Obama on SNL --- AGAIN!

The writer's strike may be nearing an end.

Hollywood writers got their first look Saturday at details of a tentative agreement with studios that could put the strike-crippled entertainment industry back to work, an offer the union's East Coast president said he was endorsing.

A summary of the proposed deal crafted this week was posted on the Writers Guild of America's Web site hours before members attended meetings in New York and Los Angeles.

Compensation for projects delivered via digital media was the central issue in the 3-month-old walkout, which idled thousands of workers, disrupted the TV season and moviemaking and took the shine off Hollywood's awards season.

"I believe it is a good deal. I am going to be recommending this deal to our membership," Michael Winship, president of the Writers Guild of America, East, told reporters before the New York meeting at a Times Square hotel.

Winship said afterward that he was encouraged by the membership's response.

"We had a very lively discussion. I'm happy with what happened. ... At the moment, I feel strongly it (the proposed deal) has a strong chance of going through," he said.

I hope this thing is resolved as soon as possible.

I can't watch Brian Williams hosting Saturday Night Live one more time. Is tonight the third or fourth airing of that episode?

Last weekend, NBC pulled out the nearly 3-year-old SNL episode with Tom Brady as host. That was fitting for Super Bowl Eve.

Saturday Night Live has been on the air for over 30 years, but we get yet another airing of the Brian Williams episode.

That show's opening segment is the one when Barack Obama makes an appearance as himself.

The skit was of a post-debate Halloween party for the Democrat candidates at the Clintons' home.

As usual, Amy Poehler played Hillary. She was dressed as a bride, but everyone kept telling her she makes a great witch.

As usual, Darrell Hammond played Bill Clinton. He was dressed as Mystery from The Pick-up Artist on VH1.

One party guest came in wearing a Barack Obama mask.

He removed the mask and...

You guessed it.

It was Barack Obama.

He said that he didn't need to wear a costume or change. He's comfortable just being himself.

Obama complimented Hillary on her bride costume and Bill said, "She's a witch."

Then, Obama had the honor of looking into the camera and saying, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night."

It's like a recurring nightmare!

Could this rerun be NBC's way of sticking it to Hillary, just one more time?

If the strike ends, so should this repeated airing of the Brian Williams SNL, with the anti-Hillary pro-Obama opening.
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On a related note, a Barack Obama commercial just aired. I guess the Obama camp thought buying time during SNL would be worthwhile.

The ad was about ending the war and definitely was geared to younger people, and the Baby Boomer 1960s retreads, I suppose.

I've seen the health care Obama ad a lot. This is the first time I've seen the "end the war" ad.

I haven't seen any Hillary ads at all. Zero. Southeastern Wisconsin seems to be a Hillary-free zone.