Embarrasment?: SNL Producers Have To Use Hook To Pull Huckabee Offstage
NEW YORK (AP) - Even though Mike Huckabee is still battling for the Republican presidential nomination despite long odds, he said Saturday he won’t “overstay his welcome.” Then he did precisely that, lingering on the “Weekend Update” set of “Saturday Night Live” despite repeated cues to leave the stage.
The former Arkansas governor appeared in a “Weekend Update” segment in which he described his confusion over whether it is mathematically impossible for him to win the nomination over front-runner John McCain. After anchorman Seth Meyers explained the numbers, Huckabee responded: “I’m not a math guy, I’m more of a miracle guy. So at this point I’m gonna focus on the miracle part.”
However, he said: “Mike Huckabee does not overstay his welcome. When it’s time for me to go, I’ll know. And I’ll exit out with class and grace.”
Then he remained seated at the “Update” desk even though Meyers made it clear it was time for him to leave.
“SNL,” known for its political humor, has been on the sidelines for nearly four months because of the Writers Guild of America strike. The political landscape has changed a great deal since then, with easy targets for the show’s satire, like Fred Thompson, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, dropping out of the Republican race, and Barack Obama overtaking Hillary Rodham Clinton on the Democratic side.
The last time NBC broadcast a new episode of “SNL,” on Nov. 3, Obama played himself as a guest at a party thrown by Hillary and Bill Clinton. McCain hosted an episode of the show in 2002; Giuliani hosted in 1997, when he was mayor of New York City.
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I haven’t seen SNL tonight, but it sounds like it’s all part of the joke.
February 23rd, 2008 at 10:56 pmJust watched the clip, it was funny, clearly a joke . . … but it was weird. Huck makes it clear he’s a goner, why is he still in the race?
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 pmAs an aside, Tina Feys’ suggestion that a vote for Hillary is a vote for ‘2 really intelligent people as president’ (referring to hilly & silly willy together) in the White House, makes my blood run cold.
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 pmSNL has gone to crap the last 10 years, Fey used to be somewhat amusing, but that little personal rant of hers was total bullshit. there is a reason people vote for 1 person to be President, not 2, and the horrifying possibility of Billary is precisely that reason. Thankfully Billary looks like it won’t happen anyway so now the osamabamalamadingdong show needs to be shut down
February 24th, 2008 at 12:19 amI watched it lastnight. It was clearly a joke.(it even followed the “Rule of Three” Steve Martin mentioned early in the show) The whole show really sucked hard lastnight. I probably laughed two or three times. I can’t believe someone can claim to be a journalist and write about that though, what crap.
February 24th, 2008 at 4:54 amSNL hasn’t been funny since…the original cast all left. Maybe when Billy Cristal was in it, too.
February 24th, 2008 at 5:43 amHey Pat, give AP a break. You know leftists don’t do humor.
February 24th, 2008 at 8:16 amhilly and silly..
First time I heard that one.
February 24th, 2008 at 8:32 amIt was THE part of the skit, wonder why much of news media doesn`t get it, or do they want to make it seem a negative.
February 24th, 2008 at 8:32 am
The title of the article implies that Huckabee staying on the set despite cues to exit is somehow embarrassing…doesn’t the author get that Huckabee’s actions are part of the satire? Idiot author.
February 24th, 2008 at 10:03 amIt was clearly a joke. This article makes it read like it wasn’t. What douchebags wrote this miserable excuse of copy?
February 24th, 2008 at 10:15 amGet a life people!!! I’m sorry that humor is lost on the
February 24th, 2008 at 11:02 amhater’s in the media. Maybe you could take a lesson from
Mr. Huckabee and learn to laugh at yourself and get that
corn cob out of your butt.
Yeah - why are some media outlets making this a negative when it was clearly (well at least to someone who has even a tiny sense of humor) that it was a JOKE. And it was pretty funny. Don’t you guys realize you lose all credibility when you’re that obvious???? Subtle manipulation is so much more effective. Oh wait, in case you didn’t know - THAT was a joke too.
February 24th, 2008 at 11:26 amWow!!! This article shows yet another example of misguided jounrnalism. Huckabee staying on the stage was clearly a joke. You have to wonder why people want to depict Huckabee in a malicious way. (Hint: The establishments own our media…..)
February 24th, 2008 at 11:28 amAlthough our media seem to be losing their ability to understand the way elections go, if anyone is wondering what is really happening regarding Huckabee, go check him out at www.mikehuckabee.com
February 24th, 2008 at 11:55 amWell, nobody ever said the copy writers at AP were very bright. This just confirms it.
February 24th, 2008 at 1:30 pmI have to wonder about the intelligence of the writers who post this without understanding that it was a joke. It’s obvious to everyone, right?
Right?
I guess not. I’m beginning to wonder if the writers of these pieces actually SAW the thing or just depended on an email from McCain’s campaign.
February 24th, 2008 at 2:36 pmI’m embarrassed for the writer of this article like some who have expressed themselves before me. It clearly was part of the joke. I’m really losing confidence in the abilities of these writers.
February 24th, 2008 at 5:36 pmJust another example of terrible AP writers who are in such a hurry to release the news that they end up making in up. It was all a joke…if it wasn’t the camera would have panned away like they always do on the Weekend Update after guests.
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