SNL Has A New Obama Impersonator — And He’s Terrific

As a longtime Saturday Night Live viewer — I can remember the days, sonny, when it was really funny — some of my favorite skits have always been the political impersonations.  Some of the mimicking, indeed, has had significant geopolitical impact:  Polls showed that the American public thought that Al Gore “won” the first 2000 debate with George W. Bush, but public opinion shifted after Darryl Hammond’s devastating reenactment of Gore’s sighing and lock-boxing.  And there’s no doubt that Tina Fey helped shape the current image of her doppleganger, Sarah Palin.

I’ve never been the biggest Fred Armisten fan — how could he break up with Peggy from Mad Men?!?! — so I was thrilled to here that up-and-coming Jay Pharoah would be taking up the future Barack Obama duties.

Then I saw the following clip.  Brilliant.  If they could only find someone better than Jason Sudekis to do Mitt Romney, we might have a terrific comedy fall in store: