For the folks at home, Al Gore was the Vice President under Bill Clinton who'd later run for President and lose in the raucous 2000 election. He was married to Tipper Gore, and the two met at their High School prom. Later he attended Harvard, where he actually befriended future Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones.
Yes. Its much better than the ones today. Both sides being made fun of equally. It was about making fun of everything. Not trying to send a political message.
@@meltedmarshdaddy then the 2 candidates should have equal potential for comedy. Anyone with common sense can realize trump is way easier to satirize than Biden.
Quote from Wikipedia: "Gore's campaign staff made him watch Hammond's impression so he could understand why he had left a negative impression with viewers." Goddamn, that is amazing.
"More seldom than not, the movies gives us exquisite sex and wholesome violence, that underscores our values. Every two child did. I will." - George W. Bush. This beautiful quote brought a tear to my eye.
It's even crazier when you look into the psychiatric state he was in during this time. If I'm not mistaken he had a panic attack and cut himself (self-harm) badly on his forearm before doing this sketch.
That erea Will Ferrell was really not one of the break out stars as much as people think he was. I concede Ferrell's W impressions were enarly spot on but Hammond and Meadows and Silverman and Morgan ran circles around Ferrell.
Politically speaking, Bush had a major impact on Texas and is still very popular there. His nephew, George P. Bush, is now the elected Land Commissioner in the state.
This sketch was moronic and lame. It wasn't creative or funny in the least. It was about as bad a sketch as there could be- exactly the opposite of genius
@@nonenone5976 It was actually great, they just amplified the drawbacks of the candidates, without over the top caricature like Alec Baldwin's Trump impersonation.
Oh dear god I cant breathe. When Gore was talking about Eda's various ailments and accidents and medical malpractice. I seriously couldn't breathe. This is so fricken funny.
To me, the funniest part was that with all those things wrong with her, she was still out in the ocean (apparently), because she got attacked by a shark.
This is by far one of my favorite SNL skits. The whole "lock box" bit, and "strategery": political comedy at it's finest. Hammond was PHENOMENAL at impersonating Clinton, and then managed to pull off a great Gore. I think Ferrell delivered Bush without realizing he would have to maintain the character past the primaries and into a double term presidency... elevating him into "Hammond/Clinton" status. To this day, I'll use "strategery" to either enhance or lighten the mood of a political conversation, a topic I usually try to avoid. Those old enough to remember this bit totally lose their shit 😂 Those too young may not understand the significance , but they do understand the humor. Not sure if he was involved with writing this skit, but Will delivered it perfectly! A great reflection of that year's electoral options and the people's struggle to choose a competent leader. Thankful for the existence of RUclips. Though I'll never forget this bit, I'm grateful to watch it again nearly 20 years later.
God, this was an epic impersonation from Hammond that deserves to be remembered and as frequently revisited as will Ferrell's, Tina fey's, or any of the other elite impressions! To add to that the knowledge of what Hammond was going through at the time (and more specifically, literally minutes before this very sketch) and it's just incredibly remarkable.
Darrell Hammond's performance as Al Gore is all the more remarkable when you know the following: "Hammond says that he was medicated throughout his tenure on Saturday Night Live, and that he cut himself backstage and was once taken from the studio to a psychiatric ward. The incident helped him come to terms with...the post-traumatic stress disorder lingering from his abusive childhood. Just prior to his 2000 appearance as Al Gore in a sketch parodying that year's first presidential debate, he had a panic attack over not remembering his lines. After cutting himself up the length of the arm and putting a gauze pad over it, he felt better and gave a performance so effective that Gore's campaign staff made him watch it to understand why he had aroused negative reactions in some viewers."
The fact that he still went on stage and preformed despite being in so much emotional pain... I’m glad he did this sketch but I also wish he got help as soon as possible :(
In his book, Darrell describes having a panic attack and self harming right before this performance because he couldn’t remember his lines or how to do the impression. And then he does amazingly, it’s incredible.
@@BrianSmith-yq7ys I think it was supposed to mean that the kids would be enjoying the exquisite sex and wholesome violence mentioned in the previous sentence, and that Bush would help to make it happen! 😉
So bizarre -- this skit used to be considered funny because it was kind of off the wall. Now the REAL debates are silly yelling matches that are far more off the wall than any SNL skit.
5:38 "First of all, i think, that any instability in that first country, you mentioned, is troubleing. And,clearly, the second guy, you spoke of, beat the first guy"...
This is easily one of my favorite snl skits of all time the portrayals of them is perfect and the part where they show gore is talking and they pan over to push and he is looking at the wall and ceiling is comedy gold
This was such a good, painfully accurate satire at the time. And if I remember right, the insane G W Bush quote was literally real, he mispoke from the script of his speech. Edit: I take it back! It wasn't "strategery" he really said, it was "misunderestimate."
@@HardRockMaster7577 Biden is a famous gaff machine. The problem with criticizing him is that ANYthing you can criticize him for, you can redirect at Trump, and often it's far worse. I mean, should we even review the things Trump has garbled in speeches?
