SNL audience cheers wildly at the sight of McCain

[rusty charly]

Vile.

[NYC Liberal]

1. A lot of them aren't even from around NYC which would (partially) explain that.

But yeah, :puke:

[rusty charly]

2. Trying desperately to blunt

the age issue. Lots and lots of "I'm really, really old" jokes.

[TexasObserver]

3. liking grandpa and wanting him to run the country are two different things

I'm watching it, and I don't think it means anything more than they like seeing presidential candidates acting silly.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. It didn't seem that wild to me.

Obama and Hillary got more applause when they were on. I remember Al Gore getting a huge welcome as well.

[rusty charly]

5. Well, he had to hold for it.

[WCGreen]

6. They were told to cheer loudly, I heard, in order to wake him up...

you see he falls asleep so easily after 9:00, right after the Murder She Wrote marathon is over.

Seriously, though, they cheer loudly for just about anyone.

[nebula]

7. Directed applause

Many shows on network TV have directed applause.

[mystieus]

8. Here's why,

[Warren DeMontague]

9. Maybe they had him confused with Col. Tigh from "Battlestar Galactica"

Easy enough mistake.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. Or Tim Conway.

[ruby slippers]

15. or an older "Tweety".....look here....

[Starbucks Anarchist]

17. Yikes.

[calmblueocean]

20. Ha! I thought I was the only one who thought that!

I keep wishing someone would get McCain to wear an eyepatch and say "Frakkin' toasters!"

[Strelnikov_]

21. Damn. I always suspected McCain was a skin job.

Explains a lot.

[rusty charly]

10. He's back

Doing Hillary/Obama jokes.

[MadBadger]

11. There's an Applause sign

[kid a]

13. here ya go!

[ruby slippers]

14. theypaid them 5 bucks each, maybe?

[anigbrowl]

16. SNL's audience would cheer for a wombat with an ice cream cone

Sorry, I like SNL sometimes but I don't really think it's all that funny or clever. Guess I'm too elitist for their brand of humor...too sophomoric and slow-paced for my taste.

[msallied]

18. I dunno... I might actually cheer for a wombat with an ice cream cone.

Cuz it sounds so damn cute. lol

[rusty charly]

22. cute, is right:

[lynnertic]

19. Obviously they know a joke when they see one n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

23. Eh. They applauded the end of the "Deal or No Deal" sketch, too. What's that tell you? nt