Audacity of Nope, Not Even Close

THE easily impressionable folks at the Huffington Post gushed over impressionist Jay Pharoah’s impersonation of Barack Obama on Letterman last night. They say it was “spot on.” I say it wasn’t even close. Pharoah, an SNL newcomer, got some of the Obama’s mannerisms down, but that’s really about it. (I think Fred Armisen’s Obama is kinda lame, too.) But that’s just me. Like his politics, Obama is in the eye of the beholder. And I suppose if you want Pharoah to be Obama bad enough (and the HuffPo folks really, really do), then he will be. Anyway, here is the clip. You be the judge. Enjoy.