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The Jayson Blair Hour
written by: Wes Zack


Jayson Blair.....Kenan Thompson
Announcer.....Chris Parnell
.....Ben Affleck


Announcer V/O: Coming this April, former disgraced New York Times reporter Jayson Blair gets his own show, The Jayson Blair Hour.

Jayson Blair: (Sitting at news desk, face looks sweaty and flush.) In my opinion, John Edwards won’t be Kerry’s running mate, his running mate will be Jay-Z.

Announcer V/O: Jayson Blair pulls no punches when it comes to current events.

Jayson Blair: There is nothing wrong with President Bush; you know he was a war hero!

Announcer V/O: Jayson also talks about important historical facts, key word being facts.

Jayson Blair: With that one swing of the bat, Wayne Gretzky gave the Boston Celtics the 1934 Super Bowl. Yes, Wayne Gretzky a truly great American.

Announcer V/O: Jayson even interviews.

Jayson Blair: (Interviewing Ben Affleck.) Now, Ben how do you feel about “Paycheck” sweeping all eleven Oscar categories it was nominated in?

Ben Affleck: No, that was Lord of the Rings; Return Of The King.

Jayson Blair: Damn, I could have sworn it was Paycheck.

Ben Affleck: Uhh… no.

Announcer V/O: Do you want the truth, you can’t handle the truth!

Jayson Blair: The weirdest thing happened the other night when I was walking home, a spaceship came crashing out of the sky and then… and then… uhh… (Gets out a handkerchief and wipes off sweaty face.) and then Michael Jordan came out of the spaceship. He said, “Hey Jayson, would you like some Taco Bell?” Then I said “Sure MJ!” So we went and got uhh… uhh… quesadillas, yeah, quesadillas.

Announcer V/O: Jayson Blair is the best thing to happen to television.

Jayson Blair: You love me America, face it, America loves liars, they love Bill Clinton, they love that character Jon Lovitz plays, what’s his name… Tommy Flanagan, yeah that’s the ticket.

Announcer V/O: The Jayson Blair Hour coming this fall to Fox News.


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