyan8315 on October 6, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Palin don’t need no stinkin’ SNL.
You betcha.
profitsbeard on October 6, 2008 at 11:14 PM
I dislike Hulu because they won’t let their streams be viewed outside the U.S.
Well, I dislike Hulu for a number of other reasons, but that’s up there at the top of my list.
Mindcrime on October 6, 2008 at 11:15 PM
You can send a comment to NBC here.
silverfox on October 6, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Here is a .WMV copy of the skit.
Right Click Here to Download the Skit.
I’ve already downloaded a copy, it works…no problems.
Dorvillian on October 6, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Many thanks, Msunderestimated. I have loaded the video on YouTube.
Send this link to everyone you know to generate hits.
I suggest that anyone who has a YouTube account download it from Msunderstood’s link and then post it. Change the title of the movie file to something that will not get it flagged. The YouTube title should also be something official-sounding and newsy. DO NOT use the word skit, or SNL or anything that can identify it through keywords or it will get flagged and taken down. Use what I have done as a model.
Good luck. As always, if you or any of the IMF team should be captured or killed, HotAir.com will disavow any knowledge of your activities.
ManlyRash on October 6, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Added it to YouTube. Here’s the link:
SNL Bailout Presser
MrC_5150 on October 6, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Added it to YouTube here. The file is still processing, so it may not be available yet.
Physics Geek on October 6, 2008 at 11:52 PM
——-CAMPAIGN SUGGESTION———
McCain/Palin have got to find a clever way to make more of this “in the tank” media behavior.
The best thing they could do is to get the various media outlets feeding on each other.
If during every stump speech (not just once, but every freekin stump speech) stirred up a chant of NBC! NBC! NBC! NBC!, it would be too tempting for the ABC, CBS, and CNN to avoid. At the least it may win a much needed new cycle.
Just a thought.
hashman on October 6, 2008 at 11:54 PM
This is odd. Hulu has had other SNL skits up there for months at a time. In fact, I wasn’t aware that they ever took any SNL skits down and I have been using Hulu since it first went public.
29Victor on October 6, 2008 at 11:55 PM
Thanks, MrC_5150. Just watched it.
wise_man on October 6, 2008 at 11:56 PM
As a very wise man named Francis E. Dek, esq. once said “The Frankenstein Earphone Radio & Eyesight TV are tools used by the worldwide communist gangster computer God, in order to turn us all into parroting puppets.”
In addition he was one of the very first men to discover that evil doctors come into our rooms late at night and program our brains to do what the worldwide communist gangster computer Gods want us to do, by suspending access to our moon-brains, our real brains.
But seriously, good point. These are scary times we’re living in.
Dorvillian on October 6, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Thanks, it was flippin hilarious!
Tom Blogical on October 6, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Physics Geek’s link isn’t working yet, but I searched Youtube and it looks like someone uploaded it this morning here.
29Victor on October 6, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Hulu is a joint venture of NBC Universal and News Corp, with funding by Providence Equity Partners, which made a USD$100 million equity investment and holds a 10% stake.
I think that explains everything.
Tom Blogical on October 7, 2008 at 12:00 AM
I think the ‘Update’ has more to it than theory….
That sounds exactly feasible…And until I read the thing, I was unaware that these people actually existed.
Nice way to call attention to the fact that you got rich by being a sleazy pair of assholes…Really nice where you choose to spend you hard earned money too….
Here’s to hoping the SEC or the Justice Department crawls up their sorry asses with a microscope.
BigWyo on October 7, 2008 at 12:01 AM
SNL would be smart to then make a skit making fun of a lawsuit, if one was pending. More people, including SNL themselves, would hopefully become slowly aware of leftist tactics.
And then Palin would be smart to play along with SNL and ’support their cause’ in the name of free speech.
Grafted on October 7, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Should be banned.
Dorvillian on October 7, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Damn. Just watched it. Afraid the sketch-writers went just a RCH too far — the subtitle “People who should be shot” (shown under the Sandlers) is probably the proximate cause for any legal action. Couldn’t that legally be called incitement?
Purple Fury on October 7, 2008 at 12:05 AM
You made me look, dammit. But I have to admit that I still like that song.
