Video: Gore plays pretend POTUS on SNL
posted at 2:14 am on May 14, 2006 by Allahpundit
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Here he is in a transmission from “parallel Earth,” making lockbox jokes five and a half years after they went stale. Which tells me Franken probably wrote the sketch. Greeted by wild applause, too, of course; George Bush isn’t my president!
This won’t get as much attention as Colbert’s WHCD gig because Bush didn’t have to sit through it, but it should be good for a small circle jerk nonetheless. They play into the same fantasy, after all: if Colby’s the leader of the Resistance, Gore’s the head of the government-in-exile.
Note the references to “free” universal health care and to the “made-up war,” of which let us say nothing except this. And in case you didn’t know, this idea’s already been done, and done better.
Thanks to Ian Schwartz, our affiliate, for the heads up. He’s posted the entire sketch on his site, Expose the Left.
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Meh. It was a little funny. Parallel Earth? Hell, that’s nearly the definition of “truth in advertising.”
Kadnine on May 14, 2006 at 3:40 AM
Oh, and welcome back Allah, we missed you.
Allah is back up in hizzie, y’all!
Kadnine on May 14, 2006 at 3:43 AM
Thank you Al for reminding the world why your barely qualified even to do a skit on SNL and not run a country.
The best part is other than the moonbats, we can laugh at him and not with him… please run in 2008. Even if it’s just to have Hilary and you duke it out in the primary.
Bob Mileti on May 14, 2006 at 6:07 AM
“Free” universal health care, eh? Al must have found a magical health care tree over in his dimesnsion.
Pablo on May 14, 2006 at 7:16 AM
I did like the “Anti-Hurricane and Tornado machine” and the “Mexifornia” cracks.
Pablo on May 14, 2006 at 7:19 AM
One word.
Gag.
.
Lawrence on May 14, 2006 at 10:02 AM
“We’re such a loved country that Americans going overseas can’t stop getting hugged by people in Europe”
Saving their ass whether they want to or not does not make one popular
Defector01 on May 14, 2006 at 12:05 PM
Hmmm.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say it was funny. I laughed; hence, I guess I thought it was funny. Renegade glaciers? Come on, admit it. That brought out a chuckle.
Colbert? Nah, he bombed big time. I watched him. Twice. The first time I saw it I thought to myself, “man, did he really bomb that big?” So I watched it again and decided that yes, he did indeed bomb that big.
Anyway, one of the things that was so annoying about the whole Colbert thing was the way it turned into some litmus test of ideological purity.
Me: Man, Colbert wasn’t really on his A-game last night.
Moonbat: YES HE WAS!!! IT WAS THE FUNNIEST THING EVER!!! HE SPOKE TRUTH TO POWER!!! YES HE DID!!! YES HE DID!!! SAY IT!!! COLBERT WAS FUNNY!!!! COLBERT WAS FUNNY!!!! SAAAAAAAAAAAY IT!!!!!!!!!
Me: …
(later)
Moonbat: Have you heard about Colbert lately?
Me: Huh? No, I haven’t anything since that bit he did at that reporter’s convention. It was kinda weak anyway.
Moonbat: YOU HAVEN’T HEARD ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY ARE COVERING IT UP!!! IT’S A CONSPIRACY!!!! A REICH-WING MEDIA, BUSH LOVING, CONSTITUTION HATING, GOING TO PUT US ALL INTO CONCENTRATION CAMPS CONSPIRACY!!! YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE!!! AND YOU ARE HELPING IT TOO!!! YOU’RE A PART OF IT!!! BECAUSE YOU DRANK THE COOL-AID!!! YOU DRANK THE COOOOOOOOOOOL-AID!!!!!!!!!!!
ME: …(blink…blink)
Anyway, I found the whole thing to be quite tedious. I have found that most of the time you can distinguish radicals because of their complete lack of humor. Jeez, lighten up a little.
So, I guess what I am saying is that I don’t want us to make the same mistake. Many moonbats insisted that Colbert was funny. They then insisted that we all agree that he was funny. Ughh.
Come on, the skit had “renegade glaciers”, Gore claiming to have invented an “anti-hurricane and tornado machine”, and that infamous “lock-box” reference.
I laughed with Gore and I laughed at Gore while watching that skit. Moreover, in 2008, I’ll probably be laughing all the while as I make my vote for Condalezza Rice as the next president of the U.S.
Renegade glaciers. LOL!
