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SNL: MLK’s Ghost Visits Obama to Chat About Beyoncé’s Beauty & Michelle’s Bangs (Plus: MLK Throws a Jab at Cornel West!)

Jan. 27, 2013 8:13am Billy Hallowell

President Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Have Mock SNL Conversation After Inauguration

NBC

“Saturday Night Live” poked fun at President Barack Obama, depicting a mock conversation between the American leader and the ghost of civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr. As Obama sat down to enjoy a beer and reflect upon his historic second inauguration, King’s ghost appeared in front of him. The president, clearly anxious to ask serious questions following the apparition, was surprised to find that King was most concerned about Beyoncé’s lip-syncing and Michelle Obama’s new-found bangs.

“I have come to visit with you on the night of this historic inauguration,” King told Obama.

“Have I lived up to the promise of your legacy?” the president asked. “Are we on the right track as a nation?”

King, though, had more pressing issues to discuss than his life’s work and America’s current trajectory.

“We’ll get to all that Barack. We’ll get to that,” he responded. “But first things first — did you see that girl Beyoncé?”

Obama, surprised by King’s lack of focus on serious issues, said, ”Excuse me?” But the ghost of MLK continued to discuss the popular singer, expressing that he was so enthralled during her performance at the inauguration that he had to pinch himself.

“I thought I was having another one my famous dreams,” he told Obama.

While the president continued to try and get King to discuss more pressing issues and the “very real changes facing this nation,” King moved next from Beyoncé to Michelle’s bangs. He asked, “What is she, guest starring on the ‘New Girl?’” Before he departed from his meeting with Obama, the civil rights leader added that he needed to next pay a visit to professor and activist Cornel West.

“I’ve got to go visit Cornel West and tell him to take it down about 30 notches,” he said.

Watch the skit below, via NBC:

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jessieH
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 12:05pm
Stupid, moronic show from the 20th century, still clinging to life on a dying television network.

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- GETLIFE
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 12:45pm
  How frustrating it must be not to be able to dip into the treasure trove of comedy offered up by the Potus and Flotus–
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 1:39pm
  I love the “chosen people” ran SNL. This is actually one of their most realistic skits. Usually they are poking fun at conservatives. MLK was known for being a huge white woman chasing dude. J. Hoover had files on MLK cheating on his wife with white women everywhere he went. MLK has been placed in the same category as Jesus by the “chosen people” ran Marxist Media. Obama doesn’t need to impress MLK, because according to Ancestry.com, Obama is the great, great, great….great grandson of the very first slave in the US all through his white family. Yeah, that’s right! His white family is actually black and not just black, but the ancestor of the very first black slave. If that lie isn’t straight out of China or North Korea I don’t know what is. The US has become a shell of its former self……mostly due to the leftist “chosen people” taking over and spewing propaganda 24/7 to help further their Marxist ideology.
  
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- 48Straights
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:18pm
  But Glen Beck is trying everything he can do to save them by sending people like you to their site. Thanks for supporting Glen’s anything for a “pay per click” link world.
  
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- desertspeaks
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:21pm
  once upon a time, they would have skewered a WHITE president for all the bs and screwups and unconstitutional crap..
  but since the chosen one is black. oh we can’t go there nooo that would be racist.. what’s racist, IS NOT GOING THERE!!!
  
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- 4BlueStars
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 8:28pm
  Yep, pretty lame.
  
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pushinginto
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 12:01pm
Once again here we are on TheBlaze like every Sunday morning, giving props to SNL.

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- kenboo1
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 1:37pm
  unbelievable waste of time… I can not imagine Dr. King saying anything like that… oh well
  
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- freeberty
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 2:00pm
  Pushinginto,
  Have you looked at the other stories posted on the blaze today? Do you think that the Blaze actually wants to run stories about the problems facing America?
  Booby Jindal blasting Paul Ryan, and calling the Republican Party the stupid party.
  Paul Ryan praising Hilliary Clinton for being a fiscal conservative, is he hoping to become her Vice Presidential candidate?.
  John McCain seems to be Obama’s biggest supporter on immigration reform.
  Yea, I guess with the republican party completely imploding and joining the democrats to completely dismantle America, The Blaze has no choice but to run a story about TV comedy skit.
  
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GETLIFE
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:54am
Heard a French radio comedian refer to Moochelle’s new look as that of a Playmobil doll….

