For me, what really sold the gay marriage joke was the fact that it was Kate McKinnon saying it. That fact alone makes the joke seem almost personal.

I have heard a lot about the brilliance of SNL. I have now seen SNL. I am now confused.

A very unexpected video. Finding it in late May 2019 is also quite unexpected, considering... stuff that happened.

Y'know, it honestly just now occurred to me that our two candidates in this Presidential election have both legitimately been celebrity presences for over two decades now. There's something fascinating there, though I'm not sure I can properly quantify it right now.

I had a dream that you ran a store at the local mall where you sold books, cereal, and used Atari games. We were casual acquaintances and you would always slip me an extra box of Reeses Puffs or recommend a new book whenever I came in. You were dressed as Scarlet O'Hara for some reason. Thanks for the dream-cereal.

I love the manic, wide eyed expressions that Kate McKinnons Hillary has. She can also mimic Hillary's voice and speech pattern pretty close.

9/11. Hilary Clinton. Someone clearly doesn't fear the Internet.

So, twenty years of Clinton jokes... for nothing. Absolutely nothing.

"Fred and Wilma" dynamic is funny, because Tress MacNeille, who impersonated Hillary in all those WB cartoons, also voices Wilma Flintstone.

As an Irish guy, I don't get what you Americans find funny in SNL. It's all boring, forced, and predictable. It feels like a kids sitcom but with swearing.

it's sort of a conflicting feeling to see it laid out here that hillary's depiction as a power hungry schemer is clearly rooted in sexism, even though she genuinely does come across as a power hungry schemer. i guess its less that i dont think she deserves that sort of characterization, and more that it concerns me that so many equally sleazy male politicians arent criticized as harshly for the same moral failings. its always worse when a woman does it i guess

"You know who I haven't heard of in a while? Hillary Clinton *snicker*" couldn't say that with a straight face, could ya?

"Wow, these shows really had it in for Pauly Shore." HE DESERVED IT.

I haven't even read the comments and I'm telling you to not go down there.

I think the reason Hilary's portrayals have been so inconsistent is because, to be honest, she's kind of a boring person in real life so it's kind've hard not to change her personality completely when you're spoofing and/or satirizing her

The real question is why this was recommended to me in February 2020.

Wow the comments on this video are shockingly civil. then again maybe I'm just early?

I'm so relieved this was actually a clever pun on words, and not a misspelling. This channel is like an oasis for smart people!

Impressions boil down from accuracy into amplifying the most erratic and humorous traits of the subject. It happens almost all the time with any character in fiction. Biggest example I always see is Peter Griffin. He starts the series as a loving, misguided man with a bit of an IQ degrade to full blown idiot by the end of it. That trait was found to be the most humorous, so they decided to magnify and bring it front.

3:42 the name of the news stand is "BERNIE'S" *foreshadowing*

there’s a certain sadness in this video. this is a little time capsule from Before.

I used to feel bad for her, after her recent stabs at Bernie, especially on the howard stern show, I feel a bit less bad for her. Too bad, she kind of his turning into one of her caricatures, or maybe she is turning out to be rather than into.

100% of the comments are talking about the comments

If anyone is interested on the search for the missing original Animaniacs episode, I found this great wiki/blog where an administrator finds the original aired episode and another member messages animator Tom Ruegger. forums.lostmediawiki.com/thread/523/hillary-clinton-animaniacs-original-exist

I think Hillary is incredibly lucky in who her opposition candidate this year is; then again so is Trump. If either of them were running against somebody else they would most likely lose.

Loved this video, Lindsay. Never realized how many portrayals of Mrs. Clinton there were o_o

I always sort of wondered why people were so bugged out about Hillary Clinton until I learned that they literally forced her to bake cookies in the 90's and everything kind of clicked together.

It is surprising how calm this comment section is.

I'd love to see Lindsay talk about depictions of other US politicians, like George W Bush or JFK or Nixon!