" more seldom than not, the movies gives us exquisite sex and wholesome violence, that underscores our values. Every two child did. I will." I can't stop laughing at this
"I belive some of his figgers may be in-AH-cuh-ret..." lol, I know Ferrell isn't really an impressionist, but he handled Bush's mannerisms and confounded facial expressions flawlessly
This makes me rather nostalgic for simpler times, when all we had to be concerned about was electing a mediocre or somewhat bad president, and not fear the burning down of our democracy altogether.
Nope, no: this was the moment when things really got screwed. The Supreme Court really did ruin democracy by stepping in and preventing votes from being counted, effectively handing the presidency to Bush.
Objectively speaking the body count of Cheney / Bush is still much higher. 190,000 corona deaths nonwithstanding. And also that of Obama (even though the deaths from his admin are more in other countries (Yemen, Syria, Libya). Bush, apart from the wars he started. The fallout from the Great Financial Crisis. Under Obama: big auto and the banksters were saved and the voters were thrown under the bus. 5,5 milion homes forclosed. The opiode crisis must have started under Bush (I am making an assumption), and needless to say the Obama admin also could not be bothered to step on the toes of big pharma in order to protect the public. Many people overdose, many people get caught up in addiction, families ripped apart, children in foster care. the violence that accompagnies drug dealing. people lose their sense of morality if they are seriously addicted. They can become good citizens again if they get and stay sober - but under the wrong circumstances they might kill or harm someone while crazy on drugs, a burglary gone wrong and the shoot someone while being stressed out, etc. Or they steal from close family and friends. (money from a beloved sister, the wedding ring the mother inherited from the grandmother, etc.) Addiction has a massive societal fallout. Unless a nation goes the path of Portugal. Needless to say Obama the neoliberal took did not use his platform to there is a big societal collateral damage from these drugs. Insuline costs 10 times more in the U.S. like the same product in Canada. if you are responsible for the healthcare of a nation - the wellbeing but also what it costs, it is not so much about the spectacular surgery. It is the normal, generic things that must function. How you handle prevention, diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, and that people go the the doctor early (often that helps to minimize harm or allows for a full recovery). Untreated or poorly managed diabetes (rationing insanely expenisve insuline) is a disaster - in everyrespect. And it will result in high costs later, but that spending will not even get you good outcomes for the patients. The insurers and big pharma do not care about the misery or the high costs later - it does not harm _them._ Under Bush the law was introduced (or it was consolidated) that no government agency can negotiate drug prices. Only VA can (and they brought prices down by 40 %). The private insurers are not interested in the battle of giants, they just pass on the too high costs. It is not like the consumers could abstain from buying. Necessary treatments / drugs are not like consumer products, no one can stop buying if they think it is a rip off. Under Obama Big Pharma got more perks (ACA was a very industry friendly "reform", the government just props up the dysfunction with a lot of money. drug companies got patent extensions !). and then again under Trump (testing for drugs was already fast, and they are now allowed to progress even faster. Plus of course the tax cuts for big biz). 30,000 people die from lack of healthcare coverage every year (Harvard study in Obama era, with ACA). A more recent study puts the death toll more in the range of 60,000. That is 300,000 - 600,000 people in 10 years, and unlike corona virus it will not stop at some point. Democrats ALSO gladly accept that collateral damage resulting from their service for the big donors. Never mind Republicans.
Anytime I need a laugh I watch this. I show it every semester to my students and have probably watched it 50 times. Still laugh EVERY time.... “in MY plan, Jiiiiim...”
Chadster357 if you think Bush is actually stupid you're insane. He graduated top his class at Yale and Harvard Business, and is well spoken on immigration law and policy. His public speaking is just hilarious... almost to the point that it could be a show lol
Will Nickell LMAO!!! "Top of his class at Yale?!?!" He was a C student who graduated with a 2.35 average. Look it up! You're actually under the impression that W. Bush is an intellectual?
I remember in high school my government teacher said we're going to watch this as a learning experience and he let us watch this episode of SNL I love this one
The debate was unbelievable, but this was beyond comprehension - they nailed every single aspect perfectly for both sides. I cannot express how incredible this was to watch live. I have laughed uncontrollably at this train wreck for 22 years. It's a shame we never got to see what Mr. Lockbox would've done.
Oh man, I was a sophomore in college when these were on. I remember incorporating them into a paper I wrote for one of my government classes. Hilarious and now nostalgic.
This is way way late, but Gore's Lockbox plan for the budget surplus (I can't believe we had one of those) for social security and medicare was a GOOD plan. Too bad the election didn't go the right way.
As much as this is silly comedy, they captured the essence of both candidates perfectly: George Bush Jr. the buffoon who's pleased with himself to get even once sentence out, and Al Gore the pedant who's too obsessed with articulating his favorite parts of his policy that he doesn't realize he's losing.
