Jay Pharoah’s first turn as Obama on SNL from this weekend. Nails it.
I was never really a fan of Fred Armisen’s Obama impersonation, but with some big cast shakeups leading into this new season, SNL got a brand new Obama with Jay Pharoah, a comedian known for his strong celebrity impression skills. And with Obama, he manages to snag all of the political cartoon idiosyncrasies that’s been missing in an SNL president for a while. Will Ferrell was George W., Phil Hartman was Clinton, Carvey was George HW and Pharoah is Obama.
Oh, and the rest of the show was surprisingly funny as well.
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