I remember in 2008's Grand Theft Auto IV seeing Hillary as the fictionalized version of the Statue of Liberty.

Its like a litmus test of peoples attitudes towards women who seek power

Sooooo... is it me, or is the fear of an independent, powerful woman driving a lot of Hillary Clinton's portrayals?

I think Kate did the best impression, not because it was an impression squared, but because it's exactly how many Americans viewed Hillary. She ran because "it was her turn," she acted like it was, and that's why it's not President-Elect Clinton. A lot of factors went into the voting issues, but McKinnon tapped that "well, duh" attitude that pols have the rest of America is pretty much done with. The best thing that can happen is for SNL and the like to do impressions of the impressive amount of shitty Representatives, Senators, and Governors. I doubt they will, because we're about to have a Tweeter in Chief that'll distract any meaningful satire from happening. I'll double down; the absolute best thing satirical media can do is completely ignore Trump and aim their criticism at federal and state level government positions.

I think Hillary Clinton is going to be remembered by history. I mean, not for any good or bad reason in particular. Just...how much of an impression she has and continues to make on people's feelings about women in power. Probably going to see a paragraph in a textbook one day about "Hillary Clinton's influence on women in politics at the turn of the millenium".

‘Kate McKinnin’s Hilary is more of a villianous cartoon impression like Invader Zim’ OH MY GOD YOURE RIGHT! This really makes the world a better place, this phrase having been said out loud finally. Thank you, Lindsay. All hail Kate! All hail Zim!

I, too, like Kate's interpretation of Hillary. I'm not a fan of the whole shrill, beleaguered harpy wife she was portrayed as in the late '90s. Kate's captures the essence of her demeanor while exaggerating it in amusing ways. I hadn't seen that meme video before and lost my shit, lol! Holy hell, what the ffffff that was hilARIOUS! Nice vid. Entertaining and educational. :)

Lindsay stumbled on something weird here: no, the Animaniacs episode as aired didn't have an original, alternate cut with Hillary in the chair, but YES, the original song (which you can find on the soundtracks) had the lyric "Clinton, first name Hillary." Tom Ruegger himself confirmed it to a fan: forums.lostmediawiki.com/thread/523/hillary-clinton-animaniacs-original-exist So apparently, Lindsay Ellis owned an Animaniacs soundtrack on CD as a kid.

I effing love Kate McKinnon she is gift from the heavens.

As a European, I have never seen these before. I have always wondered why Americans' perception pf her was so weird, and now I know why. They can't tell what is real and what is not because of the media portrayal of her 😩

Tina Fey as Sarah Palin and Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton . Match made in heaven.

Hillary was accused of speaking with a Southern accent when she was campaigning for president in the South, so South Park spoofed it. Also, I wish you covered Madtv's impression of Hillary during the 90's.

RIP, Jan Hooks and Phil Hartman. Nice to see an old sketch. :)

Ironically enough, President Trump is acting as a real-life Saturday morning cartoon villain

Why is this popping up in my feed now? This is from 4 years ago.

I can't wait till we get to Lindsey's video on Trump. Thats going to be just as hilarious 😂😂😂

It's real crazy to see like, at the time presidents appearing in kids cartoons back in the day. Like that doesn't really happen anymore, at all. Could ya'll imagine sitting at home watching your stevens universe and all of a sudden Donald Trump appears?

I'd die to have Lindsey hey back into making Loose Canon episodes. I want one on Michael Jackson SO SO SO badly. Elvis would be interesting too. Also Barack Obama. That'd be so amazing

Prepare for "are you going to cover her lies?" comments.

Ah, was expecting it to be more politically charged, that's refreshing... Plan to do the same with Trump? If there is enough stuff on him for that that is...

I'm booting up Final Fantasy X, and To Zanarkand starts playing with the video paused on claymation Lewinsky's staired-up face.

This was brilliant! I'm loving these episodes that cover how a real-life person or event is portrayed.