From Darrell Hammond's wiki: "Just prior to his 2000 appearance as Al Gore in a sketch parodying that year's first presidential debate, he had a panic attack over not remembering his lines. After cutting himself up the length of the arm and putting a gauze pad over it, he felt better and gave a performance so effective that Gore's campaign staff made him watch it to understand why he had aroused negative reactions in some viewers."
Dark Tales Production when 9/11 happened he got the highest approval numbers ever until President Obama. People liked President Bush’s “were gonna get em” speech. His numbers went down around 2006 to the lowest ever for any President, beating his father who had the lowest numbers previously.
Jerry Smith He didn’t, but his lowest was only off Nixon’s by 1 (25% approval to Nixon’s 24%). The rating officially only goes back to FDR, but Truman has the official all time lowest at 22%.
@Lorgar I think it had to do with Bush appearing calm and collected in the face of the attacks and the national anxiety that persisted afterwards. Whether that was because he is a strong leader who stays calm in a crisis, or because he was a dopey moron who didn't really understand what was happening, I can't really say. But he did give people a sense that "everything's going to be OK" in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, and he gained a huge amount of popularity from that. Probably because we didn't know at the time that if his administration had taken Richard Clarke (head of the National Security Council) seriously for even 5 minutes, the attacks might have been prevented. They saw him as a Clinton Appointee and just sidelined him for 8 months as he was running around Washington with reports of suspected Saudi terrorists attending flight schools in the US.
@@geovannyacosta5992 SNL makes fun of Trump the exact same amount as they did Bush, and Clinton, and Reagan, and Carter, and Ford. Conservatives today just seem to have a way thinner skin than they did 20-30 years ago (then again, given who's their role model, it figures).
@@MrConstantine02 If you watched the SNL presidential debate from this year you would know that's not true. I like Bush and I find this funny. There's nothing funny about Alec Baldwin's impression of Trump; just hate. I do agree that Darrel Hammond was actually pretty funny as Trump tho.
@@nickdimariamusic I disagree. Constantine is right. They have been skewering presidents for decades. The problem now is that Republicans have picked a truly immoral, hateful guy as their leader, so the impressions come off crueler because the president is cruel. And I suspect you or a conservative will come back with "Oh, it's bias" and whatever else. But I'm sorry, I don't see how any sane person can deny Trump's viciousness. You can support his policies or not, but as far as personality goes, he's about as bad as they come. The point of an impression is to highlight and exaggerate someone's most salient qualities. In Trump, that's his viciousness, incoherence, and egotism. If it were Romney, McCain, Cruz, or Rubio, it would feel totally different. Republicans can't keep crying bias and conspiracy when reality is staring them cold in the face. He's a bad guy. So the impressions reflect that.
@@kevinconnor6035 I’m fine with making fun of trump. He’s an easy target. So is Biden. And “trump is terrible” doesn’t negate Biden’s terribleness. He’s a huge joke too. Let’s make fun of both! I think that’s pretty fair.
The fact that Al Gore’s own campaign staff made him watch this to show him what NOT to do is priceless.
Ima just take this RUclips comment as fact.
For the folks at home, Al Gore was the Vice President under Bill Clinton who'd later run for President and lose in the raucous 2000 election. He was married to Tipper Gore, and the two met at their High School prom. Later he attended Harvard, where he actually befriended future Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones.
Not priceless enough. Apparently.
@@NitroGummyBear How about you read and learn, little man?
@@fshoaps projection.
This is still a gold standard for presidential debate cold opens.
Yes. Its much better than the ones today.
Both sides being made fun of equally. It was about making fun of everything. Not trying to send a political message.
@@meltedmarshdaddy then the 2 candidates should have equal potential for comedy. Anyone with common sense can realize trump is way easier to satirize than Biden.
Uhhhhhh.......
@@heywoodjablome7535 Idk about that dude called his sister his wife.
@@4realjacob637 That’s not what he said
Quote from Wikipedia:
"Gore's campaign staff made him watch Hammond's impression so he could understand why he had left a negative impression with viewers."
Goddamn, that is amazing.
Cam x Cam I wouldn’t believe everything on Wikipedia unless Gore or a staffer said it themselves.
Dont say goddamn
HealthyAndrew God fucking damn it, you’re right.
@@HealthyAndrew shut up
HealthyAndrew preach, goddamnit
Will Farrell's confused GWB face is pure gold. 😂😂
That was Will Farrell? I thought W was guest hosting that day.
Ikr! He has a look of genuine "this is hurting my brain" on his face.
Al Gore stop on, forget how he went in and on. This is so funny
"More seldom than not, the movies gives us exquisite sex and wholesome violence, that underscores our values. Every two child did. I will." - George W. Bush. This beautiful quote brought a tear to my eye.
Its my favorite quote. Think Bush has the same problem I do, where my brain scrambles words making weird sentences.
OMG I laughed so hard!
He really said that huh? HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!
@@TheBee87bee no, he didn't. but it's fun to think that he did.
@@TheBee87bee
Sure did, far as I can tell. No idea what he meant by it.
