
Once again, Jay Pharoah gets to show off one of his uncanny impressions. I’m thankful that so far he’s gotten one sketch a show to show us what he can do. At least Lorne hasn’t buried him for six weeks or made him fight it out Beyond the Thunderdome style just to cut his teeth. But hopefully we’ll get a chance to see if he can be funny beyond the impressions.

I’m a realist, so I don’t have any high hopes that SNL will actually be funny this year. But I do have high hopes for new castmemeber Jay Pharoah. Assuming he can get a few of his sketches on the air, I think he’s got some serious talent to display.
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I’ll have videos from all the talk shows this week starting tomorrow.
In the meantime, here’s some weekend funny news. Saturday Night Live just announced four new cast members for the upcoming season. The new cast will feature Vanessa Bayer, Paul Brittain and Taran Killam (Will Forte and Jenny Slate are leaving the cast, FYI).
But the biggest news on the net is the addition of comedian Jay Pharoah. Pharoah is known for his impressions, including a killer Barack Obama impression that should see him taking those duties over from Fred Armisen.
After the jump, catch some video of Pharoah’s Obama stuff… and also some Denzel Washington and Will Smith impressions that are fantastic…