Hammond said he tries to stay away from certain topics and focuses on things like politicians' golf swings instead. The best jokes don't "rise above a locker room towel snap," he said. "Everyone seems to accept that as fair." In his most recent "Saturday Night Live" sketches as Clinton, for example, he made jokes about being a ladies man and his love for the saxophone.
He said the politicians he imitates are almost always "accommodating and gracious" to him. He's spent time with Clinton, found himself in Trump's office and performed for former Vice President Dick Cheney. "I've always tried to be as respectful as I can be," Hammond said.
"My job was never to be a political commentator," he said. "Up until recently I thought I was going to retire and just be the announcer."
But with the Clintons back on the trail, a louder-than-ever Trump, and more presidential candidates than there are "SNL" cast members, we might just see more of Hammond in front of the camera again.
For more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...of-the-new-donald-trump/?wpisrc=nl_fix&wpmm=1
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He said the politicians he imitates are almost always "accommodating and gracious" to him. He's spent time with Clinton, found himself in Trump's office and performed for former Vice President Dick Cheney. "I've always tried to be as respectful as I can be," Hammond said.
"My job was never to be a political commentator," he said. "Up until recently I thought I was going to retire and just be the announcer."
But with the Clintons back on the trail, a louder-than-ever Trump, and more presidential candidates than there are "SNL" cast members, we might just see more of Hammond in front of the camera again.
For more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...of-the-new-donald-trump/?wpisrc=nl_fix&wpmm=1
GO GATORS!