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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 1:05pm
  This is what you must know:
  
  Heard an Alabama radio comedian refer to Mia Love as “The cutest little tar baby this side of Selma.”
  
  It is so.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 2:29pm
  Both of you provide links, instead of this “I heard” BS. Anyone can say they heard something, prove it.
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 2:44pm
  Mr or Ms ANONYMOUS T IRRELEVANT,
  
  This is what you must know:
  
  Sorry, I don’t take assignments from inferior beings.
  
  It is so.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 2:51pm
  WANGO, I think that you need to pull a rabbit out of your ass to back that up. I took your statement and put it in several forms to run through the search engine. NO hits, I say again, NO hits on any such thing. If you can show some proof or give a name to research I’ll back off, but right now, I have to call you a liar.
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 4:09pm
  Mr or Ms RJJINGADSDEN,
  
  This is what you must know:
  
  What did your “research” reveal about Playmobil? Didn’t bother, eh? That’s why whether you back off or not is utterly irrelevant to me.
  
  It is so.
  
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truthnstuff
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:53am
There may be an underlying message here. MLK lost his way or got cut off before he could finish the job. But, no worries, the “savior” the POSOTUS will bring justice to bear on all snow men. Heil mein fuhrer!

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leonardo44
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:50am
Once again Obama is portrayed as earnest and honorable. SNL skewers the right and its leaders while OBama is untouchable. Their writers will never criticize BO. It’s been a very long time since SNL was fresh and clever, but now it serves as a propaganda machine which makes it the definition of uncool.

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kmbr
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:46am
So much wrong with this, I don’t even know where to start.

How about let’s not promote SNL? And promote it as though this is somehow a “hit” piece on Obama. This skit makes MLK look like a buffoon and Obama look serious.

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Coyote6
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:20am
Here’s a link for you Billy on AP Style for military titles. Enjoy. http://apstylebook.blogspot.com/2009/05/military-titles.html

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Coyote6
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:17am
Billy H, check your AP style book on the correct spelling of the word ‘Colonel’. Your headline looks funny.

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- BigDaddyTex
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:52am
  pssssst….. Coyote6….
  
  http://www.cornelwest.com/
  
  just sayin’……………….
  
  No judgement. Just tryin’ to help a butha out! ;-)
  
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48Straights
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:47am
I see Glen Beck is back up to supporting Saturday Night Live. I guess we should be thankful that it is only one link this week.

WAKE UP people. Glen Beck is a false profit and not the person you think he is. TheBlaze is run in Proxy by President Betsy Morgan from the Huffington Post. That is why TheBlaze has a black out on real world news stories and is all spam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheBlaze

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- Midwest Blonde
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:22am
  PROPHET, not profit. Geeze.
  
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- 48Straights
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:16pm
  You are blond, I meant profit. It is called a play on words Geeze!!!!!
  
  At least your post is funnier than the last 748 posts Glen Beck has made in the last your to SNL LOL
  
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Melika
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:18am
WHY THE F@CK IS THIS NEWS????!!??!?!?!

BTW Stupid Blaze: It sure doesn’t sound like SNL is making fun of Obama. They are making fun of MLK, you morons.

Sweet Jesus what the hell happened to this site?

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- barber2
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:41am
  Good point about the target of the real mockery. Obama is still a sacred object which shows the utter shallowness. of the MSM .
  
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- Clownzilla
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:52am
  @Melika
  
  Unfortunitly, the uneducated drones following Obama see shows like this and actually believe that there is truth behind the comedy. While there IS truth behind most comedy (that’s what makes comedy click with us) that “truth” can be a total lie like a lot of junk coming from the left.
  
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- TROONORTH
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:59am
  I think that they were skewering both of them and did well at it. They even got Michelle’s new “Hey! Look at me! I’m sixteen again!” hair doo. It was a clear ‘three-fer’.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:19am
  Hey KEATONC33, sounds like and SNL’s ghost of MLK have a lot in common.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:25am
  You’d think that I would be wide awake by now considering the half a pot of coffee that I’ve had. Let me try that again.
  Hey KEATONC33, sounds like YOU and SNL’s ghost of MLK have a lot in common.
  
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- 48Straights
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:23pm
  News? On the Blaze? LOL
  
  You have a better chance in getting a straight answer from Hillary Clinton than finding real news on The Blaze LOL.
  
