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welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
presidential impressions on snl
and when you make barack obama angry he
turns into
the rock obama your leader
the godless liar saddam hussein
is nothing more than a hyena for this
list
we're looking at the most well-rounded
and memorable impersonations of united
states
presidents to be featured on saturday
night live which potus imitation gets
your vote
let us know in the comments number 10.
phil hartman as ronald reagan while
ronald reagan has been portrayed by
upwards of six cast members and
celebrity hosts over the years it's
without question phil hartman's take on
the actor turned politician that's
remembered most fondly
oh oh there's the washington monument
now here on this very field
is where the saucer from the day the
earth stood still landed
for one hartman was a master
impressionist effortlessly able to tap
into reagan's unique mannerisms
what may be most notable about his time
in the role however was his duplicitous
portrayal of the president
well i hope i've answered your questions
as best i could
given the very little that i know
goodbye and god bless you in one
instance he was charmingly cordial
only to suddenly switch to cunningly
domineering
the red countries are the countries we
sell arms to
the green countries are the countries
where we wash our money
the blue countries excuse me mr
president sir yes it's your 11 30 photo
opportunity the little girl who sold the
most girl scout cookies
damn but no matter which temperament he
was exhibiting
the results were always hilarious we'll
dose muskie with mood altering drugs
by the time muskie knows what day it is
the 88 elections will be over
number nine dan aykroyd as richard nixon
good evening
some of you may know me some of you may
not
no stranger to providing impressions
during his time on snl
one of dan aykroyd's most infamous
undertakings was that of richard nixon
now when i was president i i did some
bad things
made people hate me i left that
executive office under scandalous
circumstances and while the future
ghostbuster would only portray the
embattled leader a handful of times
including a parody of the notorious
frost nixon interviews
it was his overstated performance that's
rather significant
and the right one you turned it on and
cold water come out
you see aykroyd's slight exaggerations
and embellishments
no doubt helped influence the show's
future treatment of sitting presidents
allowing for more loose representations
rather than on the nose mimicking
were you in fact behind the watergate
well johnny to be perfectly honest and
frank with you
and i'm most grateful for the money and
while old tricky dick would be acroid's
first foray in depicting a
commander-in-chief
it certainly would not be his last if
you think i'm a crook
take it out on the book number eight
chevy chase as gerald ford
i can name that tune in four notes when
it comes to providing a spot
on potus impression chevy chase's gerald
ford leaves a lot to be desired
however when measuring its overall
impact on popular culture
this poor trail is off the charts here's
some order governor
choosing to depict ford as a bumbling
klutz chase would actually go on to
shape the president's public image
on that point mr cake kate katherine
krauss mr krause this despite the fact
that number 38 was not a clumsy buffoon
at all
but rather a capable athlete bye
boy fellow america jones merry christmas
to all of you and good evening
ladies and gentlemen ford didn't seem to
mind the oaf-like representation though
as he would even make a cameo on the
program live from new york
that's saturday night well we suppose
there are worse things than being seen
as a pratfall
president ford popularity is certainly
on a sharp
rise here number seven dan
aykroyd as jimmy carter the ceiling is
dripping
and uh i uh well thank you very much for
calling sir
please just a minute walter this guy's
in trouble i think i'm gonna try to talk
him down peter
like chevy's take on ford the admiration
for dan aykroyd's jimmy carter was
certainly a crucial part in building
snl's ensuing political satire dominance
i do have a suggestion you know the
caliper post on the first grid sliding
armature
yes okay there's a three-digit setting
there where the post and the armature
meet now when the system was installed
the angle of cross slide was put at a
maximum setting of one
but during these formative years
politics seemed to veer far from
saturday night live's comedic priorities
making carter a bit of a throwaway
character you know
in a way i feel it it's my fault you had
to resign because
i set standards that were impossible to
live with
even for someone who's just the
slightest bit corrupt but
even with authenticity far from a
necessity aykroyd gave it his best
shot making for some rather favorable
moments now i don't believe that mr ford
would purposely
kill 50 million people but his lack of
leadership may lead
to a total fiery demonic holocaust sure
the hair and makeup are a far cry from
future portrayals
but like his faux southern accent
aykroyd's presidential charm was cranked
to the max
everything's okay huh jimmy it sure is
peter you know i'm against drug use
myself but i'm not gonna lay that on you
right now just mellow out the best you
can okay
number six jay farrow as barack obama
good evening my fellow americans
if it's an uncannily accurate
presidential impression you're looking
for
well you need not search any further
than jay pharaoh's run as president
barack obama
mr president you seem very energized
belts with me come on bounce with me a
little bit come on
following fred armisen's exit from the
show pharaoh took over the role
and flexed his impersonation muscles in
the process i am
psyched for obamacare
there you go i love that enthusiasm
everything from the tone of obama's
voice to the cadence in which he speaks
is
nothing short of pitch perfect governor
i admire your tenacity you got 48 of the
vote
even though watching you run for
president was like watching someone on
roller skates try to climb stairs
unfortunately the downfall of jay's on
point performance
was that there really wasn't a whole lot
of material to work with at least
compared to barack's oval office
successor
you know that trump fellow here's a
young man from new mexico with a
heartbreaking story
about health care before the affordable
care act
so jesse can you come up here number
five
will ferrell as george w bush when it
comes to sheer
laughs there's perhaps no presidential
impression that can top will ferrell's
interpretation of george w bush
people look up to you to make their
lives better and you really got to be in
a position to help
cool really cool it didn't take
audiences long to
fall for farrell's version of w either
as the affable actor gave the president
quite the lovable characterization
even amidst the turmoil following 9 11.