Tom Blogical on October 7, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Let me guess. It is a link to the explosive keating 4 dems and 1 republican scandal that happened when I was 8.
kahall on October 7, 2008 at 12:09 AM
Maybe…but a damned fine idea all the same.
I wonder if Hammond had any hand in the writing?
I wouldn’t swear to it but I think he’s one of the few closet conservatives in that whole organization….
BigWyo on October 7, 2008 at 12:11 AM
You are probably right that the “people who should be shot” tag went legally too far though all evidence shows that it is an accurate depiction of the Sandlers.
What is curious to me is that this little satire actually included real-life characters with that level of specificity in the first place. I don’t understand why the writers did that. They could have easily come up with the same greedy couple that benefited without naming real greedy people.
highhopes on October 7, 2008 at 12:11 AM
Agreed.
Purple Fury on October 7, 2008 at 12:14 AM
I wish they’d kept the names in but had dialed back the bit about them being shot.
Purple Fury on October 7, 2008 at 12:16 AM
I’ll give you a hint. Gotta make you understand.
Tom Blogical on October 7, 2008 at 12:17 AM
Dream on. Look at the way GWB was portrayed in that same sketch.
I peg Hammond as apolitical. He’s never taken any real position on politics one way or the other in his performances. He just does his job which is fine because most actors are idiots when it comes to political discussion.
My respect is reserved for actors who hold political opinons that they can back up with intelligent discussion. It’s a far smaller list.
highhopes on October 7, 2008 at 12:20 AM
That would have worked too.
highhopes on October 7, 2008 at 12:21 AM
cowards, yellow lily livered cowards
maverick muse on October 7, 2008 at 12:23 AM
The REAL problem here is that unless you knew the Sandlers (and I did), you’d think that what this skit said was true. The mortgage company was very conservative in its lending practices, and for all the money people talk about the Sandlers giving to ACORN, they didn’t’ really do a large amount of business with them. They didn’t do sub prime mortgages, and to this day, the portfolio of loans that their company originated is still profitable for Wachovia. Wachovia’s got problems, but scapegoating the Sandlers for it is just not right.
john1schn on October 7, 2008 at 12:27 AM
Heh. Probably. I saw an opportunity and I took it.
29Victor on October 7, 2008 at 12:33 AM
You don’t have to imagine. Watch and listen to this 1985 interview with ex-KGB propaganda director Yuri Bezmenov state plainly that the soviets couldn’t believe how quickly American leftist infiltrated and gained control of every aspect of American culture.
Then follow that up with American Thinker’s piece that lays out the plans of a pair of radical socialist Columbia University professors, Richard Andrew Cloward and Frances Fox Piven and their connection to Obama.
Cloward and Piven were inspired by radical organizer [and Hillary Clinton mentor] Saul Alinsky. The piece is called Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis.
This is where we’re headed, folks.
techno_barbarian on October 7, 2008 at 12:34 AM
Soros Manipulation
Connie on October 7, 2008 at 12:45 AM
Anybody got some time for the cause? Chris Shay’s remarks during the panel portion of today’s subcomitte hearing chaired by Waxman (the same hearing in which Dick Fuld appeared) needs to be pulled of CSPAN and put on YouTube for the world to see. He hammered the Committee for ignoring FM/FM and their central role in the meltdown. Hammered Congress for taking FM/FM money. He went through a whole list of Republican attempts to bring them under control and were all blocked by the Dems. He had Waxman on the ropes. Can some good solider go get it and spread it? If anybody is willing to take up the challenge please post in response otherwise I will try to carve out time to do it tomorrow….
TheBigOldDog on October 7, 2008 at 12:48 AM
Correct or not, this isn’t about what is “right.” A liberal couple makes billions- they are subject to the same scrutiny as anybody else. Personally, I would have replaced the “should be shot” line with “should be investigated.”
highhopes on October 7, 2008 at 12:50 AM
I would very much like to see that one as well.
SNL deep sixing the bailout skit will only make it more popular as forbidden fruit. This is gonna backfire on them.
techno_barbarian on October 7, 2008 at 1:05 AM
Techno………. thanks for the link. I have been putting the pieces together on my own for a long time, but when a KGB officer who defected back in 1985 just explained the Obama Campaign better than I could back in the day……… and says, “..there will be no other country to defect to.”, really hit a nerve.
