Conan O’Brien Announces Cast of NBC Movie About White House Troubles

Photo of Noel Sheppard.

If soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore’s testimony on Capitol Hill yesterday wasn’t funny enough for you, Conan O’Brien’s satirical cast of a new NBC, made for television movie about problems facing the White House is sure to give you a chuckle.

The video is here courtesy of YouTube (h/t Allah at Hot Air), and a list of the cast follows after the break for those of you who prefer your comedy in writing.

However, please be forewarned that some degree of liberal bias is in this casting, as O’Brien clearly took stronger swings at Republicans. Yet, all in all, it’s pretty funny:

Valerie Plame will be played by Emma Thompson

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will be played by Carlos Mencia

Gen. Peter Pace will be played by “Dewey” from “Malcolm in the Middle”

Republican Presidential hopeful Fred Thompson will be played by “Law and Order’s” Fred Thompson

Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy will be played by the Muppet “Statler”

Sen. Chuck Schumer will be played by "Grandpa Munster"

NY Times reporter Judith Miller will be played by "Peppermint Patty"

Karl Rove will be played by "Jabba the Hut"

Donna Shalala will be played by Jackie Mason

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be played by porn star Ron Jeremy

Harriet Miers will be played by "Dobby" from “Harry Potter”

And, regardless of the satirical nature of this “skit,” I can’t bring myself to disgrace the Office of the President by repeating O’Brien’s casting suggestion for President Bush. Sorry.


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Hi Noel,Skit was pretty

Hi Noel,

Skit was pretty funny. Though Conan might have tilted his comments to the right slightly, but not so much.

Shawn

Shawn,

I think he went too far with Bush. But, I'm just getting tired of the constant Bush-bashing.  ns

Tired.. so very tired

Tired.. so very tired. I (we, I suspect) used to love political comedy and satire. After about a year of turning down invites to a local improv, or comedy act (fear of non-stop Bush bashing) and turning down the extended hand after dinner to hang around and watch Bill Maher's show - we finally relented and did both recently. Both in the company of radical Bush (or any R) haters.

Moving to Mars - getting warmer there, ya know.

(;~>

I (we, I suspect) used to

I (we, I suspect) used to love political comedy and satire.--Gary Hall

Me too. It used to be funny when it was done in a good-natured, caricaturish kind of way. Now it is just mean and vicious. It's a way to stick a knife in someone and then say "Hey, it's just in fun!"

motherbelt - political satire & bigotry

I watched a few minutes of the new "other" political comedy show a few weeks ago -- alone -- and in the dark. At one point, a chuckle (from the past) slipped out, and I actually looked over my shoulder to see if anyone heard me.

Synopsis: I'm not even comfortable watching fair and balanced political satire any longer - I'm tired and burned out. Political satire (i.e., political correctness, from the left - in their view) has turned into nothing shy of bigotry. Look up the definition in the dictionary - stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.  

What did George Bush get on

What did George Bush get on his SAT test?

Barbecue sauce!

Who let the DUmmies in?

Who let the DUmmies in?

RJ...Guards at the troll gate

RJ...

Guards at the troll gate are really slippin' the last few evenings!

LOL!

Yale, Harvard, and fighter pi

Yale, Harvard, and fighter pilot.  The very fact that you resort to the "Bush is dumb" mantra show you have no imagination.  Also - if I worked for PennDOT, I wouldn't admit it under sodium pentothal.  For those who are unfamiliar with how it works here in the Northeast, The Pennsylvania Turnpike and the New Jersey Garden State Parkway Authorities are where the politically connected families in the area dump the losers in their families.  While they continue to be an embarrassment, at least this allows them to get their own apartments and live away from the Family Manse.

Gary...I second everything yo

Gary...

I second everything you and mb said...I used to laugh...not think or give a second thought of all the possible innuendo's...it is no longer possible because it soooo obvious.

Really...all in all....it is sad for this nation.

Laughter and comedy can no longer be without an agenda for an outcome for power for these people.

For me....I am weary of all of it too.

Steven Colbert to Bush's fa

Steven Colbert to Bush's face:

"Most of all, I believe in this president. Now, I know there are some
polls out there saying that this man has a 32% approval rating. But
guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls
are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are
thinking in "reality." And reality has a well-known liberal bias.

So, Mr. President, please, please, pay no attention to the people that
say the glass is half full. 32% means the glass -- important to set up
your jokes properly, sir.