To this day I still use "strategery" in casual conversations
Me too
Same
thats a good strategery to make friends!
What is the meaning? I want to use it too! It should be added to dictionary.
Guilty.
Ferrell is always remembered for his Bush impersonation, but goddammit Hammond fucking killed his Gore. This is so great hahahaha.
Mike Oley Darrell almond does a great Clinton.
It's even crazier when you look into the psychiatric state he was in during this time. If I'm not mistaken he had a panic attack and cut himself (self-harm) badly on his forearm before doing this sketch.
haha
That erea Will Ferrell was really not one of the break out stars as much as people think he was. I concede Ferrell's W impressions were enarly spot on but Hammond and Meadows and Silverman and Morgan ran circles around Ferrell.
He never misses
17 years later and I still want that lockbox
He talked it up so...many times...we all want one!
too late now for lockbox
Too bad... all we got was strategery instead...
I wish we could go back to that time.
Bahahahahaaaaa
I never thought this would make me nostalgic but here we are.
Ahhh, the look of Will Ferrell's Bush as he's asked a question about Serbian politics is just so priceless, has me cracking up every time
I forgot that Bush often looked like he was in pain. But he dodged those shoes like a boss.
You've seen will ferell's bush?!
@@user-bl1gg2br5m He has the same look that the real Bush did on 9/11.
@@joeschmo6882 we all have :(
Exactly! I can't find a gif of just that. :/
Darrell Hammond is the most underrated cast member ever on SNL
MikeAgs121 agreed!!
And they screwed him out of doing Trump for the more divisive piece of shit Alec Baldwin
MikeAgs121 shame they ousted him for saying something positive about Trump.
Robby1424 ok I liked his Trump way better than Alec Baldwin’s.
What about Norm Macdonald? Ppl remember him for update, but he was gold on impressions as well.
I thought RUclips was making my device lag. Nope, it was just Al Gore speaking.
Lol, I'm dead. I love you man!! Lmfao
Really palmieres, because I thought it was Bush Jr thinking. xD xD
You probably need to update the app...and take the previous version of the app and put it away....away in a tiny lockbox.
super man superredCyyton (Kryton cape..lol
"Jim, I'd like to interrupt here, and answer that question as if it were my turn to speak." 6:54.
I died there! 😂😂😂
Todd Biesel - Legendary
Thank you!!!
Ha
Trump’s MO in the last presidential debate (smh)
This sketch still kills 20 years later
Takes a lot to outperform Ferrell but Hammond is low-key perfect here. Hilarious
6:55 "Jim, I'd like to interrupt here and answer that question as if it were my turn to speak."
Genius. One of the best sketches ever.
@@sluggishnu the best part is Al Gore kept doing that during the debate.
This was before everything had to be political, biased, and further the good of society. It was allowed to just be funny.
Apparently Darrell Hammond did so good in this sketch that Gore's debate prep team showed the video so he'd know what to change for the second debate
Source?
@@_somerandomguyontheinternet_ I made it up
Don't ever misunderestimate Bush
Politically speaking, Bush had a major impact on Texas and is still very popular there. His nephew, George P. Bush, is now the elected Land Commissioner in the state.
@Holland Oates - LOL. That guy ^ up there didn't get your joke! :)
Cody Polar : I wood never misunderestimate a Bush.
Holland Oates... great name! Lol
That's unpossible.
Legend has it Edna's still kicking around in Tennessee.
No matter how many times I've watched this. It still holds up. So hilarious
That's a near-perfect Vice President Gore.
Him and that damn lockbox!!!!😁😄😂😭
Right.... This dude nails it.
Darrell Hammond is a genius. Whether it was Gore or Sean Connery in Celebrity Jeopardy... just so good. He really nailed everything he did.
His Bill Clinton was on point too
@@jasondicioccio880 phil hartmans was def funnier imo but hammonds was superior in that he got the mannerisms and inflection down pat
This sketch is utter genius.
This sketch was moronic and lame. It wasn't creative or funny in the least. It was about as bad a sketch as there could be- exactly the opposite of genius
None None there are different types comedy, it's not always crazy and in your face
Great Jim Lehrer, Gore and "W"! Unbeatable mimics.
embe1 moo
@@nonenone5976 It was actually great, they just amplified the drawbacks of the candidates, without over the top caricature like Alec Baldwin's Trump impersonation.
I feel the desire to buy one of those lock boxes
EA can help you with that.
Will Farrell George bush
If only you could find it.
Go into real estate,lol
If it'll shut him up about'em!😁😂
Damn shout out to whoever did Chris Parnells make up. Outstanding.
at first i thought the description got the actors mixed up lol
It's remarkable. Only his voice is recognizable.
“I believe some of his figures may be In-ah-cur-at” 8:42
I lose it every time Hammond hits that word: “staggering”
Oh dear god I cant breathe. When Gore was talking about Eda's various ailments and accidents and medical malpractice. I seriously couldn't breathe. This is so fricken funny.
