Just when you are ready to bury the stinking corpse known as Saturday Night Live, it turns out that the show was merely in a coma, ready to get that shot in the arm known as our current political/economic crisis (chaos?). Yes, things are so bad out there on Wall Street and in D.C. that even SNL’s writers can dig themselves out of their long-suffering hole with the abundance of comedic material out there. Sure, it’s low-hanging fruit, but somebody has to grab it. And why not NBC? On one of their channels, all their shills get together and rave about Goldilocks, and on the other channel, we can get something a bit closer to the truth, even if it’s dressed up in satire.
More (with videos) after the jump! So clicky clicky!

What’s going on with AIG, Russia, Gold Prices, and we’ll even try to explain credit default swaps!
You see? We’re not always worrying about naked celebrities!

Stick a fork in Lehman Brothers.
They’re done.

33-year-old Wendy Brown is accused of stealing her daughter’s identity to attend high school and join the cheerleading squad.

Microsoft has spent millions on these commercials starring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld.
What the hell for? They’re not funny (so in that regard they are exactly like sitcoms), and they sell no products (in that regard that are exactly unlike sitcoms).
Please explain how these spots will get people to run out and buy Vista.

VP hopeful Sarah Palin admits that her 17 year old daugher Bristol is pregnant. Levi Johnston is the 17-year old father, who in a MySpace profile stated that he doesn’t want kids. He also stated that he’s a redneck who will kick your ass if you f— with him.

At the Democratic National Convention, one black Clinton supporter accused a black Obama supporter of calling her “Uncle Tom”. It’s nice to see the unifying effect the Clintons have on the campaign, isn’t it? Doesn’t it just warm your heart?

You remember Rob and Fab, don’t you? The dudes also known as Milli Vanilli came out in the late 80s with bubblegum pop crap that made the top of the charts. The party ended after they won a grammy and people found out that Rob and Fab were just lip synchers, and the real singers were other people.

Well, at the opening ceremonies for the 2008 Summer Olympics, the same scam was played out with a nine-year old girl named Lin Miaoke playing the part of Milli Vanilli and another girl Yang Peiyi playing the part of “other people”.

A giant inflatable dog turd created by the American artist Paul McCarthy was blown from its moorings at the Paul Klee Center, a museum located in Berne, Switzerland. The “art” brought down a power line and broke a window before landing in the grounds of a children’s home.

The exhibit, entitled Complex Shit, is the size of a house. It has a safety system that is supposed to deflate it in bad weather, but it did not work on this occasion.

Some idiot in Xenia, Ohio used a Burger King restaurant sink to take a bath in. Since it’s something to be proud of, he had a video of it taken and posted on MySpace. The Greene County Health Commissioner was not amused.
Watch the uncut video here!