Blago in custody!

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Anyone else see this? hock: No video on site for the opening yet, but here's the hair jab video.

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Gov, wife fodder for 'Saturday Night Live'

December 14, 2008

Rod Blagojevich found himself the lead parody on ''Saturday Night Live'' -- with a profanity-laced skit portraying him before the U.S. Senate trying to extort a personal "bailout."

The Blagojevich character offered to appoint a candidate approved by the Legislature if the U.S. Senate gave him a lump sum and paid off his credit cards.

When the Senate committee actors balked, he threatened to appoint himself. He later became angry at the "paltry" salary of senators, offering to accept instead an ambassadorship to Turkey as long as it was a "no-show" position; and offering for sale the wedding ring of Abraham Lincoln.

Patti Blagojevich wasn't spared, her character storming in with expletives to demand her husband get her a seat on NASA's board. "You promised!" she blared.



'Saturday Night Live' takes aim at Blagojevich

Snl_blago Late night comics have been taking aim at Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich all week (just a few of the zingers are here), so it was no surprise that over the weekend, “Saturday Night Live” opened with a skit about the embattled politician.

As you might expect, the first word out of the mouth of the governor, who was played by Jason Sudeikis, was a profanity (one that was bleeped out by censors). Many profanities followed, and the rest of the skit, which had Blagojevich being grilled by Congress and defending a “bailout plan” meant to enrich him, was mostly predictable. The opener was mildly amusing but not nearly on a par with the show's slam-dunk skits focusing on another governor, Sarah Palin.

Part of the problem was that, as played by Sudeikis, Blagojevich’s accent sounded more Long Island than Midwestern. As he attempted to shake down Congress for money, an ambassadorship, a NASA job for his wife (who was played by Kristen Wiig) or a new leather jacket, the Blagojevich in the skit sounded like a third-string Mafia guy on “The Sopranos.”

Much more successful were the jibes taken at Blagojevich during the “Weekend Update” segment. As Seth Meyers noted during that segment, even other Illinois politicians thought Blagojevich should step down.

“When Illinois politicians think you’re too corrupt, you’re too corrupt,” Meyers said. “That’s like Amy Winehouse telling you to go to rehab.”

The “Weekend Update” duo of Meyers and Amy Poehler couldn’t resist several pointed jokes about the governor’s hair, which were among the highlights of an otherwise rather weak episode, which was hosted by Hugh Laurie.

“It looks like you’re wearing a toupee that’s wearing a toupee,” commented Poehler, who later added, “The first time I saw you, I thought you were walking away.”

“Is that really your hair or did you grow out your eyebrows and comb them up?” Meyers wondered.