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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (42358)4/12/2004 11:16:18 AM
From: lurqer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89467
 
seen several clips from SNL

Janet Jackson on 'SNL,' Back in a Pixelated Flash

Tom Shales

Janet Jackson and "Saturday Night Live" gave Congress and the Federal Communications Commission a richly deserved nose-thumbing over the weekend when Jackson guest-hosted the irreverent and influential satire show.

In the very first sketch, before the opening credits, Jackson did a bull's-eye impression of national security adviser Condoleezza Rice testifying, as she did last week, before the commission investigating the 9/11 tragedy. Outfitted with prosthetic teeth that helped with the flashing of a coldly faked smile, Jackson as Rice rehearsed for her testimony with a sinister and snakelike Vice President Cheney, played by master impressionist Darrell Hammond.

If all else were to fail, Cheney advised, "I think you should flash a boob," a reference to Jackson's notorious gig during halftime of this year's Super Bowl. "Just one headlight, real quickly," the Cheney character went on, as the audience laughed. Jackson-as-Rice rejected the notion, but when testifying -- with Jackson edited into footage of the actual hearing -- she did indeed reveal a breast to the commission, then uttered the iconic cry "Live from New York, it's 'Saturday Night!' "

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washingtonpost.com

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