STDrepository Check out Bob Ducca on Comedy Bang Bang for more hilarious illness-related humor. You're welcome.
I think I can express my agreement with you with one single word. Lockbox.
Eda's prescription drug bills are staggering
Lockbox
To me, the funniest part was that with all those things wrong with her, she was still out in the ocean (apparently), because she got attacked by a shark.
This is honestly better than the first Biden and Trump debate
This is better than anything SNL puts out these days.
Anything would be better than that "debate"
That was a debate between Trump and Chris Wallace
@@SM2099 Agreed!!
Bro the “ I didn’t mess with Texas” exchange is gold
the reaction look of the moderator after the strategery remark was hilarious
Mj Noor indeed
Right!!! The level of confidence he has had me DYING!!!
Give a time stamp next time. It's a 10 minute video. Lol.
In hindsight, that look was prophetic, perfectly encapsulating American reaction to decisions made by the Bush administration.
9:30
This is by far one of my favorite SNL skits. The whole "lock box" bit, and "strategery": political comedy at it's finest. Hammond was PHENOMENAL at impersonating Clinton, and then managed to pull off a great Gore. I think Ferrell delivered Bush without realizing he would have to maintain the character past the primaries and into a double term presidency... elevating him into "Hammond/Clinton" status. To this day, I'll use "strategery" to either enhance or lighten the mood of a political conversation, a topic I usually try to avoid. Those old enough to remember this bit totally lose their shit 😂 Those too young may not understand the significance , but they do understand the humor. Not sure if he was involved with writing this skit, but Will delivered it perfectly! A great reflection of that year's electoral options and the people's struggle to choose a competent leader. Thankful for the existence of RUclips. Though I'll never forget this bit, I'm grateful to watch it again nearly 20 years later.
LOCKBOX!
You must truly consider yourself a funny guy.
W himself got Mandela'd into believing he'd actually said "strategery" at some point. It was so glorious.
@@bbmtge this is a brilliant backhanded compliment lmao
this was a simpler time
Strategery
@@lockandloadlikehell lockbox
It really was
it still is you just grew up and realized how overwhelming the world can be
I really can’t wrap my head around how this is the same century as the one we’re living in
Oh how well I remember Gores obsession with the word lock box.
The sad thing is, even though this is SNL, it’s still a civilized debate, unlike what we witnessed recently
Wow almost 20 years later and still sounds like today's debates
Not the one tonight...
Aged like milk 🥛 😆
I disagree, this skit is better than today’s debates.
9:33 - The moment Will Ferrell's career began
9:45 - The moment Al Gore's career ended
Yup. Gore's campaign tried to get him to emphasize the lock box idea, but damn.... Al Gore took it way too far
God, this was an epic impersonation from Hammond that deserves to be remembered and as frequently revisited as will Ferrell's, Tina fey's, or any of the other elite impressions! To add to that the knowledge of what Hammond was going through at the time (and more specifically, literally minutes before this very sketch) and it's just incredibly remarkable.
What exactly?
Darrell Hammond's performance as Al Gore is all the more remarkable when you know the following:
"Hammond says that he was medicated throughout his tenure on Saturday Night Live, and that he cut himself backstage and was once taken from the studio to a psychiatric ward. The incident helped him come to terms with...the post-traumatic stress disorder lingering from his abusive childhood. Just prior to his 2000 appearance as Al Gore in a sketch parodying that year's first presidential debate, he had a panic attack over not remembering his lines. After cutting himself up the length of the arm and putting a gauze pad over it, he felt better and gave a performance so effective that Gore's campaign staff made him watch it to understand why he had aroused negative reactions in some viewers."
The fact that he still went on stage and preformed despite being in so much emotional pain... I’m glad he did this sketch but I also wish he got help as soon as possible :(
Jesus Christ!
In his book, Darrell describes having a panic attack and self harming right before this performance because he couldn’t remember his lines or how to do the impression. And then he does amazingly, it’s incredible.
SNL is all cue cards. No one has to memorize lines, especially since they can be changed up to minutes before air.
@@mapples007 now it is. It wasn't like that back in the day. When the actors had talent and it was actually funny
@@theomen7665 Saturday Night Live always has cure Cards. The actors at the time never needed them. But they were always on the show.
@@raheemhamilton8624 Cool fake story bro.
@@deiansalazar140 it's not fake it's real. SNL always have cue Cards on set.
All Darrell’s impressions were so spot on!! Sean Connery, Al Gore, Bill Clinton and Trump
Darrell Hammond's impression is spot on!
Lockbox
“Every two child did. I will.” 😆
Is that part supposed me something or is it just jibberish
@@BrianSmith-yq7ys I think it was supposed to mean that the kids would be enjoying the exquisite sex and wholesome violence mentioned in the previous sentence, and that Bush would help to make it happen! 😉
Darrell Hammond is the most underrated cast member ever on SNL
@@josephherbert6455 true
@@MrLandonweber LOL!!!!!
