The comic and actor Donald Glover, left, in a stand-up special, and Fred Armisen, on “Saturday Night Live,” channeling President Obama.“Saturday Night Live” hasn’t pulled many punches in its treatment of President Obama but Fred Armisen’s impersonation of him has lacked, for some, the definitive quality that “SNL” predecessors like Darrell Hammond and Dana Carvey brought to their presidential impressions. (You can check out nearly all of the “SNL” presidents in a recent Funny or Die video.)
Might there be a better option already working for NBC, albeit for a different show? Donald Glover, a star of the NBC sitcom “Community” and subject of a profile by Megan Angelo in this Sunday’s Arts & Leisure section, once was rumored to be joining “Saturday Night Live” to play President Obama. Those reports turned out to be wrong, but viewers can see what might have been in Mr. Glover’s Comedy Central stand-up special, scheduled to have its debut on March 19.
Below, he impersonates the president in a (slightly naughty) excerpt:
On Stage: Donald Glover
The "Community" star will appear in a Comedy Central stand-up special.
By None None on Publish Date March 12, 2010.And here is a sketch from a recent “SNL” featuring Mr. Armisen’s Obama:
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