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Barack Obama Cancels SNL Appearance Due to Hurricane Ike
Saturday September 13, 2008

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Barack Obama arrives at a townhall meeting at McConell Center in Dover, New Hampshire, on September 12, 2008.
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Barack Obama has cancelled a guest appearance on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live because of Hurricane Ike, which made landfall in Texas Friday night.

"If it's serious, it will change everything for us," SNL creator-producer Lorne Michaels told Politico Friday, before Obama had cancelled.

"The tone of the show will shift, and it would be inappropriate for the senator to do if it looks in any way like it’s going to be a tragedy," Michaels explained.

The Democratic presidential nominee has also decided to scale back campaigning and instead focus on responding to the hurricane.

"Obama offered to do whatever he can to help, including using the Obama website to raise funds for relief efforts," spokeswoman Linda Douglass told the AFP.

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But the premiere of SNL on Saturday - hosted by Michael Phelps - must go on.

SNL alum Tina Fey is "likely" to play Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, a person close to the show told the Associated Press Saturday morning.

Though Fey's appearance isn't confirmed, Michaels told the AP earlier this week: "The whole world cast her in that role."

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