LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT'S AL GORE!

I had no idea that this weekend's Saturday Night Live was going to be a promo for Al Gore's new global warming flick, An Inconvenient Truth.

Gore opened the show, sitting at the desk in the Oval Office as President of the United States.

He addressed a litany of issues facing Americans in 2006:

"President Gore" began by noting that he was elected "overwhelmingly" in 2000.

He took credit for stopping global warming. Unfortunately, glaciers that once were melting are now on the attack. These are "renegade glaciers that have captured parts of upper Michigan and northern Maine." He promises that "we will not let the glaciers win."

There is a gas crisis -- too much gas! And it's 19 cents a gallon! He proposed a federal bail out for the suffering oil companies.

Of course, all Americans are enjoying free universal health care.

The budget surplus has dwindled to a perilously low $11 trillion. Gore insisted that it's staying in a lockbox and no one will touch it.

Gore referred to people wanting to spend money on a "made up war." To those people he responded, "What part of lockbox don't you understand"?

Gore has faith in George W. Bush, the Commissioner of Baseball, to get to the bottom of the steroid scandal. Bush promises, "We will find the steroid users if we have to tap every phone in America."

We are so loved around the world that American tourists can't go to Europe anymore without getting hugged.

Gore was instrumental in developing an anti-hurricane and tornado machine.

Immigration was difficult. Gore regrets the loss of California, but the Mexifornia economy is strong and el Presidente Schwarzenegger is doing a great job.

Michael Moore was confirmed to be a Supreme Court Justice in a bitter and divisive battle, but the Democrats and Republicans pulled together to confirm Chief Justice George Clooney.

Overall, I thought the parallel earth skit was funny. I think it had something for everyone.

Libs probably enjoyed it as a funny Bush bash-fest.

I liked it because I viewed it as a hilarious depiction of the loony Left's Utopia. Some fringe Leftists talk as if America with Al Gore as president would really have been the type of "paradise" he described.


From Oliver Willis, watch "President Gore" address the nation.

For about half an hour, Gore was gone.

Then, during Weekend Update, Al Gore made a return appearance.

He had a mock debate about global warming with Amy Poehler.

Naturally, Gore argued the dangers of global warming while Poehler made the case that global warming is "awesome."

Gore began by showing a photo of a glacier in Argentina from 70 years ago and the same glacier today, now a lake.

Gore said, "This is no joke."

Poehler played the airhead, saying that it was an improvement.

Later, Gore showed a report from the Bush Administration on the issue. Nearly the entire document had been blacked out as conjecture except for, "Everything is great. Drive big car a lot."

Poehler countered with some goofy stuff such as, "We all know the reason we're getting these hurricanes is because of gay marriage. That's a fact."

The debate ended with Gore saying, "Amy, just go see the movie."

I wonder how this Gorestravaganza came about.

Did Lorne Michaels set it up? Did Gore and his people approach SNL to hawk the movie?

In any case, it was funny. Some of the time, however, I wasn't laughing with Gore. I was laughing at him.