NBC's Saturday Night Live has recently upped the ante of their political satire with some of the best impersonations and timely sketches since the 2000 elections.
Our generation grew up watching Darrell Hammond do a dead-on Bill Clinton, and lucky for him he's got another potential (is that too generous at this point?) president to spoof. Hammond has been doing a pretty good John McCain recently; my only qualm is that he hasn't really gotten down that creepy grimace yet.
Meanwhile Fred Armison, (who incidentally is also the go-to guy to play the likes of Steve Jobs and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) has been doing a bang-up job at playing Barack Obama. From his profesorial pauses, his nervous tic "well, look," to his upward intonation - Armison's got it down.
Watch: First Debate on Hulu.com
Tina Fey, first female head-writer for SNL and star of NBC's 30 Rock has returned to the sketch scene to play Sarah Palin, a character she debuted alongside Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton.
Watch: If Only I Had Wanted It More... on Hulu.com
So acurate and popular has been Tina Fey's Sarah Palin that the real Sarah Palin actually joined the show last week for two brief appearances.
Watch: Moose Killa on Hulu.com
Personally I think this is SNL at it's best.
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