Read more Fred Armisen stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/24950/fred-armisen.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:53:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71211/honeymoons-over-for-snl-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSaturday Night Live didn't pull any punches when lampooning President Obama on the weekend and some analysts say that should be a red flag for the administration. A comedy skit purported to come to the president's defense against right-wing complaints that he's a "Hitler." No such thing. "It's very clear...http://www.newser.com/story/71211/honeymoons-over-for-snl-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 3:39:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60992/obama-shilling-for-nbc-right-complains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome are complaining that NBC used Brian Williams’ interview with President Obama to hawk its late night shows, Deadline Hollywood reports. The interview featured plugs for both Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show takeover and Fred Armisen’s impression of Obama on Saturday Night Live . “Obama owes NBC so much for shilling for...http://www.newser.com/story/60992/obama-shilling-for-nbc-right-complains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 12:29:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48770/mad-men-s-moss-to-wed-snl-s-armisen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagElisabeth Moss is apparently luckier in love than her Mad Men character Peggy. Less than a week after news broke that Moss was dating Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen, the couple is engaged, E! reports. “It happened just a few days ago,” says Moss. “It’s private, so I don’t...http://www.newser.com/story/48770/mad-men-s-moss-to-wed-snl-s-armisen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Jan 2009 14:16:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45325/paterson-furious-about-snl-skit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York Gov. David Paterson is furious about a Saturday Night Live sketch that mocked his blindness, reports the New York Post . The sketch featured Fred Armisen mimicking Paterson's gravelly voice, brusque demeanor, and wandering sightless eye. Neither Paterson, who has been legally blind since childhood, nor advocates for the...http://www.newser.com/story/45325/paterson-furious-about-snl-skit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Dec 2008 6:08:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45277/poehler-bids-funny-sad-farewell-to-snl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn her second week back from maternity leave, Amy Poehler bid a heartfelt goodbye to Saturday Night Live, reports Access Hollywood —and was promptly upstaged. As the actress became choked up, cast member Fred Armisen, playing blind New York Gov. David Paterson, wandered in front of the camera. Poehler finished...http://www.newser.com/story/45277/poehler-bids-funny-sad-farewell-to-snl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Dec 2008 10:45:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43730/iman-crosson-for-prez-on-snl-bloggers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe race to find a new comedian to impersonate president-elect Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live continues, reports ABC News, and bloggers such as Andrew Sullivan and Anovelista have the man for the job. Meet Iman Crosson, whose Obama imitations can be found on his YouTube AlphaCat channel.http://www.newser.com/story/43730/iman-crosson-for-prez-on-snl-bloggers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Nov 2008 12:09:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43462/sarah-palin-come-back-snl-needs-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWithout Sarah Palin and with a dull Barack Obama impression on its hands, Saturday Night Live is in election withdrawal, Alex Carnevale writes for Gawker. The show’s opening skit about congressional hearings on automaker bailouts was “less than hilarious,” and it “tried to squeeze jokes out of country singer and...http://www.newser.com/story/43462/sarah-palin-come-back-snl-needs-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Nov 2008 13:07:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42051/white-comics-lack-nuance-needed-to-mine-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Maher recently said Barack Obama “needs to give comedians something to work with.” The President-elect is “too perfect,” he groused, and worse, liberals are afraid to laugh at black people. If only Dave Chappelle were working, laments Salamishah Tillet for the Root. He’d quickly prove Obama is plenty funny,...http://www.newser.com/story/42051/white-comics-lack-nuance-needed-to-mine-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Nov 2008 15:37:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20567/snl-regains-its-political-mojo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton's appearance on "Saturday Night Live" confirms not just that the show is back from the writers' strike, writes Matt Roush in TV Guide, but back "smack dab in the center of today’s political dialogue." The sight of Clinton and identically dressed alter ego Amy Poehler onstage was "an...http://www.newser.com/story/20567/snl-regains-its-political-mojo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Mar 2008 7:45:00 CST