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If Steve Martin’s Out, Who’s in to Play SNL’s VP Candidates?
It could be anyone! (Actually, no, it can’t.)
As a result, SNL went from not casting anyone to play Joe Lieberman until after the 2000 election to today, when as soon as a nominee is announced, prospective celebrity roles start trending online and being debated on cable news. Vanity Fair ’s speculation also included Parks and Recreation alum Jim O’Heir in the lineup of suspects for seemingly no other reason than the fact that he can pull off “folksy energy” and once played a nice man on a TV show. Gaffigan made one nonspeaking appearance in a pre-taped sketch in 1996 (presumably cast as a regular actor from a pool of hopefuls, considering this was pre– Hot Pockets fame), but otherwise, these men are simply not on Michaels’s radar.
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