I had the same reaction as Sam Rosenfeld over at TAPPED:
Wow, Wolf Blitzer kept telling us we were in for a treat and he was right! Did you all catch that Saturday Night Live spoof they just showed to introduce the convention? Have you ever seen anything so hilarious in your life, ever? Ever? Wolf kept on hammering away to us for about ten minutes beforehand that we were going to be watching a funny SNL spoof that the RNC had put together, and I think it’s now obvious that “funny” was just about the understatement of the year.
It was just like the intro to SNL, see, only it was a Don Pardo impersonator, and instead of the cast members from the show — no, seriously, you’re gonna love this — instead of the cast members, they announced the primetime speakers for the convention! Ha. Ha ha ha haah ha ha Ha HA HA HAAA HAAAA HAAAAA HA!!!!!! Oh man, when the Wolf promises comedy gold from the GOP, he and they deliver it. Just priceless. As Wolf helpfully told White House flack Dan Bartlett after they had finally picked themselves off the floor and wiped the tears of mirth from their eyes, “This shows the Republicans have a sense of humor.”
Understatement of the millennium, Wolf.
It’s also pretty painful to watch Wolf and the gang pretend to be amused by Mo Rocca’s routines. Maybe the stuff would work if Mo were still back on the Daily Show, playing off of Jon Stewart, et al., but the hollow, forced chuckles of Wolf and the gang are comedy death.