This has to be the best debate skit of all time
So bizarre -- this skit used to be considered funny because it was kind of off the wall. Now the REAL debates are silly yelling matches that are far more off the wall than any SNL skit.
"will you shut up man"
5:38 "First of all, i think, that any instability in that first country, you mentioned, is troubleing. And,clearly, the second guy, you spoke of, beat the first guy"...
Lochan D just reading that is so damn funny.
That still sounds more knowledgeable than when Trump talks about policy
I mean, he made an effort!
"Umm, but I'm not gonna pronounce any of their names tonight, because I don't believe that's in our national interest"
@@krombopulos_michael Because at least Bush kinda admits he knows nothing
Gore's story about the old woman... I'm in tears (with laughter)!
It reminds me of Mr. Burns' doctor's appointment in The Simpsons.
This is easily one of my favorite snl skits of all time the portrayals of them is perfect and the part where they show gore is talking and they pan over to push and he is looking at the wall and ceiling is comedy gold
This bit contributed to my misunderstanding of what a lock box actually is, for quite some time.
"Strategery" sums up failed US policy in Iraq the last 17 years.
This was such a good, painfully accurate satire at the time.
And if I remember right, the insane G W Bush quote was literally real, he mispoke from the script of his speech.
Edit: I take it back! It wasn't "strategery" he really said, it was "misunderestimate."
He did in fact, actually say it.
Nope, SNL writers came up with it. But Bush later thought it was something he might have said, so he started using it, in fun.
@@user-ll7fv6tu7k Are you sure you aren't thinking of strategery?
Also I can't find any evidence of him ever saying this online
They could do a whole night of Biden misquotes.... But, they won't.
@@HardRockMaster7577 Biden is a famous gaff machine. The problem with criticizing him is that ANYthing you can criticize him for, you can redirect at Trump, and often it's far worse.
I mean, should we even review the things Trump has garbled in speeches?
“Under his plan, her house would burn down” 😂
Ahhh the classic "strategery" skit
LOCKBOX
" more seldom than not, the movies gives us exquisite sex and wholesome violence, that underscores our values. Every two child did. I will." I can't stop laughing at this
It's like it was written by a chat bot hahahaha
PASS
Don't ever misunderestimate Bush
😂
"I belive some of his figgers may be in-AH-cuh-ret..." lol, I know Ferrell isn't really an impressionist, but he handled Bush's mannerisms and confounded facial expressions flawlessly
This makes me rather nostalgic for simpler times, when all we had to be concerned about was electing a mediocre or somewhat bad president, and not fear the burning down of our democracy altogether.
Nope, no: this was the moment when things really got screwed. The Supreme Court really did ruin democracy by stepping in and preventing votes from being counted, effectively handing the presidency to Bush.
After suffering through Hussein Obama, I agree.
Chandler White
Objectively speaking the body count of Cheney / Bush is still much higher. 190,000 corona deaths nonwithstanding. And also that of Obama (even though the deaths from his admin are more in other countries (Yemen, Syria, Libya).
Bush, apart from the wars he started.
The fallout from the Great Financial Crisis.
Under Obama: big auto and the banksters were saved and the voters were thrown under the bus. 5,5 milion homes forclosed.
The opiode crisis must have started under Bush (I am making an assumption), and needless to say the Obama admin also could not be bothered to step on the toes of big pharma in order to protect the public. Many people overdose, many people get caught up in addiction, families ripped apart, children in foster care. the violence that accompagnies drug dealing.
people lose their sense of morality if they are seriously addicted. They can become good citizens again if they get and stay sober - but under the wrong circumstances they might kill or harm someone while crazy on drugs, a burglary gone wrong and the shoot someone while being stressed out, etc. Or they steal from close family and friends.
(money from a beloved sister, the wedding ring the mother inherited from the grandmother, etc.)
Addiction has a massive societal fallout. Unless a nation goes the path of Portugal. Needless to say Obama the neoliberal took did not use his platform to
there is a big societal collateral damage from these drugs.
Insuline costs 10 times more in the U.S. like the same product in Canada. if you are responsible for the healthcare of a nation - the wellbeing but also what it costs, it is not so much about the spectacular surgery. It is the normal, generic things that must function. How you handle prevention, diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, and that people go the the doctor early (often that helps to minimize harm or allows for a full recovery).
Untreated or poorly managed diabetes (rationing insanely expenisve insuline) is a disaster - in everyrespect. And it will result in high costs later, but that spending will not even get you good outcomes for the patients. The insurers and big pharma do not care about the misery or the high costs later - it does not harm _them._
Under Bush the law was introduced (or it was consolidated) that no government agency can negotiate drug prices. Only VA can (and they brought prices down by 40 %). The private insurers are not interested in the battle of giants, they just pass on the too high costs. It is not like the consumers could abstain from buying. Necessary treatments / drugs are not like consumer products, no one can stop buying if they think it is a rip off.
