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...there's one thing this country needs - other than a cosmic bailout - it's a decent Obama impersonator. Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen, a 42-year-old comedian of white and Asian heritage, just doesn't cut it, at least according to the President-elect, who said of Armisen during the presidential campaign, "Compared to Tina Fey and what she's doing with Governor Palin, my imitator isn't doing as great...
...course, when it comes to race - especially mixed heritage - the line between funny and offensive can be difficult to maneuver. Following Armisen's Obama debut in February, Chicago Tribune writer Maureen Ryan wrote, "Call me crazy, but shouldn't Saturday Night Live's fictional Senator Barack Obama be played by an African American...
Despite rumors to the contrary, the folks at Saturday Night Live say the topic is effectively closed for discussion. Armisen's Obama is here to stay...
...this point, the rest of the prep work had been taken care of: they’d arranged the music, written the storyline, and constructed the props. One crucial detail remained—the drill routine. The only person who knew it by Saturday morning was Max S. Mishkin ’09, the Band’s drill master. It was up to him to make sure that by the end of rehearsal, everyone would be ready for the show. This routine would be Mishkin’s last for the Band. In fact...
Harvard wasn’t lacking offensive firepower in Saturday night’s gamed—it outshot the Sioux 36 to 26—nor was the team spending too much time in the penalty box (North Dakota committed nine penalties to the Crimson’s four). From what I could see, Harvard was simply unable to hold...