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Joel Knows
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:13am
Too bad they didn’t do the whole “A Christmas Carol” routine. It might make for a good movie, showing the effects of BHO on Civil Rights from his reign over the free world. One night of the ghosts of human rights past, present, and future…

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Speaking-Monkey
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:03am
Psssst!!, Obummer is not really black, his mum was white and he was raised by rich white grandparents. He just pretends to be black to get votes from black people. Shhhh!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R09qvNOcU4c

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- Ballot_Box_Revolution
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:21am
  I’m all for humor and stuff…and I’m not one of those that posts “Who watches SNL anymore” or “SNL used to be funny” But this one WAS dumb. The humor could have been taken in many other directions that would have been really funny.
  
  And on top of they made MLK look like an idiot too…
  
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DougHuffman
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:37am
MLK Memorial, Fabrique in Chien, assembled by goonion labor, cracked.

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GuruMeditation
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:23am
Meh. I don’t watch SNL.

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barber2
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:21am
What? Making light of these two sacred legacies ?! Why, that seems RACIST to me. ( I’d like to see a skit with Obama visiting ” Mr. Robinson’s Chicago Neighborhood ” with a drop in by Capone and Alinsky. )

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vigibill
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:20am
In character for the man who said “I’m ******* for God” during one of his many wild flings with prostitutes. With a lifestyle like that how did he get away with calling himself” reverend”?

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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:24am
  THIS IS INSANE AND AN INSULT TO MLK
  
  Martin Luther King did not visit Obama. How can the SNL get away with insulting MLK, exploiting MLK’s memory and the King family with a comedy skit designed to ridicule this Great Man. SNL should be boycotted by backs and Al Sharpton should be leading protests right now.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:40am
  MUFFY: Don’t hold your breath. They would only have a fit if FOX did this. Double standards .
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 1:19pm
  Mr or Ms VIGILBILL,
  
  this is what you must know:
  
  Reverend? The same way Bill Graham calls himself reverend after saying the Jews are responsible for all the pornography . . .and that Jews don’t really know how he feels about how they’re ruining America . . . but you won’t hear that on Fox News.
  
  It is so.
  
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De-Elect
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:11am
It’s ironic that both of them ARE praised based on the color of their skin. The actors AND the characters they are playing.

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- NoUseForLogic
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 12:00pm
  No racism here…
  
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ktmrider1
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:03am
MLK would be totally ashamed of the left wing race baiters

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bannedfromCNN
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:02am
King overheard asking Soetoro, “Where be all de White women at?”

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 8:47am
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Shame James Earl Ray did not show up……………..

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- catty
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:07am
  Hopefully he is knocking on the door of your trailer.
  
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- SpankDaMonkey
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:19am
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  No, he said he was staying at your place for seconds……
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 1:09pm
  This is what you must know:
  
  James Earl Ray didn’t kill MLK with a rifle. He used a hammer.
  
  It is so.
  
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term limits for congress
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 8:40am
Should have been visited by the ghost of Alinsky.

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Quiata
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 8:37am
“Scrooge…..Scrooooooooooge….”

Or are we really “screeeeeeeeewed”!

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jp2feminist
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 8:29am
MLK would never have approved of Obama’s full-frontal assault on African-American babies (a/k/a Planned Parenthood).

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woodyee
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 8:29am
I’m going for my morning shower – this vid near put me to sleep, If MarybethElizabeth shows up, tell her to make it bacon and eggs on a toasted bagel – and it better be done when I’m out!

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- crackerone
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 12:22pm
  Think she had a train to pull. She be by, shortly.
  
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RANGER1965
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 8:16am
I wonder what the conversation would sound like, if Obama was visited by the ghosts of our nation’s founders?

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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 8:31am
  A musket hammer.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:23am
  OLDSURFRAT, Damn man, got me spitting coffee again!
  
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- CatB
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:34am
  OHHHH … so good!
  
  Amen and pass the ______ . ;-)
  
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- Jake Dog2
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 6:33pm
  @ Ranger1966 Wonder what the conversation would sound like, if Obama was visited by the ghosts of our nation’s founders?
  They would have said: Remove my dinner plates and bring me a Brandy.
  
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- Jake Dog2
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 6:39pm
  Sorry that should have been Ranger1965.
  
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- 48Straights
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 1:06am
  If the founding fathers visited Glen Beck they would say. “You know Glen, Saturday Night Live” was not funny bask in our time either, why do you promote them so much”?
  
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