Hot Air Readers, if you knew you only had 30 minutes to live and wanted to help the future of your children, listen to Techno’s link:
……………… then kiss your children good night.
Seven Percent Solution on October 7, 2008 at 1:11 AM
Not great quality but, here it is on youtube. I am presently downloading it in case they take it down again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RKQuAwqAbs
BoogPowell on October 7, 2008 at 1:26 AM
A fitting reply:
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/04/14/wachovia-and-golden-west-a-good-idea-at-the-time/
Looks like Golden West was toxic.
From USA Today:
Two years, eh?
unclesmrgol on October 7, 2008 at 1:51 AM
Media Supression: The kind of Change you can count on!
SuperCool on October 7, 2008 at 2:25 AM
The entire show is readily available via bit torrent from the last bastion of free speech, piratebay.org.
While it’s downloading go forth and read this.
manfriend on October 7, 2008 at 2:37 AM
We’re gonna spread happiness!
We’re gonna spread freedom!
saint kansas on October 7, 2008 at 6:16 AM
A little known fact is the reason why Adolph Hitler has book burnings. It was to destroy damaging private information about himself and his tight circle of friends.
shick on October 7, 2008 at 6:29 AM
Sweetness & Light has the SNL Bailout video up right now too. Watch it while you can!
And don’t miss this video for a good overview about how the economic crisis came to be.
eucher on October 7, 2008 at 6:39 AM
Maybe some liberal actors/writers will see the light of those who seek to silence freedom of speech.
shick on October 7, 2008 at 7:01 AM
I’m beginning to wonder if the pulling of the SNL skit on Alaska was pulled not for the incest comment but for the revealing of the tainted view of the New York Times.
shick on October 7, 2008 at 7:05 AM
A few years ago Tom Cruise was interviewed by Matt Lauer on the Today Show. In the interview they were discussing psychiatry and scientology. Tom Crusie said that psychiatry was a “psuedo science”. When he said it he mispronounced the word “psuedo” and said “swaydoe” like play-doh. I turned to the person I was with and we both laughed our ass off when he said it.
A few weeks ago something reminded me of the interview and I went to NBCs website to find the clip just to get a laugh. I found it and watched it. Tom Cruise pronounced “pseudo” perfectly in the clip. I went to you tube and all the clips have him pronouncing it correctly also.
I called my friend just to see if I was going nuts and he confirmed that we both heard him mispronounce the word. I would love to find an original VHS or rip of that interview.
I wouldn’t doubt for a second that NBC would send this skit down the memory hole. (and if you have an original copy of that Cruise interview please let me know)
equanimous on October 7, 2008 at 7:10 AM
Emailed NBC to comment on missing video.
You can do it here.
Sloan Morganstern on October 7, 2008 at 7:14 AM
Jeff Zucker may soon be feeling the wrath of Darth Soros. Expect major changes at the National Barack Channel shortly.
pilamaye on October 7, 2008 at 7:31 AM
Tom Cruise never mispronounced “pseudo.”
Your memory is faulty. You will report to the Obama State Clinic this afternoon for priority treatment.
saint kansas on October 7, 2008 at 7:32 AM
You can still see the video here:
http://patdollard.com/2008/10/it-is-here-the-banned-snl-skit-cannot-hide-from-louie/
CC
CapedConservative on October 7, 2008 at 7:44 AM
I’ve just finished the usual “let’s hit the conservatives hard” hand wringing fest known as Banned Books Week. It’s when libraries all over indulge in much angst over a few incidents when parents object to books. Most of the time, these incidents are resolved fairly quickly with no problems, but the American Library Association still trots them out amid much doom and gloom forecasting that the evil conservatives are thisclose to having public book burnings of all things Harry Potter.
When I mention that Disney still hasn’t released Song of the South, I get blank stares from my confreres and a “but it’s racist”. And when I mention that ABC won’t release The Path to 9/11, all I get is blank stares.
Ellen on October 7, 2008 at 7:54 AM
Bow to your overlords!
Or the Obama Truth Squads will visit you, too.
Disturb the Universe on October 7, 2008 at 8:06 AM
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=410_1223349755
Can never have too much backup. SNL VID.
