Anyone notice when Darrell Hammond, as John McCain, proposed the alternative debates? He mentions Jacksonville for a possible blueberry pie-eating contest. For those who missed the show last night, Jax was offered as a possible site along with two other varying types of pie-eating contests in Kansas City and Dallas.
Later, Hammond suggests they have "Nude or semi-nude town hall meeting" debates in Hartford, Nashville and Seattle.
The point is, these are more or less our peer cities based on this one brief sketch, and I also love it when we're just called "Jacksonville" rather than "Jacksonville, FL."
btw, as a moderate conservative who currently plans to vote for Obama, I can admit that in general the comedy has been slanted favorably to the left, but let's try to keep the politics out of this thread.
in which direction are you looking for the thread to go?
Does anyone have a link to an online version of the skit?
http://www.hulu.com/embed/LpzFqrrKq1e1SR0KzoQGMg
Quote from: Driven1 on September 28, 2008, 05:14:11 PM
in which direction are you looking for the thread to go?
I was looking for more of a "Yay, Jacksonville mentioned on national TV." And that we could stand alone as a city without the "Florida" part. When the new American Idol season premieres, I wonder if they'll keep saying "we're back in Jacksonville, FL" or if just "Jacksonville" will be enough.
And I included my little post-script to acknowledge that I (pretty unbiased in this case) recognize the political slant shown on SNL and hoped that wouldn't stir the pot. At least not here.
Thanks!
I thought it was funny that Jacksonville was mentioned. Of course it wasn't as funny as the opening sketch.