Barack Obama “Saturday Night Live” Appearance September 13
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama will join Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps and musical guest Lil Wayne on Saturday night’s season opener of SNL. According to PEOPLE Magazine, the Illinois senator will fly in from New Hampshire to be “live from New York.” “The details of the sketch are still being worked out,” a campaign source reveals. The Democratic presidential hopeful previously appeared on SNL during the primary in sketch where Amy Poehler played Hillary

Barack Obama For SNL
Set your TiVo’s readers. Tommorow night will be the premire of Saturday Night Live starring multi medal winner and stripper lover Michael Phelps, funny gal Tina Fay, undersized rapper Lil’ Wayne, and our next President Barack Obama. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Name Email Website XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr t

What's on TV on Saturday night
NBC's legendary sketch comedy series returns Saturday night in the middle of one of the most-watched political campaigns ever. Swimmer Michael Phelps is the host, but even with his awesome Olympics achievement, he'll be upstaged by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who will make an appearance and talk about how the candidates are portrayed. Email Print

One-Two Comedy Punch Of Phelps And Obama To Create Laugh Explosion On 'SNL' [Not That Strong A Swimmer]
newVideoPlayer("/Tina_Maybe.flv", 506, 423,"");Saturday Night Live certainly has balls. They already booked an unfunny guest host in Michael Phelps for this weekend’s season premiere, and now they’ve decided to compound the non-laughs by bringing in Barack Obama, an unfunny politician. At least he speaks clearly and doesn’t have an underbite like certain 8-time-gold-medal-winners we know. His sketch is still being worked out, but expect lipstick-on-a-pig jokes-a-plenty.Meanwhile the real question rema

It’s 1982 And John McMain Meets Barack Obama In the Park
DONTCHAJUSTLUV those US elections ads, where one agonist salutes the others age or religious beliefs? Here’s the new now one from Team Obama, in which he encounters an older John McCain in a park. Vote for the cat…

Oprah to ask viewers to support Senate bill
A few weeks after cheering presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, talk show host Oprah Winfrey will take up a different kind of political activism next week. Monday's episode of ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' will be dedicated to a Senate bill targeting child predators, according to a release issued Friday by Chicago-based Harpo Productions. During the show, which will detail the ''extent and pervasiveness of child pornography trafficking in America,'' Winfrey will ask vie

Obama to make second SNL appearance
Barack Obama will appear on Saturday Night Live for the second time this weekend.

Live! From New York! It's Obama!
NEW YORK -- Things have changed for Barack Obama since he last appeared on "Saturday Night Live."

Barack Obama is Disrespectful
John McCain is calling Barack Obama out for unfairly attacking a woman that should be treated with the same respect Obama expects for himself.

Oprah to ask viewers to support Senate bill
AP - A few weeks after cheering presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Oprah Winfrey will take up a different kind of political activism. Monday’s episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will be dedicated to a Senate bill targeting child predators, according to a release issued Friday by Chicago-based Harpo Productions. During the show, which will detail the "extent and pervasiveness of child pornography trafficking in America," Winfrey will ask viewers to contact the

Oprah to ask viewers to support Senate bill
CHICAGO - A few weeks after cheering presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Oprah Winfrey will take up a different kind of political activism. In this Aug. 30, 2008, file photo, Oprah Winfrey speaks in Whitesboro, N.J. (AP Photo/MJ Schear, file) Monday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will be dedicated to a Senate bill targeting child predators, according to a release issued Friday by Chicago-based

Oprah to ask viewers to support Senate bill (AP)
AP - A few weeks after cheering presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Oprah Winfrey will take up a different kind of political activism.

Oprah to ask viewers to support Senate bill
A few weeks after cheering presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Oprah Winfrey will take up a different kind of political activism. Related Entertainment RSS feed CHICAGO — A few weeks after cheering presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Oprah Winfr

Oprah to ask viewers to support Senate bill
CHICAGO - A few weeks after cheering presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Oprah Winfrey will take up a different kind of political activism. Monday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will be dedicated to a Senate bill targeting child predators, said a release issued Friday by Chicago-based Harpo Productions. During the show, which will detail the "extent and pervasiveness of child pornography trafficking in America," Winfrey will ask viewers to contact thei

Weekend Update: Fey as Palin, Obama as Himself
If Michael Phelps is feeling exhausted from his week preparing to host SNL tomorrow, maybe he'll be pepped up by news that hope is on the way: Barack Obama will be making his second cameo on the show's season premiere. The big question of the week though has been which SNL cast member will play Sarah Palin? While both the Phelps-fantasizing Kristen Wiig and newcomer Casey Wilson have been suggested, there's been a shocking third party mentioned: Tina Fey. However, Lorne Michaels is playing coy and only sayi