EFG on May 14, 2006 at 12:21 PM
I saw him during the news segment. Painfully bad. He almost made Tina Fey seem funny.
JammieWearingFool on May 14, 2006 at 12:27 PM
C’mon, that was pretty funny. Gore’s best moments in his whole nutty life have been on SNL, it seems.
Uncle Mikey on May 14, 2006 at 12:29 PM
Allahpundit did have a hilarious link to a speech Gore “made.” It is in the Onion and I will post a small portion of it here. (Allahpundit, if this violates some sort of posting policy, I apologize. Forgive me, for I know not what I do.)
Gore Delivers Emergency Presidential Address Into Bathroom Mirror
October 31, 2001 | Issue 37•39
CARTHAGE, TN—Urging the American people to have “courage, faith, and resolve in this time of trial,” Al Gore delivered an emergency presidential address into his bathroom mirror Tuesday.
“My fellow Americans, our enemies have struck at the heart of our great democracy,” Gore solemnly intoned into his electric razor during the not nationally televised address. “They have attacked our citizens, our cities, and the most prominent symbols of our pride and prosperity. In so doing, they sought to tear us apart. But they have done just the opposite.”
Punctuating his opening statements with a dramatic pause intended to bolster the resolve of a wounded nation, Gore applied shaving cream to the beard he had grown during his time out of the spotlight.
“We have, in recent days, seen tragedy and infamy on a scale equal to any in American history,” said a proud, defiant Gore as he shaved. “Yet we have also seen heroism and selflessness on a scale equal to any in human history.”
Gore, who last week pretended to pledge an additional $1.5 billion in federal aid to New York City, then switched off his razor and pulled out his toothbrush.
END CLIP
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28084
Now THAT is funny to me. I can just see Gore looking at himself in the mirror and making this ponderous, self-inflated speech.
EFG on May 14, 2006 at 12:36 PM
If Gore had won in 2000, there’d be no SNL because the mullahs who rule us would not allow it.
EFG, you are so right, we will proudly cast our votes for Dr. Rice and she will defeat Hillary in biggest landslide since Reagan vs. Mondale.
Tony737 on May 14, 2006 at 2:54 PM
Gotta admit—it was funny! :-)
mcg on May 14, 2006 at 3:22 PM
Think about it. Gore thinks he’s scoring votes by going on liberal “Safety Zone” SNL and mocking himself. That it shows a human side which may endear him to future voters. Nope.
His high horse (which runs on oats) is still “Global Warming”.
I know that Gore is a fool, but he is a liberal fool, and many foolish liberals will vote for him. Those who crow about a upcoming presidential “Alpha male” fight between Gore and H.Clinton should consider how strong a Gore/Clinton ticket would be. I’m not laughing. Let’s turn more states red this year, elect more Republicans, and do all we can NOW to crush the hopes of Gore or Clinton to win the Presidency in 2 short years. Remember Hugh Hewitt’s book: “If It’s Not Close, They Can’t Cheat”
Doug on May 14, 2006 at 5:00 PM
Score one for the Electoral College.
Those evil, White, plantation masters, who founded this great nation were bright enough to see into the future and save us from this lame, punch line as president.
Hening on May 14, 2006 at 6:32 PM
You know W as Baseball commish ain’t a horrific idea. He’d be better than Selig.
Iblis on May 14, 2006 at 6:44 PM
Sooo…tired of the liberal garbage of ‘We would have done better’. There’s a part of me that almost wishes they get back into power then be forced to do what Bush is doing on the war and then eat crow. I can see Hillary now - burning a burka on national TV.
But it’s not worth the risk.
WC on May 14, 2006 at 7:39 PM
Now that I’ve actually seen the whole thing, the global warming stuff was idiotic. What exactly do you expect glaciers to do, you dumbass, stay in one place?
Uncle Mikey on May 15, 2006 at 2:11 AM
Odd; Some of you ‘guys’ apparently saw something different than I did.
Took me a moment at the start of the skit to figure out if that was the real gore or the SNL cast member that normally plays him. When I saw how lame the person was, I knew it was the real gore.
I did like how Amy Pohler (or however you spell it) played off the wooden mr. gore. Her intentional absurdities made gore appear both more lame AND more absurd at the same time.
LegendHasIt on May 15, 2006 at 2:17 AM
The only thing Gore said that would definitely have come to fruition under President Gore is that California would have been turned over to Mexico. Next step, of course, would be the Islamic Republic of America.
