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SNL Suffers From Pre-Thanksgiving Break Blues [Snl]
Posted on November 23, 2008

Politics took a backseat on last night's Saturday Night Live. After opening with a less than hilarious satire of the congressional hearing with Detroit automakers, the show tried to squeeze jokes out of country singer and host Tim McGraw saying slightly unexpected things for an hour. Even the most promising concept of the week Andy Samberg as White House chief of staff-to-be Rahm Emanuel was left on the cutting room floor, although NBC did offer it up as a web-only clip. Is it a laugh riot? Well, it wasn't on the show for a reason, but at least SNL writers have found one Obama administ...
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