Zing! “Saturday Night Live” took on President Obama last night.
You know It's bad when even #SNL calls bullshit on Obama.
— Bob Carlin (@BobCarlin1) March 3, 2013
Bad or oh-so-good? Twitter users were loving it.
I already like this SNL because they started by making fun of Obama
— Jamison (@jamison719) March 3, 2013
Just turned on #SNL and theyre off to a great start with this #Obama sequester skit.
— Michael Hirn (@mhirn3) March 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/chadhohner/status/308072829193158656
https://twitter.com/BrittanyUSC2011/status/308092064443289601
OMG! This opening sketch on SNL is hilarious! Jay Pharoh as Barak Obama is amazing. Using YMCA to talk about the Sequester sooo goood!
— Michael Valente (@ValenteVO) March 3, 2013
That sequester bit by JP as Obama was too hilarious. #SNL
— Henry ??+✊?+?️? (@ohlaboday) March 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/UpTheRiverJBPD3/status/308081020786335747
Obama #SNL #Ymca budget cut opening: too great for words.
— Susan Houser (@sfhouser) March 3, 2013
Mediaite has a video clip; Watch and giggle madly.
Awesome. SNL's Obama Admits He Has 'No Idea How Money Works,' Tries To Explain Cuts Anyway (VIDEO) http://t.co/f8L0Otb0I7 via @mediaite
— Cornelia Lynn (@clsf1606) March 3, 2013
More from Mediaite:
Saturday Night Live opened tonight’s episode taking on the big sequestration fight in Congress, with Jay Pharaoh as President Obama admitting to the American people that “I really have no idea how money works or how budgets work,” but did his best to explain to the American people the real-world effects of the budget cuts.
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Of course, Obama helped put all this into perspective by saying we’ll forget this in a month because we’ll have an even worse crisis to deal with.
Heh. Forward!
Twitter users point out their favorites lines and continue to giggle madly.
Pharoah's Obama on #SNL: "Since I don't know how the budget or money work, I'll talk about this crisis in human terms…"#soundsaboutright
— Drew Ludlow (@drewludlow) March 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/DlSCORD/status/308071917443764224
SNL just did a great skit on POTUS. "I have no idea how money works, or budgets, so I can't explain how sequester works."
— Bryan Grimes (@brg247) March 3, 2013
#SNL opens w/actor Obama stating he has no idea how money works. Michelle will only be allowed 4 TV appearances/wk instead of usual 75. #LOL
— BRodFlightCrew (@brodflightcrew) March 3, 2013
#snl spot on Obama has no knowledge on how money economy works while both king and queen care more about rubbing Hollywood shoulders #POTUS
— G P (@GP237) March 3, 2013
SNL was actually funny!!! #SequesterApocalypse: Obama Admits He Has ‘No Idea How Money Works,’ http://t.co/tFIzXHP3OU
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) March 3, 2013
Hysterical. Sometimes SNL nails it! Obama on the sequester… http://t.co/KzDgnPyTmv
— Shannon Joy (@ShannonJoyRadio) March 3, 2013
Not everyone found it so hysterical, of course. The truth hurts. Waah!
https://twitter.com/OpressedProgess/status/308081007809146880
#SNL wasn't funny at all tonight. The racial jokes made me uncomfortable. The fake Obama is horrible, I rather a white guy in blk face.
— Ebony (@EbonyApplePy) March 3, 2013
Sigh. Raaaaacist! Pitiful whining aside, the skit was a win on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/EricWolkstein/status/308128880525447168
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