Sir, pay no attention to the people who
say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it's 2/3 empty. There's
still some liquid in that glass is my point, but I wouldn't drink it.

The last third is usually backwash. Okay."

Years ago I saw a porn film

Years ago I saw a porn film where the one guy actor was uniquely small,
that's the guy I would cast to play Bush. His lady made out her grocery
list while he did his business.

Proof?After all, the only pre

Proof?

After all, the only presidential "Member" which can be identified in a line up for a criminal case is that of William Jefferson Blythe Clinton vs Paula Jones.

I think that earns a "SH

I think that earns a "SHACK".... 

Anybody want to confirm a destroyed Rapubakin?

BDA:  Imagery confirms Rapu

BDA:  Imagery confirms Rapubakin in SMOKING ruins....

Checking out the guys parts huh?

So you check out and rate the guys parts in pornos? How would you know what "uniquely small" is?

masters, If you don't kn

masters,

If you don't know "uniquely small" when you see it, you must be "uniquely small" and think everyone else is that way.

Much as ABC News always wan

Much as ABC News always wanted it to be, "uniquely" isn't a real English word. You can't just change an adjective (which describes an absolute state!) to an adverb (which effectively changes its meaning from describing an absolute state to something else) by adding an "ly." Even if you're ABC News and able to repeat your new non-word over & over, to the immense consternation of English geeks across the USA. And if you're going to mention porn around here, it helps to be -- if not funny -- at least halfway topical on the subject of mediabias. (It must really irk the news media, which has yet to cover the story, that AVN's blog broke this one!) And it helps to have an "I can't wait for this one" probable political sex scandal in your back pocket for after the porn-hypocrite fun. I thank God the DC madam gave 'em away -- all 45 pounds of her phone-records -- to the media after being forbidden to sell them. "Information wants to be free."
JMR

Will we ever see the list sarc ?

I went about and read, and watched a utube vid> saw the CNN correspondent hotblonde said the gag order issued by the judge should not be construed as to mean there are important people on this 15,000 clients list, and it should just be considered standard procedure. That was a good for a Larry Flint cackle.

 So, even the courts have their standard coverup procedures. Isn't that just wonderful. BTW- Dick Morris was aclient in 1996 when he had to stepdown from the Clinton advisory position.

 I hit a link from google ( top one) to Pamela Martinand associates, and was surprised to find an ad type domain page with the single poster commenting " Republicans are finding it difficult to be escorted since Pamela>>>blahblahblah -

 The combination of those two thingsmake it absolutely clear the democrats are horrified, and whoever got the list figures there's no way it's going anywhere.

 My guess is we will never, ever see it.

 On down the line the liberal news establishment that got the list will use it to take down secretly and quietly and republican they dislike. We'll never hear or know the how or why of it. It will also be a discreet escort service, escorting said named importants to the lib side of whatever issue need be at the time.

 " Shut-up now  - we've got the goods"

 It works for the media just like it did for their hated nemesis mr original FBI headman.

I have no idea if we'll eve

I have no idea if we'll ever see the list (if it had been me, I'd have "shared" all 45 pounds of list electronically with Usenet, but that just me...). I can say one thing for sure, though. If it's forty five pounds of phone records, this sex scandal's almost-certainly bipartisan, period, and that inconvenient fact makes it very unlikely that a court system appointed by those same bi-parties will let the information go to someone like me very-easily...And that's why they hate Usenet and things like it, come to think of it.
JMR

rap, are you speaking in the

rap, are you speaking in the second sense?

"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."

rap, I guess I do not get a r

rap, I guess I do not get a reply?!

"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."

the one guy actor was uniqu

the one guy actor was uniquely small, that's the guy I would cast to play Bush.

A little "projection", rapubakin? Look it up...it should be easy...I've spelled it for you.

the one guy actor was uniqu

delete double

I agree Noel . Suggesti

I agree Noel . Suggesting that anybody is mentally challenged is kind of nasty,.

Actually – it was quite fun

Actually – it was quite funny.  But enough of this mentally challenged PC crap, huh?  Isn’t the word retarded?  Just ask Dawn Stensland over at Fox 29, who had to apologize on air last week for saying that when she didn’t get enough sleep she “felt like a retard.”  After all – the station received a whopping 23 emails complaining about the use of the word, so no one should ever be forgiven for using it again – what bravo sierra.