Under Obama Big Pharma got more perks (ACA was a very industry friendly "reform", the government just props up the dysfunction with a lot of money. drug companies got patent extensions !). and then again under Trump (testing for drugs was already fast, and they are now allowed to progress even faster. Plus of course the tax cuts for big biz).
30,000 people die from lack of healthcare coverage every year (Harvard study in Obama era, with ACA). A more recent study puts the death toll more in the range of 60,000.
That is 300,000 - 600,000 people in 10 years, and unlike corona virus it will not stop at some point.
Democrats ALSO gladly accept that collateral damage resulting from their service for the big donors. Never mind Republicans.
@@chandlerwhite8302 Found the racist!
18years later and I’m still cracking up at “as you can imagine her prescription drug bills are _staggering_ “ 😂
And $113 MILLION dollars a day!! 🤣
Anytime I need a laugh I watch this. I show it every semester to my students and have probably watched it 50 times. Still laugh EVERY time.... “in MY plan, Jiiiiim...”
I still find this hilarious a million years later.
I believe that some of your figures may be inaccurate
“I happen to agree with him and I commend him FOR it...”
19 years later and it’s still hilarious.
Remains one of the best SNL political skits ever.The whole election was a blast for SNL. "lawwkbox". "strategery" lmao
will ferrell's george bush impersonator is freakin hilarious LOL
Chadster357 if you think Bush is actually stupid you're insane. He graduated top his class at Yale and Harvard Business, and is well spoken on immigration law and policy. His public speaking is just hilarious... almost to the point that it could be a show lol
Will Nickell LMAO!!! "Top of his class at Yale?!?!" He was a C student who graduated with a 2.35 average. Look it up! You're actually under the impression that W. Bush is an intellectual?
BigBadJerry Rogers YALE
Except not at all in this sketch
Hooch Froosch impersonation*
It’s crazy how this is objectively a more coherent and civil debate than 2024
Al Gore story about elderly friend is absolute comic gold
Dude, I f*cking miss Darrell Hammond
I love Carvey, Hartman, etc"s debate impersonations but Hammond's Gore is incredible! The lockbox was practically on Gore's actual podium!
Back when SNL actually used its cast for political sketches.
Are Kate McKinnon, Larry David, and others not cast members?
@@noahhertzman3386 Larry David isn't. Most of the people they use for major political impressions these days aren't.
this performance of al gore is hilarious holy shit
R.I.P. Edda Munson (1906-2001)
Eddie Munster?!
now this was gold!
Wish they would have the same comedic integrity in the show as they used to!
Darrell Hammond is a national treasure
“Pass”. Hilarious 😂
9:36 Chris Parnell’s eye reaction to “strategery” is still one of the greatest moments in television history.
This is the best "SNL" segment ever.
I cant believe any of them didnt break character laughing
I remember in high school my government teacher said we're going to watch this as a learning experience and he let us watch this episode of SNL I love this one
people in 2000: "Wow, this Bush guy is such an idiot. Can you believe he could be the President?"
me in 2019: "That's cute."
Tucker Bowen Both Bush and Gore would be a dream compared to a lot of the rubes that have gone through Capitol Hill in recent memory 🤦🏻♂️
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!
I said the same thing in 2008 and 2012
That amputated syphilis line was too damn funny😂😂😂😂😂😂
People must be saying who in their right mind would vote for either of these idiots.
The debate was unbelievable, but this was beyond comprehension - they nailed every single aspect perfectly for both sides. I cannot express how incredible this was to watch live. I have laughed uncontrollably at this train wreck for 22 years. It's a shame we never got to see what Mr. Lockbox would've done.
This would likely be a lot funnier today had Gore actually won, instead of the dolt we got, courtesy of the Supreme Court.
Oh man, I was a sophomore in college when these were on. I remember incorporating them into a paper I wrote for one of my government classes. Hilarious and now nostalgic.
I remember these days well. Everything was so much different before 9/11. We had no clue what we were in for.
Will Ferrell is perfect in this :D:D:D
itkojecockot Ikr!!😄😄😄
It was boring, and lame, because Ferrell didn't do Anything. It was so poorly written Ferrell couldn't even display his ability at all.
He got a lot better at playing Bush once Bush was President. Compare this to his “Conversations with Myself” bit and it’s nowhere near as funny!
@@nonenone5976 he did great shut up
It was really funny "I'm not going to pronounce those because it's not in our national interests". Lmao, really clever joke.
2000: Strategery
2017:Covfefe
2009: Corpse man
2000: Lockbox
2010: "You like your Doctor; You can keep your Doctor." One of endless lies about OBAMACARE.
J. Carey
2009 “If you like your doctor.....”
2018 “ There is no collusion”
2018 (continued)
- “This is a tough hurricane. One of the wettest we’ve ever seen from the standpoint of water.”
- "No Smocking Gun"
Right..lpl
I think about this sketch almost every day. Twelve year old me thought it was the funniest thing she’d ever seen.
49 year old me still does
Two child did. I will.
I can barely recognize Parnell. But that's definitely his voice.
