SNL parodies Republican Shutdown

[itsrobert]

Miley Cyrus playing Michelle Bachmann. John Boehner was portrayed as a freak.

[Greybnk48]

1. OMFG!

That's going to piss off a LOT of Teapublicans! It.was.awesome.

[tavalon]

13. Teapublicans?

Do you mean the Teabaggers? They did choose their name, after all, it would be rude not to call them by it.

[Greybnk48]

19. Teabaggers is fine with me! n/t

[UTUSN]

26. 4 different links: "It's our House, we can do what we WANT, we can VOTE how we WANT! Shut it down!1

It’s the Miley CYRUS & crew smacking down BOEHNER, BACHMANN, et al. (I don’t know which link works best. The YouTube seems to be speeded up.)

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/we-did-stop/n41624

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/snl-does-hilarious-miley-cyrus-parody-we-did-stop-the-government/

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/

[CoffeeCat]

2. It was hysterical!!!

And we all know that John Bohner is probably one hundred times freakier in person.

[MiniMe]

3. "It's our party and we can do what we want to"

[Cha]

4. Great Reality TV! thank you, itsrobert

[SaveAmerica]

5. It was amazing! La di di da dee, Republican Party

Boehner was way too real though, grossed me out

[Paulie]

21. It wasn't real at all!

No Cases of Merlot were emptied during the making of that video.

[BluegrassStateBlues]

6. I have laughed so hard

that I am now wheezing.

Heisenhower 2016!

[global1]

7. SNL Clearly Put The Blame On Repugs For The Shutdown In This Bit....

I don't know what the demographics are of people watching SNL but I'm sure they got that message.

[KathieG]

8. It was hilarious!

[Chipper Chat]

9. Weekend Update just skewered the GOP,

Boner, and Cruz:
SETH MYERS: "While we were worried about Iran and Syria a CANADIAN just shut down the American government!"

[SaveAmerica]

11. Who was the spitting stuttering guy during Update supposed to be?

[Greybnk48]

20. That was perfect! n/t

[Tx4obama]

10. SNL parody skit with Boehner Bachmann link below

Here: http://election.democraticunderground.com/1017150000

[a2liberal]

12. Thanks for the link! (n/t)

[wordpix]

29. thanks, the only thing missing from the skit was

Boner drinking and smoking heavily.

[Snake Plissken]

14. They should of had Miley Cyrus play Rand Paul

He is the Miley Cyrus of the Senate after all

[NBachers]

15. Best thing I've seen since "The Ronnie Horror Picture Show"

In 1980, the late night comedy show Fridays had a skit called "The Ronnie Horror Picture Show," spoofing the election of President Ronald Reagan. The parts were cast to show members of the administration and songs were rewritten using the same melodies, but parody lyrics, describing the Republican "takeover" of the country.

It's subversive comedy genius. Make sure you watch Part 2, with Reagan as the Transsexual Transvestite. The well-dressed host is Vice President George Bush.

Part 1:

Part 2:

[LuvNewcastle]

17. Thanks for posting that.

I used to watch Fridays when I was a kid, but I'd forgotten all about the show. I didn't even remember Larry David and Michael Richards were on there; it's been so long ago. Great skit!

[SunSeeker]

16. The Boehner character stole the skit. Too funny. nt

[Gravitycollapse]

18. The best part was President Obama looking in through the window...

"What the utter fuck is this?"

[DesertRat]

22. That was great! nt

[msanthrope]

23. I laughed 'til I had to go pee....that was damn funny. nt

[jsr]

24. Great skit

[Gidney N Cloyd]

25. I didn't get this at all until I found out this apparently was a parody of a real Miley Cyrus video.

Hope that factoid helps the other over-50 DUers.

[magical thyme]

28. OMFG that is hysterical!!!!! good on Cyrus...I had to watch it twice

I was laughing too hard the 1st time to read the backwards t-shirt that says "dope." She couldn't quite get the eyes in the beginning, but that was a great effort and I don't think many people could make their eyes do what Bachman does. The blank -- DUH -- look on Boehner was too perfect!

The guy nailed Boehner, although it wouldn't have hurt to make him a little oranger.

Obama peeking in horror through the curtains had me

In fact, the whole thing!