Thune on October 7, 2008 at 8:14 AM
It is done, and available here, courtesy of Frozentex.
Frozen Tex on October 7, 2008 at 8:51 AM
They found ya already, Tex…:-(
JetBoy on October 7, 2008 at 9:01 AM
Dorvillian
Thanks for the link. Once on the Internet, always on the Internet!
InTheBellyoftheBeast on October 7, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Geez. Soros? Come on guys. Your tinfoil hats must be getting too tight.
http://thepajamapundit.com/
thePajamaPundit on October 7, 2008 at 9:34 AM
If you want to see what was really toxic, you should look at the commercial lending over there.
There is no way that Golden West could have taken down Wachovia. Even if you write off ALL loans 100%, Wachovia would have still been capitalized. Golden West has been scapegoated.
john1schn on October 7, 2008 at 9:36 AM
Heh. I can’t see YouTube from work, but I’m guessing RickRoll or maybe BarackRoll.
BadgerHawk on October 7, 2008 at 9:59 AM
You’re very welcome, canopfor. I hate YouTube, so I always create backups and try not to use YT if I don’t have to.
MsUnderestimated on October 7, 2008 at 10:16 AM
This should be a GOP ad, run in all battleground states. I can see why NBC is trying to hide it.
And that’s a dead-on Pelosi, btw. She doesn’t look old enough, but the voice is perfect.
“You are not to speak. I don’t like you.”
blueguitarbob on October 7, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Video available via bit torrent here:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/1885620/
blueguitarbob on October 7, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Mindcrime: have you ever tried using a proxy to get to Hulu? I’m about to move away from the US, and I’ll miss my Hulu m :(
S. Weasel on October 7, 2008 at 12:30 PM
I beg to differ, but I had not one, but two from Golden West… The first when I moved to Florida and the second when I moved from one location here to another. I later did a re-fi to a fixed rate with another financial institution.
CC
CapedConservative on October 7, 2008 at 12:35 PM
You are a loon.
Please, no one here click on this guys site. I’m originally from PA and this guy just tells lie after lie about conservatives in my home state. He gets money when you click on his hot links. Ignore him and don’t click him.
hawkdriver on October 7, 2008 at 12:37 PM
RedState has more on this:
http://yeswecanholdbabies.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/crowdsurfing-is-popular-with-young-obama-supporters/
Y-not on October 7, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Apologies, wrong link:
http://www.redstate.com/diaries/redstate/2008/oct/07/nbc-yanks-snl-skit-from-internet-to-help-demo/
The other link goes to a truly wacky O! worshippers site.
Y-not on October 7, 2008 at 12:42 PM
I never do.
Do his pajamas have extra long sleeves that tie in the back?
Y-not on October 7, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Sandler isn’t as well known to some but every bit as dangerous as Soros. He heavily funds leftist groups and websites. So the communist network shows us that when socialist billionares snap their fingers our right to free speech disappears. I don’t watch SNL anymore because I won’t watch NBC but kudos to them for a great skit.
DCJeff on October 7, 2008 at 12:43 PM
I have it at enjoy.
rightonamerica on October 7, 2008 at 12:53 PM
enjoy. I mean here. Sorry
rightonamerica on October 7, 2008 at 12:54 PM
One more time please forgive the idiot. you can watch the skit here
rightonamerica on October 7, 2008 at 12:56 PM
You had to what? Sub-prime mortgages? An ARM is not necessarily a sub-prime mortgage, though the press would have you believe it.
john1schn on October 7, 2008 at 1:36 PM
yup and his site is…
Padded
hawkdriver on October 7, 2008 at 2:00 PM
I don’t knnow if anyone else experienced a problem with their computer after trying to view one of these clips, but my computer went to blue screen and on reboot it said “NO HARDRIVE DETECTED”. Had to use my “recovery” disk and it took me over an hour to diagnose and “re-find” my hardrive! BE VERY CAREFUL about what links you click on even here and at Hulu. I have my computer set to update my virus program & scan it automatically every day Now the preview button isn’t working. Great! What’s next? (My African Grey parrot did his best evil laugh and said, “No sh*t!” He’s 8 years old AND HIS NAME IS MAVERICK (no relation to McCain) LOL!
NightmareOnKStreet on October 7, 2008 at 4:36 PM
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