Bobby Lee as John McCain
by Guest Contributor Angry Asian Man, originally published at Angry Asian Man
I really don’t know what to make of this. It’s crazy… but I like it! In a weird twist of racial casting, comedian Bobby Lee will play Senator John McCain on the season premiere of MADtv this Saturday night: Bobby Lee to Play McCain on MADtv.
I kid you not. The proof is in the picture. The segment, “So You Think You Can Dance: President’s Edition,” features Bobby and Arden Myrin as Cindy McCain and Keegan-Michael Key and Erica Ash as Barack and Michelle Obama.
I don’t think Bobby makes a very convincing McCain. More like a John McKang. But I honestly don’t care. I look at that photo, and I laugh. It’s such a weird image. Whiteface, I know. I know. But when was the last time the tables were turned?
UPDATE: Oh snap. Here’s the video of Bobby Lee as John McCain in MADtv’s “So You Think You Can Dance: President’s Edition” sketch. Not a very good impression of McCain, but does anyone really care?
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Lakergrrl wrote:
I don’t think Bobby makes a very convincing McCain. More like a John McKang.
ROFL! That ain’t right!
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 7:56 am ¶
monica wrote:
If a white/Asian guy can play Obama then Bobby Lee can play McCain. Looks close enough for me.
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 8:52 am ¶
Tiffany wrote:
wow
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 9:11 am ¶
J.J. wrote:
I’m sorry that clip is funny as hell if you watch SYTYCD lol
They don’t look like who they are supposed to (except cindy) but barack sure sounds like the real thing
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 9:24 am ¶
gatamala wrote:
I would vote for McKang…just because he’s Asian.
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 9:33 am ¶
justin wrote:
I will vote for kodos. Cindy Mckang could be an alien from Mars Attacks.
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 10:03 am ¶
Brigitte wrote:
I didn’t know MADtv was still on the air.
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 10:23 am ¶
asada wrote:
so?
they had jordan peel playing an Irish dude way back when? A woman playing chris tucker.
MADtv always does stuff like this.
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 11:00 am ¶
chi wrote:
LMAO @ Brigitte. I thought the same thing.
Keegan was SPOT on with Obama’s voice. amazing.
I thought Lee did a pretty good job of imitating McCain’s personality and stance — tired and stiff. But I agree that it was definitely refreshing to see the tables turned for once.
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 11:07 am ¶
Cara wrote:
I don’t think that Key and Lee’s performances were all that….but the judges….man they were spot on!
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 2:16 pm ¶
Jaye wrote:
Lee needs to work on the voice and the cadence…but either way, looks hilarious.
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 4:13 pm ¶
Angel H. wrote:
Bobby Lee’s McCain needs some work. Keegan-Michael Key has Obama’s voice downpat, but not the way he carries himself.
(Then again, I haven’t seen MadTV in 3 years.)
Especially in the picture y’all posted. Yikes!
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 4:57 pm ¶
kuriusjurge612 wrote:
LOL michelle was gettin it boy!
Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 8:26 pm ¶
Minotaar wrote:
I feel mixed about this. It also partly makes me feel like this is saying “asian guys dance as badly as John McCain”. Is Lee featured doing any other skits simply talking or walking around like McCain?
Posted 24 Sep 2008 at 2:33 am ¶
Minotaar wrote:
Incidentally the actress playing Cindy McCain totally nailed the Stepford Wife thing. That was hilarious.
Posted 24 Sep 2008 at 2:34 am ¶
RJG wrote:
The Wayans Brothers, Dave Chapelle, and (ugh) Carlos Mencia have all done whiteface skits pretty recently (Eddie Murphy used to do it a lot too on SNL and his movies), but this is the first skit I can recall where a whiteface skit was targetting a specific person (although it wouldn’t shock me if it wasn’t).
Posted 25 Sep 2008 at 1:43 am ¶