James Franco to host SNL + cameos galore.
If Michael Phelps is feeling exhausted from his week preparing to host SNL tomorrow, maybe he'll be pepped up by news that hope is on the way: Barack Obama Will be making his second cameo on the show's season premiere. The big question of the week though has been which SNL cast member Will play Sarah Palin? While both the Phelps-fantasizing Kristen Wiig and newcomer Casey Wilson have been suggested, there's been a shocking third party mentioned: Tina Fey. However, Lorne Michaels is playing coy and only sayi

With storm hitting, Obama skips SNL
With Hurricane Ike crashing onto the Texas shore, Sen. Barack Obama has decided to skip his scheduled appearance on the season premier of Saturday Night Live tonight. "In the light of the unfolding crisis in Texas, Senator Obama has decided it is no longer appropriate to appear on Saturday Night Live," his traveling press secretary, Jen Psaki, said in a statement. After a Saturday morning event in Manchester, N.H., Obama is expected to return to Chicago for the weekend. '; document.write(str); }

Obama Campaign counterattacks McCain with two new ads
Concord (New Hampshire, United States), Sept. 13 (ANI): Seeking to regain his footing amid faltering poll numbers in the run-up to the November 4 presidential elections, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama launched a stinging counter-attack against his Republican presidential rival John McCain. The Obama campaign launched its promised counterpunch against McCain on Friday, portraying him as an aging, out-of-touch politician who would cater to "fat-cat" lobbyists and continue President Bush's ec

Obama cancels SNL appearance
Lynn Sweet: With a deadly hurricane aimed at Texas, Barack Obama cancelled his appearence on Saturday Night Live on Friday evening, spokesman Jen Psaki in a statement. "In the light of the unfolding crisis in Texas, Senator Obama has decided it is no longer appropriate to appear on Saturday Night Live tomorrow evening," she said.

Palin: Obama 'regrettin'' Clinton pass
Just when everyone thought that the "audacious" come-from-nowhere campaign of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama was a marvel of modern politics, the first-she-was-for-it-and-then-she-was-against-it "Bridge to Nowhere'' promoter, Alaska's Republican Gov. Sarah Palin, has redefined what is possible for the improbable. Underlying the extraordinary impact that Palin has had on the sometimes-lagging and now-thriving campaign of the GOP's presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, is the fact that their par

Barack Joins SNL Premiere!
Wow! Talk about history in the making here! Not only will Saturday Night Live open with Olympian Michael Phelps, but now the one and onl Barack Obama will be a part of the show! A spokesperson for him tells People mag, "The details of the sketch are being worked out." This will be Obama's second time at the show. He played alongside Amy Poehler last season when she depicted Hillary Clinton. The episode airs tomorrow September 13th so don't miss it!

Fred Armisen Gets the Night Off
You can add Barack Obama — who'll be making his second Saturday Night Live appearance this weekend — to the list of things making the SNL season premiere one of the more anticipated episodes in a while. For the record, that list also features the small possibility of Tina Fey dropping in to do Sarah Palin, the likely probability of Kristen Wiig making host Michael Phelps wear a wig while naked, and the 100 percent chance that musical guest Lil Wayne will be high while it all goes down. [AP]

This Time Obama Will Battle Tina Fey, Not Amy Poehler
'Sen. Barack Obama will make a cameo appearance on this weekend's season premiere of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," a spokesman for the show confirmed. Olympian Michael Phelps is scheduled to host the show, but Sen. Obama will appear in at least one sketch.' [TVW] Sep 12, 2008 · posted by david · Link · Respond Related Posts • 09.12.08: Rupert Murdoch Does Not Want to Die (Comments: 0) • 09.12.08: Everybody Is Happy to

Barack Obama To Appear On Saturday Night Live
It is Obama’s second appearance on the show. He made a November 2007 cameo in an opening skit about a Halloween party at Hillary Clinton’s house. Obama’s sketch is still being worked out. Meanwhile, another famous face may also return: Tina Fey is in talks to play GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. RSS feed for comments on this post TrackBack URI Related Content Leave a reply You must be logged in to post a comment.

Barack Obama to Guest on 'Saturday Night Live' Season Premiere
The buzz for the "Saturday Night Live" season premiere this weekend just got a lot bigger! Not only is Olympic champ Michael Phelps hosting, but Barack Obama is slated to make a guest appearance. People magazine says that Obama will fly in from New Hampshire to be "live from New York," but the extent of his on-air involvement is not yet known. "The details of the sketch are still being worked out," Obama's campaign tells the mag. The Democratic presidential hopeful previousl