Ben Affleck Does “Countdown”
As a frequent viewer, I don’t think Affleck gets the Keith Olbermann cadence quite right here — it lapses into a patrician accent when he really should be affecting old-school CBS radio voice. But he does capture Keith’s Orwell obsession and his tendency toward mania during the special comment about being denied an apartment by a co-op board because of his fuzzy kitty.
My guess is that Olbermann will be featuring this prominently tonight. He tends to be a good sport about these things.
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It was especially well written, but Affleck did sound more like Olberman doing O’Reilly than himself. And he cracked himself up too much. But the endless number of camera shots during the special comment put it over the top for me.
I didn’t see countdown tonight, but I hope Keith called for Lorne Michael’s resignation. “Have you no scruples, sir?”
How much are they paying you, Richard ! I bet they’re not paying you in oil !!!!!”