Anyone see FNC’s Special Edition tonight?  They replayed a bit put together over at Leno in response to the Butt-Kissing interview that BaBa did with Hugo.  They replaced his translation with seductive words toward Walters, and ended with “Have you ever heard of a Dirty Chavez?”  Funny stuff  -- and quite surprising for Fox News.  I wonder whether they’re familiar with the phrase it lampooned?

Give a Liberal a thought and he'll repeat it mindlessly all day.  Teach a Liberal to think for himself and he'll vote Republican (or, preferably, Libertarian) for the rest of his life.

Spiny

Spiny,

I must confess with all due or undue humility that I'm not familiar with the term either. Care to explain its meaning for us sheltered conservatives?  ns

Noel Trust me - you don't

Noel

Trust me - you don't want to know.

I'll oblige, but much like

I'll oblige, but much like the recent deer-tale reminded us, human sexuality is a VERY diverse thing...IOW, you're really gonna appreciate that conservative shelter if you click here, and this is probably one subject where it's safe to cite WIkipedia.
JMR

Sarc, that's just as bad as &

Sarc, that's just as bad as "tossing ones salad".

Damn good thing my dinner was down for the night, ugghh, puke, ralf, belch and barf in the name of uncivilized humans for Christ's sake.

For once, I wish I would not have been enlightned.

"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."

Sarc

J et al,

I was being facetious.  ns

Zing !!!

Zing !!!

Sarc,As usual, Wiki is not qu

Sarc,

As usual, Wiki is not quite correct.  They left out one important aspect -- the source of said moustache wax.

Anyway - it was quite astounding to see it on Leno, but a WTF moment on FNC.

Funny Stuff!

Give a Liberal a thought and he'll repeat it mindlessly all day.  Teach a Liberal to think for himself and he'll vote Republican (or, preferably, Libertarian) for the rest of his life.

Spiny

Spiny,

Do you remember Phil Esterhaus' signature line? Please insert here.  ns

spiny -- when it comes to 'ta

spiny -- when it comes to 'taches, nothing beats Mr. Creosote!

The answer is socialism. But only if the question is:

"What's the fastest way to impoverish, enslave and destroy people?"

Jab says: "To bad Igno

Jab says:

"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..." twice

Jab,

It is "too" bad, ignorant Bushie.

Whenever I read something lik

Whenever I read something like what rapubikin wrote, I start to rethink my stance on abortion. Too bad we can't test for liberal idiocy prior to birth.

BTW... Before anyone jumps on me, I am kidding. Even idiots should be allowed to live.

The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.

"The liberal MSM has b

"The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA."

Most Americans think Bush is.

I told you already rap, you have not been authorized to use my Tag. If you are so shallow minded you can not even come up with your own Tag, I shall do it for you..let's see... IDIOT... comes to mind!!! JAB

Last warning, I've been as nice as I care to be at this point.

You ought to widen your circl

You ought to widen your circles.

"People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news."  - A.J. Liebling

Most Americans think Bush i

Most Americans think Bush is an enemy of the USA?

Really? Wow, I totally did not know that. Never mind that I've never heard of any poll that actually suggests that over 50% of the American people actually consider our president an enemy of the US.

And I'm sure it isn't the case that rapubakin is simply projecting the views of the anti-Bush folks he surrounds himself with everyday on the rest of Americans - since that would be both arrogant and stupid.

No. It must be true. I really need to rethink my view of things.

Thanks rapubakin.

Jab,Keep your misspelled t

Jab,

Keep your misspelled tag, I was only correcting the spelling to make you look stupid.

rapie,Stick a fork in it...yo

rapie,

Stick a fork in it...you're getting way past done.

Must not want to last long here eh little one?

rap, you failed the test...as

rap, you failed the test...as most lib's do. I had it spelled correctly for the first year I was a member of this site, when I realized the one with little knowledge took offence to others spelling I changed to verbage to get their attention.

Congratulations dumba*s, you failed with living colors. Now get back to the subject at hand in regards to the original post and quit trying to belittle me by thinking your smarter because you may be able to correct someone's spelling.

In conclusion; it only makes you look more simple minded than whom you may be attempting to degrade.

"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."

Hey Rapie, are you the guy with t

Hey Rapie, are you the guy with the dead end job, or his brother who goes to the third rate college?

You remind me of somebody . . .

PennDOT ring a bell?

PennDOT ring a bell?

Ahh, so you are an overpaid u

Ahh, so you are an overpaid union goon who makes over $20 an hour sitting in a tool booth then?

I have even less respect for you since you said you work (hah) for Penndot.

