Rush Limbaugh: 'Saturday Night Live' Once Invited Me to Play Santa Claus

[big_dog]

Rush Limbaugh today claimed that back in the 90s, Saturday Night Live invited him on not to play Santa Claus. Not as a show host or anything like that, just to play Santa.

Limbaugh never did it, of course, but says if he did, “it would have been one of the biggest career mistakes I’ve ever made.”

He explained on his radio show that Lorne Michaels personally reached out to him to play Santa, which was apparently “intended as a setup for Al Franken‘s book.” And as Limbaugh listened to Michaels, he says he realized they wanted to use him as a “punching bag,” so they turned him down.

Since then, of course, SNL has lampooned Limbaugh various times, including back in 2012 after Limbaugh got in trouble for his comments about Sandra Fluke.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/limbaugh-snl-once-invited-me-to-play-santa-claus/

[misternormal]

1. Rush Limpballs as Santa...

He would probably hold a box of popcorn in his lap, and ask the little kids if they wanted some...

Rush is a waste of skin.

[treestar]

2. Santa is generous

and gives toys away. Not very capitalistic and Rushbo couldn't stand that.

[lpbk2713]

3. No Rushbo.

I think what they had in mind was The Grinch.

[Happyhippychick]

4. Do NOT let children near this man's lap

[Bandit]

5. Of course we all believe you... You are never known to tell a LIE.

[world wide wally]

6. So now Republicans are on record as being anti-SNL, anti-Jon Stewart, and anti-Colbert.

I wonder if they're going to come up with the 24/7 Huckabee channel

[PoliticAverse]

7. Sarah Palin was on last night's 40th anniversary show. n/t

[TeamPooka]

8. the little star fucker would never miss a free buffet and open bar.

[Populist_Prole]

9. Yes, I've found them to be a very dour lot

So very much more in tune with railing against things they don't like than they ever are with things they do like. What an exhausting existence it must be.

Their inveterate inability to separate politics from anything, especially entertainment, really kills their ability to enjoy things.

[Thinkingabout]

10. Could Scrooge play Santa?

[wheniwasincongress]

11. poor writing

Saturday Night Live invited him on not to play Santa Claus. Not as a show host or anything like that, just to play Santa.

huh

[underpants]

12. Sounds like a bet between Franken and Lorne

Frankens has the book coming out so he writes a skit to get Rush in costume (everyone knows who it is) on live TV. Franken brings out his book Big Fat Idiot and Rush is stuck on camera with it or he storms off the stage.

Lorne bets Franken he can book him.