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Jay Pharoah Debuts President Obama Impersonation On SNL [Video]

Posted: September 16, 2012

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Goodbye Fred Armisen, hello Jay Pharoah. Saturday Night Live debuted its new President Obama last night during the shows 38th season premiere.

Phoaroh, who joined the show in 2010, has played actors like Jay-Z, Denzel Washington, and Will Smith on Saturday Night Live. And last night he was finally able to show the world his POTUS impression.

The show acknowledged the change during the opening sketch as Armisen introduced President Obama.

Armisen says:

“Man, who would want that guy’s job.”

Pharoah then takes the stage to show SNL its new President.

The opening sketch focused on an overconfident Obama telling his fans why he’s not worried about the competition.

Obama says:

“There’s something I want you all to know. I’m not worried. Not in the least. I should be. Seems like I would be. But I’m not. I’ll tell you why. My campaign has a secret weapon. And that secret weapon is speaking in Tulsa, Oklahoma.”

The camera then cuts to Mitt Romney, played by Jason Sudeikis.

Sudeikis recently agreed to stay on the show until at least January. That means that Jason, who does a great Romney, and Pharoah, who does a pretty good Obama, will be together throughout the 2012 election.

What do you think of SNL’s new political duo?

Here’s the video of Jay Pharoah doing President Obama on SNL. 

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Posted: September 16, 2012
Dan Evon

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2 Archived Responses to “ Jay Pharoah Debuts President Obama Impersonation On SNL [Video] ”

  1. Anonymous
    Sep 17, 2012

    I thought that Pharoah did a great job with Obama in the first sketch of the season (talk about a cold opener). He nailed the President’s cool attitude and thoughtful patterns of speech, including all of the pauses. I was talking to a coworker at Dish about the sketch, and she loved Jason’s portrayal of Romney as an out of touch dork. I think that they are going to make a great comedy team, and they instantly became my favorite thing about this election. I had to DVR the show because I don’t stay up that late, and I am glad that I did because it was really good. I think that I am even going to save the recording on my Hopper’s huge hard drive because I know I will want to watch it again. I have already shown the Eastwood and Chair sketch to 4 different people, and that is just today!

  2. Aaron Joley
    Sep 18, 2012

    This is par for the course with SNL. The jokes about the democrat are never "degrading" they just make light of surface things like speech patterns, facial expressions, the presidency itself. And people call this "skewering Obama". They portray the Republican in a series of personal attacks a la "five creepy adult sons" paint his views on gay marriage as ignorant…I could go on and on. And proof or my point to "me" above (way to post your name and OWN your comment) you mention "Jason's portrayal of Romney as an out of touch dork". Can you say this skit disparaged Obama PERSONALLY in ANY WAY?" SNL has been predictable for years. Nothing new here to see.