O man, this is great. Please never stop making videos, the internet would be worse without you.

10:30 This is satirizing Clinton's weird tendency to take on a Southern accent when speaking in Southern States. Specifically, based on her outfit, it seems to be ripping on a now infamous 2007 rally in Selma, AL where her fake southern accent was especially pronounced.

Wow..... this video was actually pretty informative and about as free of bias as one could hope for on youtube.

You are so amazing at analyzing every detail, already looking forward to the next LC

I enjoyed this and your narration was great. It was an interesting piece not only on Hillary Clinton but on the nature and evolution of how a person is portrayed in satire and encouraged people to think, rather than telling them what to think. Great job!

I don't like her politics but so much of her hate is just not so subtle sexism

I am just glad to have something to show the "Liberal media is sucking up to Hillary" crowd

I like your stuff, I've been binge watching it a crap load lately and I really enjoy everything so far. Probably the best from Channel Awesome as far as I'm concerned.

Those SNL clips at 2:00... all of that was painful in hindsight. Yikes. And there's still fourteen minutes left. Your content is amazing Lindsay, thank you for talking about all of these things.

It's amazing how much the sexism of some of those older sketches feels cartoonish in the modern day. The only times I see men telling women to go bake cookies now are either ironic or people being very intentionally misogynistic. I wonder what today's jokes will look like in 50 years, when people will wonder how anyone could ever think like that.

14:55 Kate Mcinnon is my favorite of the everything Really awesome insight

That last bit really captures my thoughts on American impressions of Angela Merkel, who always just has a generic German accent. Have Americans never heard her talk or do they just don't really care whether she actually has an accent?

The hysterical back and forth comments on this vlog are SO much better than the video itself, lol:)

Your videos rock my socks.

Hey Lindsay, what happened to the cool Loose Canon opening you used in the Mystique video? I really loved it...

Okay but what I love about your videos is you know when to stop. You keep us interested with a good video for just long enough. Well done

Now that was actually refreshing. I knew all this, but getting reminded in such an interesting way made me press that sub button. I am curious.

God. I pray that you spare us the wrath of Trump supporters. Amen. (all I can do at this point is pray the comments don't turn to shit)

Great video Lindsay! I love Loose Canon! :DD

Great Job! This must have been a lot of work. BRAVO!

SNL and Hillary without mentioning Norm McDonald? Sounds like something the Germans would have us believe.

In a way I wish you had waited _just_ a little bit so you could have touched on SNLs take on the debates. _Those_ were glorious.

Clinton is just really weird. She is better than Trump, but being better than Trump isn't that hard to do. Same goes for Biden.

Amy Pohler is my favorite SNL Hillary. But Kate McKinnon is really delightful.

The Clintons were depicted attending Superman's funeral in the Death of Superman comics. This was before the Lewinsky scandal, so it was played pretty straight, even though Bill was doing his "I feel your pain" gesture in one panel.

Oh dear. Looking at the date on this...(ellipses intensify)

Of course this is the video you don't lock the comments on. Bold move.

this is like a relic from a time when presidential scandals were scandalous and not another monday

Great video and interesting theme! Thanks, Linsay! Looking forward to your next one :)

Kate McKinnon is a treasure.

Jamie Lee Curtis + Tim Curry = Kate Mckinnon's Hillary

COME ON JACK THE RIPPER; also great video as always Lindsay. But honestly, my favourite of the SNL skits had to be when Poeler and Mckinnon's Hillarys came together XD

This was great! I love all the SNL portrayals of Hilary:) and the Invader Zim cameo made my day!!!

It's interesting how you can see the trivilization of national politics 20-30 years ago on TV. And people wonder why they got a reality tv star...

hey lindsey! could you maybe do a loose canon on some themes such as Artificial intelligence?

I can't believe how long it took me to watch this one. So glad I did!