Anyone else rewatching this after the Biden-Trump debate?
Yep
Me
no, because its my first time watching
This is way way late, but Gore's Lockbox plan for the budget surplus (I can't believe we had one of those) for social security and medicare was a GOOD plan. Too bad the election didn't go the right way.
Calling it the Lockbox was a stupid as hell name.
As much as this is silly comedy, they captured the essence of both candidates perfectly: George Bush Jr. the buffoon who's pleased with himself to get even once sentence out, and Al Gore the pedant who's too obsessed with articulating his favorite parts of his policy that he doesn't realize he's losing.
Yeah this skit illustrates why Gore lost. If only by 537 votes.
From Darrell Hammond's wiki: "Just prior to his 2000 appearance as Al Gore in a sketch parodying that year's first presidential debate, he had a panic attack over not remembering his lines. After cutting himself up the length of the arm and putting a gauze pad over it, he felt better and gave a performance so effective that Gore's campaign staff made him watch it to understand why he had aroused negative reactions in some viewers."
3:48 that Bush impersonation was so perfect. I couldn't stop laughing at that smirk
Before 9/11.
So weird to see how differently they were viewed then.
Jason Wood President Bush was seen as being dumber than bag of rocks. Then his numbers went up after 9/11
Really? I'm very clueless on that time period since I was born a year after that. So his popularity grew?
Dark Tales Production when 9/11 happened he got the highest approval numbers ever until President Obama. People liked President Bush’s “were gonna get em” speech. His numbers went down around 2006 to the lowest ever for any President, beating his father who had the lowest numbers previously.
Jerry Smith He didn’t, but his lowest was only off Nixon’s by 1 (25% approval to Nixon’s 24%). The rating officially only goes back to FDR, but Truman has the official all time lowest at 22%.
@Lorgar I think it had to do with Bush appearing calm and collected in the face of the attacks and the national anxiety that persisted afterwards. Whether that was because he is a strong leader who stays calm in a crisis, or because he was a dopey moron who didn't really understand what was happening, I can't really say. But he did give people a sense that "everything's going to be OK" in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, and he gained a huge amount of popularity from that. Probably because we didn't know at the time that if his administration had taken Richard Clarke (head of the National Security Council) seriously for even 5 minutes, the attacks might have been prevented. They saw him as a Clinton Appointee and just sidelined him for 8 months as he was running around Washington with reports of suspected Saudi terrorists attending flight schools in the US.
Hammond's delivery here has me mesmerized; startling in comparison to the cue card reading in today's SNL.
And the cue card reading by the president!
Jeez just enjoy it
They read cue cards every season of SNL every week
STRATEGORY
This was hilarious. They are both great but I adore Darrell Hammond he is so good
So nice to think there was a time where we could make fun of both sides and everyone could laugh at these.
yeah now snl is more left leaning and makes stupid virtue signaling jokes where lefts laugh to
@@geovannyacosta5992 SNL makes fun of Trump the exact same amount as they did Bush, and Clinton, and Reagan, and Carter, and Ford. Conservatives today just seem to have a way thinner skin than they did 20-30 years ago (then again, given who's their role model, it figures).
@@MrConstantine02 If you watched the SNL presidential debate from this year you would know that's not true. I like Bush and I find this funny. There's nothing funny about Alec Baldwin's impression of Trump; just hate. I do agree that Darrel Hammond was actually pretty funny as Trump tho.
@@nickdimariamusic I disagree. Constantine is right. They have been skewering presidents for decades. The problem now is that Republicans have picked a truly immoral, hateful guy as their leader, so the impressions come off crueler because the president is cruel.
And I suspect you or a conservative will come back with "Oh, it's bias" and whatever else. But I'm sorry, I don't see how any sane person can deny Trump's viciousness. You can support his policies or not, but as far as personality goes, he's about as bad as they come. The point of an impression is to highlight and exaggerate someone's most salient qualities. In Trump, that's his viciousness, incoherence, and egotism. If it were Romney, McCain, Cruz, or Rubio, it would feel totally different. Republicans can't keep crying bias and conspiracy when reality is staring them cold in the face. He's a bad guy. So the impressions reflect that.
@@kevinconnor6035 I’m fine with making fun of trump. He’s an easy target. So is Biden. And “trump is terrible” doesn’t negate Biden’s terribleness. He’s a huge joke too. Let’s make fun of both! I think that’s pretty fair.
Darrell Hammond was the Perfect Al Gore!!
The way Darrell Hammond says "shark attack" at 7:45 gets me every time
Funniest SNL debate parade ever. Literally LOL when al gore went on and on about the problems that senior had.
5:23 is literally the funniest Will Ferrell's ever been!! XD I lauged so hard!!
You can see his brain hurting.
“they run to nearly $113 million a day” 😂😂
5:23 Will Ferrell's "Confused Bush Face" is spot on!
"More seldom than not, the movies gives us exquisite sex and wholesome violence that underscores our values" lmao