BrunoMitchell on May 15, 2006 at 7:06 AM
He should just re-grow the beard … and let it get long enough to house a few illegal immigrant families. This “super beard” would also make for some great shade from those nasty global warming sun rays.
The skit? Ehhh … I might have chuckled once.
bleeding_right on May 15, 2006 at 9:47 AM
I only wanted to see Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The first time in years I tuned into SNL and that professional moonbat Gore shows up. What I really want, though, is to say congrats to A! I’ve been waiting patiently to register. IJ and sY say hi!
elvis on May 15, 2006 at 10:25 AM
Think of it this way… the only possible way for Gore to be President of the United States is on a comedy show. It really puts things into perspective for me!
Frogbrother on May 15, 2006 at 11:16 AM
“made up war”? it’s funny that when Gore was actually hosting SNL a few years ago he did a skit where he was fantasizing on the set of “West Wing” about sending in the troops. Makes me think that back then he wishes he was the one going to war and removing Saddam Hussein.
mfnorman on May 15, 2006 at 11:41 AM
To be a has been Democrat like Al Gore where you can get away with making fun of the Global War on Terrorism, spreading Global Warming Propaganda. Liberals still wonder why their seen as being out of touch.
*roll-eyes*
Brah on May 15, 2006 at 12:43 PM
Seems like conservatives are now embracing political correctness??? Colbert sucked, this was funny. Jesus, lighten up.
honora on May 15, 2006 at 1:14 PM
It was funny. I think Gore has found his grove, and he should stick to his new carrer as a comic. His years as VP was laughable. After all, he did invent the Internet, right? ;-)
Kini on May 15, 2006 at 2:41 PM
The day I thank Al Gore for inventing the Internet is the day he becomes President, never lol.
Brah on May 15, 2006 at 2:44 PM
Thank you guys for watching SNL for us, because I don’t think I’ve watched it since Tina Fey started doing the update without Jimmuh to-Fallon.
batperez on May 15, 2006 at 3:32 PM
Was sorta funny in a way. What wasn’t funny was his comment about California. Mainly because it is true. We lost Ca. to the Mexicans in the 80’s.
SugarnSpice on May 15, 2006 at 6:00 PM
There were some mild smirk moments in this one. He was funnier than Colbert. And Colbert wasn’t entirely un-funny, but I thought it was funnier to watch the President attempt to politely clap after Colbert’s absolutely horrible and extremely rude “audition clip”. It was funnier to watch the President’s face as he tried to not let Colbert’s idiocy get to him than to watch the original audition.
RobertHuntingdon on May 15, 2006 at 6:49 PM
it’s one thing to goof on yourself, but it’s another thing to constantly seek to goof on yourself in front of millions of viewers… al, baby, please stop… between your incessant buffoonary on the environment and your perputual need to try and be the smartest guy in the room, you drol, cadenced voice is putting your upcoming presidential campaign to sleep…
Asmodeus on May 15, 2006 at 7:52 PM
I liked it. It’s funny, as long as you try not to think about how many moonbats believe most of it.
HitNRun on May 15, 2006 at 11:09 PM
This guy is such a tool. You know, I was watching the History channel with my dad the other night (a legal immigrant; he grew up in Germany during WWII) and they were showing a special about Hitler’s doctor. Supposedly, he was dosing Hitler with narcotics in his vitamin injections. Their theory is some of his more stubborn and strategically disastrous decisions came from his dependence. After seeing that, and then thinking about all the jowl shaking, spittle spraying speeches Algore has given, I have to ask: what’s his excuse? what is he on? The fact that he might not be on anything is even more disturbing to me than finding out he’s a doper.
austinnelly on May 15, 2006 at 11:27 PM
Definitely funnier than Colbert, but still only “heh”-worthy for me. The problem Gore has is that he’s not funny enough to do material that isn’t self-deprecating… so he’s forever stuck on global warming and “invention” jokes. He’s never going to take any serious cracks at global warming, because it’s his personal pet project, and seeing as how he never claimed to have invented the Internet, validating that tall tale with a joke makes him seem weak in that if a lie is repeated often enough, he’ll cave and go along with the flow. So that one is more pathetic than funny.
I almost feel sorry for him… but for 300 people, he’d likely be sitting in the Oval Office right now, and he’s been reduced to making fun of himself on a show that hasn’t been funny for 10 years. Maybe he should give that whole alpha male thing a shot again… at least go down with dignity.
Mark Jaquith on May 16, 2006 at 2:18 AM