Great video. Something you touched on that, i think, is widely not known, is how the history of comedy is an insight into the history of public opinion. The type of jokes stand up comics write or sketch comics assemble is an insight into the beat of the nation. While often times, comedy can help shape public perception, it is moreso influenced by it.

Chez Lindsay, great video! You should have played the Disney Channel Original Movie Zenon (1999) where Chelsea Clinton was the President of the USA in that movie! Pretty interesting.

Yea we all used to say "President Clinton and her husband"...

I'm holding back the involuntary gag reflex to enjoy this genuinely entertaining video. Seriously though, great video.

Ah the research and the critical eye that went into this... that is why you are so wonderful Lindsay!

It'd be pretty amazing to get an update to this that includes portrayals in the aftermath of the 2016 election. . . and optimally, some discussion of how these portrayals over the years have impacted her political life, where we are now, and/or what the best responses might be to this kind of rhetoric when we see it. I'm reminded of southpark's apology for mandogbear or whatever it was called? With Gore on climate change?

The video is a lot more tame than I thought it would be. I applaud that. I really dislike the Clinton's, I'm voting for her, but I'm not happy about it (I considered third party which I know you dislike but the reason I couldn't vote for those two is because of their crazy ideas, not because it would help trump or whatever you say). I was a bit nervous coming to this video because, like Senator McCain during the primary in my state, whenever I heard praise of her I consider going for another candidate again despite knowing the others are crazy. Well done video, very nice!

This was quite impressive, must have taken a lot of time. Well done.

Well done, Lindsay. This is probably the tenth video of yours that I have watched. Other presenters could cover the same material, but I find your videos to be entertaining enough to keep me interested.

will everyone please stop commenting about the comments and comment on the actual video? jesus christ

I know this wasn't a full-on Hillary impression per-se, but there was a short lived TV show in 2012 called "Political Animals" which had a Hillary-esque character running for president. She had a philandering ex-husband who used to be president, serving two terms before leaving on a sour note (he slept with a LOT of interns) and the main character, played by Sigourney Weaver, tried running for president herself after her then-husband ended his term. She lost in the primaries and blamed her husband's reputation for it, divorcing him the week after the convention, then she ran against the president, who was in her OWN PARTY, 4 years later. Her ex-husband, who, turns out, is a lot smarter than he looks, ends up becoming her campaign manager, and it was later revealed that she lost the first time not because of him, but because the eventual president kept kicking her ass in the debates. The ending of the series leaves on a cliffhanger- the president intervenes on a hostage crisis and Sigourney finds out that he is, in fact, a wise leader. She apologizes for trying to boot him out of office, but the president tells her he is impressed by her tenacity and offers her a spot as vice president. (He disliked his own vice president, who was a yes man to corporations and was the sleaziest character on the show.) Sigourney tells him she needs a day to decide. The president gives her 24 hours, but, 12 hours later, as Sigourney makes her decision (she wants the vice presidency) the president apparently dies in a plane crash and the sleazy vice president, who the president privately fired but didn't tell anyone about, becomes president. The new president, who knew about the president's offer to Sigourney, vows to make Weaver's life miserable, and the ex-husband gives Sigourney two choices: continue her campaign (she never officially suspended it) or call it quits. The series ends with her uncertain about the future. The show had a lot of characters that were obviously caricatures of people who were relevant back in 2012, and one of the characters may have been an inspiration for Andre from Empire (eldest son who's power hungry and is married to a smoking hot woman of another race, which Weaver disapproves of) but it's definitely worth watching for the MILLIONS of references to Hillary Clinton... especially now, since a version of the sleazy vice president of this show was flat out elected president in real life.

Theres little consistency because corrupt criminal is not a personality type, underneath that is a souless void who doesn't know where the lies end and the truth starts..

McKinnon's Hillary is genius. I love how it makes her awkwardness endearing. Puts a human face on the impression, not just a stereotype, and that's what makes it funny.