‘SNL’ Presents: The Crazy Lady From The McCain Rally
NBC aired another Thursday night edition of Saturday Night Live last night which featured a skit on the third and final presidential debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain (which had a few funny moments but didn’t really deliver for me) and an extended version of Weekend Update. By far the funniest part of the whole Thursday night ep of SNL was Kristen Wiig’s portrayal of that crazy lady at the McCain rally that was held last Friday. You may recall that a disheveled looking woman told McCain that she read that Obama was an “Arab” and he had to correct her to her face. While I found the exchange between this woman and McCain terribly upsetting, I’m glad that SNL was able to take the edge off her ignorance and find some humor in the whole situation:
Kristen Wiig is THE funniest castmember of Saturday Night Live right now (and, IMHO, has been for quite some time) so I’m glad that she was able to get in on some of the funny during this presidential campaign. She really did a great portrayal of this crazy lady in question (right down to her unkempt hair). After the jump, watch the Weekend Update video that features Kristen’s performance of said crazy lady …
Click HERE to watch video of the actual woman herself at the McCain rally last week. As I said, I was very troubled by the things I saw coming out of those McCain rallies last week but I am glad that SNL was able to turn a sad situation into a funny one.
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Tags: 'Saturday Night Live', Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Seth Meyers
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October 17th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Kristin is crazy talented, and a total sweet heart if you ever get to meet her. :-) She is eerily good at the disheveled old lady schtick.
October 17th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Last night’s show was definitely not their best. The Crazy Lady part was funny but it kept going and I got really bored.
October 17th, 2008 at 9:57 am
There are crazy idiots on both sides. I am a firm believer that any incumbent is just as dumb as that lady:)!!
October 17th, 2008 at 10:12 am
she is awesome!! but its spelled Wiig not Whig
October 17th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Kristen Wiig has been an SNL favorite of mine for a long time..She plays every character perfectly! I love her ugly children skit..And I think it’s Penelope who always plays with her hair and constantly one ups everyone..She’s brilliant!
October 17th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Kristin Wiig is the love of my life. Everything she does turns to comedy gold!!
October 17th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Thanks Anna, Kendra — I fixed her name :)
October 17th, 2008 at 11:09 am
[...] Original post by It’s Trent, Bitch! [...]
October 17th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Completely agree about Kristin…she’s is so ridiculously funny. She’s my favorite cast member. And the character that constantly one-ups people is the best…especially when Lebron James was hosting. And she was just as funny in Ghost Town. Love her!
October 17th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Does this strike anyone else as racist, by the way??? There is nothing wrong with being Arab!!!
October 17th, 2008 at 11:50 am
That’s the problem… everything is thought of as ‘racist’… EVERYTHING.
I found this skit to be hysterical! Nobody said there was anything wrong with actually BEING Arab, they just said the freaking word!!! They’re simply showcasing how ridiculously ignorant some people STILL are.
Have a sense of humour, people!
October 17th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Yes, there have been many racist epithets heard at McCain/Palin rallies in the past few weeks. It’s horrible sad.
October 17th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Yeah, it was a funny portrayal of that crazy lady. It’s shocking that she said that…..well then again I guess not. :(
October 17th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Trent, you forgot to point out how McCain “corrected” the lady. She said that she didn’t trust Obama because he was Arab. McCain replied, “No Ma’m, he’s a good, decent man.”
When are people going to learn that Arab/Muslim/Middle Easterner does not equal terrorist or anti-American?
There’s all kinds of websites spreading rumors trying to prove that Obama is Arabic or Muslim. Even if he were, so what?
That being said, I liked Weekend Update, but the opening sketch with the debate was just horrible. What the hell are they thinking?
October 17th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Amanda, Obama is NOT of Middle Eastern decent and he has never brought race EVER into the campaign. He’s from Hawaii; his grandmother is from Africa – not the Middle East. I don’t understand where you are getting any of this from. Race has been brought up by the pundits who say that it may or may not have a factor in the election.
You really needing to start getting your facts straight. This is a really important election.
October 17th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
amanda – you are ridiculous……. i’m sure Fox news is your favorite program, it must be where you are getting all of your “facts”.
October 17th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Trent, thanks for taking out the hate-mongering statements! Ugh, it just makes me sick that people don’t actually get things straight and just spout out ridiculous nonfactual statements. You rock, dude.
October 17th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
HAHA this is great. I am more afraid of McCain supporters than I am of McCain himself.
October 18th, 2008 at 6:26 am
She’s funny. But she’s a one trick pony. All of her characters are kind of the same. Kind of like Will Ferrell… luckily it’s funny to watch or else I’d be bored. Poehler, to me, is the funniest thing on here and the show is gonna lack in the humor department when she leaves.
October 18th, 2008 at 11:56 am
j agree with the people who have posted about McCain’s “correction” of that lady. By replying that no, he is not an Arab but a good, decent man, he basically implies that Arabs are not good, decent men. I’m glad that McCain stood up for Obama, but he could have done so in a way that wasn’t insulting to a group of people that are constantly being stereotyped against in the West. The fact that I haven’t heard many people question McCain’s response makes me a little sad.
October 19th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
i believe that john mccain was attempting to do the right thing but it came out wrong. i dont think john mccain is personally a racist (although i do think he is a sexist) but that it was obvious that this particular lady was equating arab with ‘bad in some way’.
so yes the correct answer should have been, ‘no he is not an arab but if he were it wouldnt matter.’
I DO believe however that john mccain is not being proactive enough behind the scenes in keeping these underlying feelings of fear and hate from helping his campaign with a certain type of voter. it would be amazing if he publically denounced these types of voters saying ‘if you have hate in your heart for people who are arab or black or non white then I am not looking for your vote on that premise, and i do not want your vote on that premise’