Everyone is talking about how awesome Will Ferrell and Tina Fey were last night on SNL’s election special. And they were! It was one of the funniest skits they’ve done all year! But I want to draw attention to Kenan Thompson’s continued role of Oscar Rogers, SNL’s financial consultant.

Kenan’s Oscar character has once again made me to laugh so hard, I had tears pouring down my face. Like, streaming down my face in a continued flow of tears. Oscar is so wound up and anxious about the financial crisis, that he’s freaking out and all he wants the people in charge to do is, “FIX IT!” But it’s the construction of Kenan’s face in his delivery that makes this comic genius. Check out the video below of last night’s “Weekend Update” skit. You can fast forward to the 1:45 mark if you are pressed for time, but I also highly recommend Fred Armisen’s bit with the interactive map. Chuck Todd is soooooo jealous.

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no one can deny the tsunami that social networking and media has become. from tweeting every move you make to the iPhone allowing us to snap photos and upload them to our MySpace/Facebook/Friendster/Etc…we all, to an extent, are generating content (which is a completely separate blog post).

that being said. the digital “paper trail” that we leave with this massive output of content can potentially backfire. take the following example.

Ashley Todd, a McCain/Palin supporter caused a flurry of interest and scandal when she reported that she “was attacked by a 6-foot-4 black man Wednesday night”.
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