It appears that, finally, after years of being carried by Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg, Saturday Night Live is starting to be funny again. It helps, of course, that they’ve finally gotten some quality guest hosts, such as the eternally hilarious Louis C.K.
C.K., the native resident New Yorker, took a brilliant turn in this portrayal of Abraham Lincoln, generally playing himself as our 16th President. If you find C.K. funny, and you’re a fan of historical humor made contemporary, you’ll love this extended cut of “Lincoln,” SNL’s presidential riff on C.K.’s fantastic show on the FX cable network.
This article appears in Nov 1-7, 2012.
Louie C.K. is hilarious, but he’s not a native New Yorker. He was actually born in Washington D.C. & his family promptly moved to his father’s childhood home somewhere in Mexico; he lived there until he was 7 or 8 years old (Google it) and proceeded to move to Boston. I’m not sure where the New Yorker information came from but it’s incorrect; maybe you meant current New York resident?
I did, and you’re completely correct. Thanks for that, AZ/DC.
Anytime! I’m always happy to come across as a pretentious know-it-all.
Louis C.K. was hilarious on Saturday Night Live, and I hope we don’t have to wait until 2014 to see him back on the show. Thanks for sharing the extended clip; I’ve been watching his episode several times since it was recorded on my Hopper from DISH. The huge amount of hard drive space on my DVR helps me keep up with shows when I work nights at DISH. I can see why some parts of the extended clip were deleted but I’m glad they shared this director’s cut.