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The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - Dave Taylor - 10-11-2015 08:46 AM

Amy Schumer was on Saturday Night Live last night and gave us a hilarious reenactment of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln: http://www.hulu.com/watch/855648


RE: The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - LincolnMan - 10-11-2015 10:39 AM

Dave: I don't have a Hulu account. Is it viewable somewhere else?


RE: The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - Dave Taylor - 10-11-2015 11:00 AM

(10-11-2015 10:39 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Dave: I don't have a Hulu account. Is it viewable somewhere else?

Bill,

I don't have a Hulu account either but it still played for me (after an advertisement, of course).


RE: The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - STS Lincolnite - 10-11-2015 11:03 AM

(10-11-2015 11:00 AM)Dave Taylor Wrote:  
(10-11-2015 10:39 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Dave: I don't have a Hulu account. Is it viewable somewhere else?

Bill,

I don't have a Hulu account either but it still played for me (after an advertisement, of course).

Same here. It worked for me.


RE: The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - Jim Garrett - 10-11-2015 11:10 AM

I think they portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln perfectly!


RE: The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - Pamela - 10-11-2015 11:52 AM

So funny!


RE: The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - LincolnMan - 10-11-2015 01:18 PM

Finally saw it! Loved it. Dave: thanks for bringing this to our attention- I know I'm going to get asked about it. I haven't stayed up and watched SNL in years.


RE: The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - BettyO - 10-11-2015 02:00 PM

Hysterical, Dave! Lovin' it! (Rather good costuming on Mary as well!)

I remember this 1992 Saturday Night Live skit re: Lincoln and Booth as well....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AATDhGrhyjU


RE: The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - STS Lincolnite - 10-11-2015 02:12 PM

(10-11-2015 11:10 AM)Jim Garrett Wrote:  I think they portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln perfectly!

Similar to Herndon's idea of Mary Lincoln's behavior.


RE: The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - Eva Elisabeth - 10-11-2015 05:26 PM

It's unfair - y'all water my mouth and the video can "only be streamed in the USA".


RE: The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - Thomas Kearney - 10-11-2015 05:33 PM

Amy Schumer tries to be funny, but she is not. I wish Ford's would do a reenactment of the assassination.


RE: The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - STS Lincolnite - 10-11-2015 06:18 PM

(10-11-2015 02:00 PM)BettyO Wrote:  Hysterical, Dave! Lovin' it! (Rather good costuming on Mary as well!)

I remember this 1992 Saturday Night Live skit re: Lincoln and Booth as well....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AATDhGrhyjU

Ha Ha! This one gets my science fiction brain going! Illustrates a what is called a causal loop (a time travel paradox in which a future event leads to a past event due to time travel). Lincoln went forward in time and saw that Booth killed him. So Lincoln next went backward in time and tried to kill Booth in order to prevent him from killing his future self (Lincoln's) - humorously of course, it being on SNL . Now to the "paradox" question. So in going to the past and attempting to kill Booth (and failing), did Lincoln instill a personal hatred so great in Booth that it in turn actually caused Booth to assassinate him in the future? Deep man, deep. And that's not as even crazy as some of the other conspiracy theories I've read!


RE: The Lincoln Assassination on SNL - Carolyn Mitchell - 10-12-2015 09:56 PM

Try this link to view the segment: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/fords-theatre/2919740