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featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com - 10/10/2008
The Watcher - All TV, all the time | Chicago Tribune
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There was no Tina Fey or Gov. Sarah Palin, but “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday” did feature a most reliable butt of jokes, the Cubs. Bill Murray, who appeared as himself in a sketch lampooning the town-hall presidential debate last Tuesday, asked Sen. John McCain (Darrell Hammond) ...

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SNL On The Cubs
wrigleyville23 — The Trib takes note of Saturday Night Live - is that still on? - mocking the Cubs: Bill Murray, who appeared as himself in a sketch lampooning the town-hall presidential debate last Tuesday, asked Sen. John McCain (Darrell Hammond) and Sen. Barack Obama (Fred Armisen) what they would do to ensure that the Cubs would never lose in the playoffs again. "Last week, in the National League divisional playoffs, the Chicago Cubs faced the Los Angeles Dodgers. In Game 1, the Cubs lost 7-3. In Game 2, they lost 10-3 and in Game 3, 3-1. What, as president, would ...

Let the Jokes Commence…
ROFL Sports — I have been silent on this site for a while, refusing to speak about The Team and the Collapse.  It has bothered me immensely.  But, the jokes have started to fly and I thought I would share some. Last night on Saturday Night Live - Weekend Update Thursday, there was a special guest during the mock debate sketch: Bill Murray, who appeared as himself in a sketch lampooning the town-hall presidential debate last Tuesday, asked Sen. John McCain (Darrell Hammond) and Sen. Barack Obama (Fred Armisen) what they would do to ensure ...

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