impression-related stories
Posted Nov 3rd 2008 1:03PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Video, Reality-Free

If you watched
Saturday Night Live this past week (or caught up with the show online), you know that they finally decided to skewer
Keith Olbermann and the self-important tone he uses... well, just about everywhere. One major problem: the impression, by guest host
Ben Affleck, stunk on ice. In the far-too-long sketch, Affleck spent the entire time trying to get a hold on how Olbermann sounds, alternately making the
Countdown host sound like a British lord of the manor and a man with clogged sinuses. It didn't help that the sketch was all over the place, mocking the entire
Countdown show rather than one particular segment, Olbermann's oh-so-mockable Special Comments.
But one comedian,
Michael Terry, completely nails the Olbermann impression in the video after the jump. In it, he doesn't attempt to ape the entire show; he just makes a Special Comment complaining about how he got cheated on his Subway sandwich. "Double meat, sir, as any Ritalin-addled eight-year old will tell you, means twice the amount of meat." It's hilarious, and it puts Affleck's impression to shame.
Continue reading Guy in his kitchen does a better Olbermann than Ben Affleck - VIDEO
Posted Nov 24th 2007 10:19AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Celebrities, Ratings, Performances
Following the strong ratings figures for Tyler Perry's House of Payne, which received that order for 10,000 episodes right off the bat, give or take 9,000, and the solid premiere of The Bill Engvall Show, TBS struck comedy gold again with Frank Caliendo's Frank TV. The late-night sketch/impression show scored an impressive 2.9 million viewers, according to Variety, with a not-surprising-at-all 64% of those in the coveted 18-49 demographic.
Caliendo, whose impressions include George W. Bush, the entire main cast of Seinfeld, Robin Williams and his signature John Madden, plays virtually every character on the show. His Bush is so dead-on, if the strike continues, he can just stand their and make Bush's classic expressions for thirty minutes. His half-smiles, smirks and squinchy eyebrows are enough to bring audiences to tears.
Continue reading Frank TV impresses 2.9 million