Q: Did you hear PennDOT laid off 10,000 workers?

A: Yeah, somebody invented a shovel that can stand up on its own.

$20 an hour is so ten years

$20 an hour is so ten years ago. I sit in my cubical on a Lazy Boy. I
run eight miles and work out for two hours, on my lunch hour. I get a
monthly bonus for being under 227 pounds. I'm the poster boy for our
wellness program.

Yeah, that's it. That's the ticket!

Of course you are!

Steven Colbert roasting Chi

Steven Colbert roasting Chimp:

"And as excited as I am to be here with the President, I am appalled to
be surrounded by the liberal media that is destroying America, with the
exception of FOX News. FOX News gives you both sides of every story: the President's side, and the Vice President's side."

So, are you saying you emul

So, are you saying you emulate Colbert, or a chimp?

Free...Same difference isn't

Free...

Same difference isn't it?

LOL!

BT - Good point!

BT - Good point!

I'm sorry, I'm new here, bu

I'm sorry, I'm new here, but all my friends call your President "Chimp."

So, from now on when I say "Chimp" you'll know I mean your President.

I'm sorry, I'm new hereUsuall

I'm sorry, I'm new here

Usually it takes the Moonbats weeks to be sorry they came here.

Free, I have already smacked

Free, I have already smacked this punk around tonight. Weeks? I do not have the patience for that, best of luck to you...and your patience.

"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."

Which foreign country are you

Which foreign country are you a citizen of?   France?

NL...Soros Country!

NL...

Soros Country!

Naww.  I don't think this gu

Naww.  I don't think this guy is from hell, but he may be going that way.

Pennsylvania or Bush says:

Pennsylvania or Bush says: Pencilsavania

Last I heard, Bush was YOUR P

Last I heard, Bush was YOUR President.

President Bush

I, for one, am sick of you libs and your name calling and degradation of Pres Bush. If you don't respect others, you have no self-respect. I am beginning to despise liberals as they are nothing but scummy protestors of everything. Bitch, whine, carp. Contribute nothing to this country. I suspect you are a "come here" from some other country as your command of English stinks. Do not bother to reply because I don't fool around with scum bags. (And I hope that I have offended no one but Rapub..... and broken no blogging rules)

Thank you Judith

Thank you Judith.  You speak for most of us here at NB.

Rapubakin

Rap,

I have the authority to ban you. Stop talking trash about the president, and begin engaging someone here in a worthwhile discussion or you're gone.

You won't be given a second warning. Understood?

If this is the level of discourse you desire, please go back to DKos or DU.

Fair and final warning.  ns

After that last warning was n

After that last warning was not heeded, Noel applied a liberal dose of "Troll-be-Gone" to the affected area, and, voila! No more Haterette!

Shrub

Shrub,

Seems to have worked. I guess I'll do that more often, eh?  :-)   ns

I love the smell of burning

I love the smell of burning Trolls in the morning!

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

"Page not found"

oops!  "Page not found"...lol!

Ha! I LOVE the going away p

Ha! I LOVE the going away party he got above! ROFLMAO!

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

More like the poster boy for

More like the poster boy for the death penalty. 

Oooops shouldn't of lost my cool.

My bad.

Just kiddin' round...kinda.

LOL!

 "I run eight miles and

 "I run eight miles and work out for two hours, on my lunch hour."

Damnit man, I knew I should have taken that union job when I had the chance.

"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."

Nah. It's the screen name.

Nah. It's the screen name.

And the inevitable Stalinist Talking Points.

clear, abortion for being stu

clear, abortion for being stupid? no, but open season on trolls, especially the kind that think its cool to engage in "hater" talk (for those newbies here, hater was infamous for being crude and rude), we would be doing the country a favor. 

Well if this isn't special

Well if this isn't special ! We used to have some fairly heavyweight trolls . But, now We are getting "troll Lite " .

rap, does the phrase "ho

rap, does the phrase "hook, line & sinker" mean anything to you? thanks for your over whelming intellectual response on the wrong thread to my pervious question in regard to another post.

Next?!

"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."

Rapie, take your finger out o

Rapie, take your finger out of your nose and go sit on the sofa.  The nice nurse is here to remove your lobotomy stitches.

I still fondly remember Don K

I still fondly remember Don Knotts performance in the "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken". The man was born to play George Bush. I’ve also witness Anthony Hopkins recreate Hitler and Nixon, so playing Dick Cheney would not be a demanding stretch.