let me make something very clear
there was utterly no legal or military
justification
for this strike mixing an inept
nincompoop with a well-meaning everyman
the comedian's depiction would actually
go on to transcend the late night show
this included farrell taking his
impression to broadway for a successful
send-off to bush's time in office
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but no matter what stage he was on you
could always count on him to bring the
funny
do you think i could be president
someday well you never know
maybe one day you'll you'll sit here and
you'll you'll say
in vivo deste nueva york es salvador in
la
noche number 4. daryl hammond as bill
clinton
undoubtedly one of snl's best
impressionists
daryl hammond has nailed just about
everybody he's been tasked with
mimicking
this of course includes his spot on
rendering of bill clinton
i know half of you didn't vote but of
the half that did
almost half voted for me here the funny
man was not only able to charm the
viewing audience
but also simultaneously creep them out
with his tongue-in-cheek performance
news is still severe storms blowing down
in the gulf region pretty much like
monica was blowing the pres coming at a
time when bill was knee-deep in a
certain
not safe for work scandal hammond went
all in with his depiction
coating it with extra sleaze for good
measure so what are you doing
well i got saddam on the other line
looks like there ain't gonna be a war
well that bites totally his trademark
thumbs up and lip bite only underscored
the naughtiness of it all
have you been drinking bill no well yes
number three alec baldwin as donald
trump thank you very much everybody i'm
here to declare a very
urgent important national emergency
snl skewering of donald trump took place
long before the business magnate
ascended to the highest office in the
land
i just had a great health exam i'm still
standing six foot seven
185 pounds shredded and while the donald
has been
expertly played by the likes of phil
hartman and daryl hammond over the
decades
say cheese burger pizza only from
diminio
it's alec baldwin who's now become
synonymous with the 45th president of
the united states
my microphone is broken
[Applause]
she broke it with obama she and obama
stole my microphone they took it to
canada
and for good reason as baldwin all but
transforms into trump in the role
complete with his characteristic
puckered facial expressions i mean
this man is clearly unfit to be
commander-in-chief
he is a bully shut up he started
the birther movement you did but much
like every political prognosticator of
the time
alec assumed the gig would end when
donald lost the presidency
and while he was of course very wrong we
were very lucky to have him in the part
come on doll i'm learning let's not
forget technically this is my first real
job okay
number two phil hartman as bill clinton
when phil hartman took on the role of
president bill clinton in 1992
the lewinsky scandal was years away
don't tell mrs clinton
jim let me tell you something there's
going to be a whole
bunch of things we don't tell mrs
clinton
and with the saxophone playing
commander-in-chief largely viewed as a
fun-loving cool dude by the general
public that is exactly how hartman
elected to portray him
we cannot pay for everything for example
cooties are covered but not the
heebie-jeebies
the long-standing comedian gave bill an
amiable yet
mischievous good old boy persona one
that audiences ate up at every turn
she certainly is beautiful enough to be
a princess
so you're gonna finish these fries
whether he was stopping for fast food
during a jog or
watching the big game phil hartman made
it so that many americans
actually wanted to grab a cold one with
their sitting president breast
augmentation
covered
breast reduction not covered before we
unveil our top pick
here are some honorable mentions will
forte as
george w bush a slightly more childish
take that worked well
alongside daryl hammond's dick cheney if
you shoot another friend
will you keep it a secret
dick no i will not
keep it a secret fred armisen as barack
obama
this first attempt at obama on the show
made for a fun wannabe cool guy
portrayal
i take my kids to school i don't lose my
temper it's my only rule i keep it cool
jason sedakis as george w
bush while some prefer his joe biden
this still hit all the necessary beats
approving this bill was the right thing
to do and i commend our legislators
for their actions speaker pelosi jim
carrey is joe biden
classic carry energy even if it was too
much jim and not enough joe
robin williams as ronald reagan as with
most of his impressions
this too hit all the right comedic tones
well that's my cue boys
yep you say ran i see iraq let's call
the whole thing a deal
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number one dana carvey as george h.w
bush good evening uh first of all i'd
like to thank the iraqi government
when dana carvey gave us the delightful
dork that was his george bush senior
impression
snl audiences were treated to one of the
greatest characters in the show's
history
america is no sheep ready to be seized
by a hyena
rather it's a great scorpion which deals
a deadly sting to those
who would crush it stinging stinging
stinging
ever the brilliant impersonator kerry
took attributes of the real president
and amplified them tenfold for comedic
effect we are
on the track we're getting the job done
we can do more but let's
stay the course a thousand points of
light
be it his manner of speaking silly
catchphrases or exaggerated hand
movements
america both the scorpion and the cobra
the portrayal was met with large fanfare
in fact
one of those fans was bush himself at
least that would explain why he invited
the seasoned cast member to perform at a
white house christmas party
the way to do the president is to start
out with mr rogers it's a beautiful day
in the neighborhood
then you add a little john wayne here we
go let's go over the ridge you put them
together you got
george herbert walker bush what can we
say carvey's impression is a true gift
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