SNL Spoofs Al Sharpton

Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson last night portrayed Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader-turned-MSNBC talk host, as he fumbled his way through a broadcast about the Secret Service lapses, among other issues, Mediaite reports.When asked what’s going on with the Secret Service, he said, β€œIt’s a secret.” Thompson joked that the White House intruder was…

Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson last night portrayed Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader-turned-MSNBC talk host, as he fumbled his way through a broadcast about the Secret Service lapses, among other issues, Mediaite reports.

When asked what’s going on with the Secret Service, he said, β€œIt’s a secret.” Thompson joked that the White House intruder was actually able to get all the way to the Lincoln Bedroom and had time to order a sandwich and start watching the Obama family’s personal copy of Lee Daniels’ The Butler,Β and wasn’t apprehended for an hour, the site says.

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Further, he read β€œPBS” as β€œPubis” while attempting to explain statistics on America’s gun culture, β€œand promised to do everything he can to protect President Obamaβ€”that is, every weeknight from 6 to 7 p.m.,” the report says.

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