Tuesday, February 3, 2009

SNL goes completly corporate

Is 'SNL' Leasing Its Sketches to Advertisers?

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: February 2, 2009

Filed at 10:08 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- Was ''MacGruber'' a ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch or Pepsi commercial?
Depending on when you were watching television over the weekend, it was hard to tell.

The first ''MacGruber'' sketch/commercial that ran during ''SNL'' came amid other commercials -- after a movie trailer for ''The Pink Panther 2,'' which is what host Steve Martin was (what else?) promoting.

This would be interesting...considering the consist ant left wing bent of SNL (and I love the show) the GOP should see if they can buy the creative talents of Lorne Michaels and run a couple of these type of skits....

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