Best Ronald Reagan SNL Parody Ever

Ken McCracken  •  October 10, 2009


Gene was commenting on the Obama camp getting huffy over getting some Saturday Night Live grief.
When they get as tasteless and cruel as they were to Reagan than maybe I’ll have some sympathy. But it brought to mind this parody which I thought was very funny.

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  • http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

    Well really early

  • http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

    It was funny.

  • robert108

    Phil Hartman’s wife had a drug problem, which led directly to her murdering him.

  • sayanything-43

    This is a great example of political parody. People of both sides can find something funny.

    The rest of the stuff SNL did on Reagan was just crap.

  • robert108

    Cocaine, Margaritas, Zoloft and Saturday Night Live’s Phil Hartman

    http://www.franksreelreviews.com/shorttakes/hartman.htm

    I was acquainted with his older brother, John, and so got the real story.

  • sayanything-3960

    I believe Al Franken wrote that.

  • sayanything-22

    I do love that skit. Phil Hartman is great missed in this world. Some of the News Radio stuff is epic.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    So, I take it from this that SNL used to be funny and entertaining?

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    From the description of the situation on Wikipedia, it sounds like she had psychological problems and was self-medicating with booze and alcohol.

  • sayanything-4744

    Yes, Rob. Phil Hartman was shot, while sleeping, by his wife.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    The real story was reported in the press.

    And drug/alcohol abuse is usually an indication of deeper emotional problems.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    News Radio was one of the best sitcoms ever to air on television. I’d rank it up there with Seinfeld (my all-time favorite).

    It was pretty unappreciated though.

    Wasn’t Hartman murdered by his wife?

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Yeah. There was a time when he used to be sort of funny.

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