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Originally Posted by ehafner
They might keep Pharoah around to do Obama when Armisen leaves.
This. If Armisen leaves, there is 0% chance Pharoah goes too. One of the main reasons he was brought on was to do Obama once Armisen is gone (or even before then, if they'd found a way to make a non-awkward transition.)
What sucks is that there are some very good Obama impersonators out there, including a super talented guy, Jordan Peele, who was on MadTV a few years ago. Incredibly talented guy, and he would be a fantastic addition to SNL, but Lorne is adamantly against casting people who have established themselves on any similar show (that's well known Obvously something like Lonely Island is just the kind of up and coming project Lorne loves to poach from). It is notoriously known that when a person was offered a part on MadTV, they were essentially killing any chance of ever being on SNL.
Anyway, unless they find someone immediately able to step into the Obamapression shoes, Pharoah's not going anywhere.
Jordan Peele as Obama:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3c2...-from-fod-team