Obama Makes Surprise Cameo Appearance on Saturday Night Live [VIDEO]

Posted by Adam Howard, AlterNet at 8:35 PM on November 3, 2007.

In the opening sketch of the Brian Williams-hosted episode, Obama pops up playing himself and spars with Hillary Clinton as played by Amy Poehler.

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Amy Poehler has really nailed Hillary Clinton's over confidence with her impression. She also does a hilarious take on Clinton's guffaw. She starred in the sketch which opened this week's Saturday Night Live. It takes place at a Democratic Halloween Party hosted by The Clinton. In the sketch, the SNL cast portrayed all the '08 candidates in impressions that were both hilarious (I liked the Dodd-Biden joke about them canceling each other out) and mean (the Gravel as crazy bit was a little overdone). I watched wondering if the cast's lone African American, Keenan Thompson, would play Obama. As I was pondering how he would be portrayed, out came a man in a Barack Obama mask and it turned out to be Obama himself. Check out the video to your right for more.

Tagged as: obama, saturday night live, brian williams, election08, democrats

Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.