'SNL': Ann Romney rips GOP naysayers

By Hal Boedeker, Staff writer
8:16 a.m. EST, September 23, 2012

"Saturday Night Live" this weekend ripped Mitt Romney on his taxes and his 47 percent comment. But the NBC show also defended the Republican presidential candidate by letting his wife, Ann (Kate McKinnon), blast GOP naysayers on "Weekend Update."

"Do you really think this would be going better if you'd nominated someone else? Who? Rick Santorum?," "SNL" had Mrs. Romney saying. "Do you think you missed the boat with Newt Gingrich? If you think I'm unrelatable, check out Callista Gingrich. She's like a character from 'Mars Attacks.' "

The "SNL" Ann Romney blasted Ron Paul as "a lunatic who doesn't understand how voting works." She said Rick Perry's name three times, and Perry (Bill Hader) showed up from under the desk. "If this race was so winnable, how come Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio decided not to run?" the candidate's wife asked.?

"SNL" took more swipes at Romney than Barack Obama. Blame bias if you like, but Romney had given the writers a lot of material in the last week. "Weekend Update" anchor Seth Meyers ridiculed Mitt Romney for paying a 14 percent tax rate -- "just a little less than restaurants add on for a party of six or more." How did Romney pay such a low rate? "He claimed 47 percent of Americans as dependents," Meyers said.

Meyers also weighed in on speculation that Romney applied a self-tanner before appearing on Spanish-language TV. "Speculation? He looks like my dad's recliner," Meyers said.

As for Obama, Meyers offered advice during the segment "What Are You Doing?" Meyers wondered why Obama said he couldn't change Washington from the inside.

"Why are you saying anything during this Romney tailspin?" Meyers asked. "Don't do anything to take the focus off the Romney follies. Their campaign is getting crazier than the last season of 'Lost.' "

The political jabs will draw most of the attention in the so-so show. Host Joseph Gordon-Levitt opened by tearing off his clothes and dancing a salute to the movie "Magic Mike." He also played a nightclub hypnotist and the son of the Dos Equis pitchman, "the most interesting man in the world." In the zaniest bit, Gordon-Levitt was a girl whose parents sang her introduction to a date.

Jay Pharoah has emerged as the show's most valuable player after two episodes this season. He is the new Obama, although he didn't play the president this weekend. Rather, Pharoah was a very giddy Michael Strahan, who couldn't believe it was work to host with Kelly Ripa. Pharoah was sports analyst Stephen A. Smith, who repeatedly blasted Tim Tebow. "My hairline isn't receding. It's just trying to get away from my mouth," Smith said.

"SNL" tried for some balance in the Romney and Obama jokes. But the show served a withering commercial about a tampon designed by the GOP.

Coming soon: Daniel Craig will host the Oct. 6 show, which can spoof the first presidential debate.

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Source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/os-saturday-night-live-ann-romney-20120923,0,5481004.story?track=rss

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