W.C. Fields as Clinton?

W.C. Fields as Clinton?

Beatrice Arthur as Laura Bu

Beatrice Arthur as Laura Bush

Angela Davis as Condie Rice

I did not authorize your use of my Tag, Punk!!! JAB

Rapubakin as Pee Wee HermanTh

Rapubakin as Pee Wee Herman

The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.

John Mark Karr as George W. B

John Mark Karr as George W. Bush; Curly Howard as Dick Cheney.

I used to think Jimmy Carter was the worst president in history - then along came George W. Bush.

Was Satan unavailable to read

Was Satan unavailable to read the script? Why you guys shoot so low?

Nancy Pelosi will be played by..

Nancy Pelosi will be played by Joan Rivers

Barbara Boxer will be played by Nathan Lane

Teddy Kennedy will be played by that big fat dude from 'Lost'

Jack Mutha will be played by Nick Nolte

The answer is socialism. But only if the question is:

"What's the fastest way to impoverish, enslave and destroy people?"

Ahhh Jack...Don't do that to

Ahhh Jack...

Don't do that to poor ol' Nolte...even he doesn't deserve that, he was smashed, poor baby...Murtha the treasonous traitor doesn't have an excuse!

Who would play the Clintoon characters?

Yeah, even the infamous mug

Yeah, even the infamous mug shot, Nick looked better than Murtha.

Hillary Clinton will be played by the late Boris Karloff.

Bill Clinton will be played by Charlie Sheen

The answer is socialism. But only if the question is:

"What's the fastest way to impoverish, enslave and destroy people?"

dick Cheney will be played

dick Cheney will be played by Eric Cartman.

Oh look!Another little one to

Oh look!

Another little one to play with for the evening!

Howdy troll-a-long...gonna be a long bumpy ride!

Got your seat belt fastened?

LMAO!

I thought is was pretty funny

I thought is was pretty funny at first...with the exception of Peter Pace but I took that in stride...but then of course the last comparison was below the belt...the leftists just had to insert at the very end... President Bush...they just cannot help themselves.

It was not funny any longer...for me it made all the rest of the previous comparison's null and void.

....but thats just me.

I missed all the fun! I thin

I missed all the fun!

I think fitness guru Denise Austin could play Plame. The guy who played "Paul" on Cheers could play Rove. Then the guy who was Hugh Grant's employee in "Notting Hill" as Wilson.

boa...Denise Austin is perfec

boa...

Denise Austin is perfectly PERFECT!

I am laughing aloud just thinking about it!

Thanks fella for the evening grins before I get off of here!

Balboa

B,

Very good! Not familiar with "Notting Hill," but the guy who played "Paul" for Rove is just great! Absolutely.

Remember the "Cheers" episode when Markie Post is a chubby-chaser dating Paul, and she refuses to go out with Sam? He tries hitting on her, and she says she might consider going out with him if he introduces her to the guy sitting at the bar. Sam says, "You mean Norm?" She says, "He's quite a suitful!"  :-)   ns

I do remember Markie Post o

I do remember Markie Post on those episodes and thinking she was really hot. Then she went on Night Court and she kind lost her appeal.

The guy from Notting Hill has the hair right. That's why I picked him.

B

B,

She looked SPECTACULAR in those two episodes. If you remember, the second was the one when she is Diane's childhood girlfriend, and Diane wants the three of them (including Sam) to become great friends. Of course, it doesn't work out because she's just TOOOO attractive.  :-)   ns

Sam had a lineup of girlfri

Sam had a lineup of girlfriends rivaled only by Seinfeld. Although Sam's girlfriends seemed to be more...'fun.' Including, if I'm not mistaken, one Dana Delaney!

Balboa

B,

Well, Sams's girls were '80s girls, and Jerry's were '90s. Big difference as you know.

As for Dana Delaney, I'm not recalling the episode she was on. However, wouldn't it be great to get a list of all the actresses that were Sam and Jerry's girlfriends? Probably a very long, but distinguished list (insert "Slider's" line from "Top Gun" if you dare!)  :-)   ns

Noel

If I recall correctly, Dana played a widow who wanted to sell her recently deceased husband's corvette to Sam (he'd sold his to buy the bar or something like that).

"Lost her appeal"

"Lost her appeal"?

Cmon Amigo, with gams like that!? Of course there is, and always will be the queen of all gams: Barbara Eden!

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

james dreyfuss is the guy fro

james dreyfuss is the guy from notting hill.