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Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003, as portrayed in comedy impressions. In Saturday Night Live's October 2002 lookalikes sketch, Darrell Hammond plays him as a put-upon tyrant who cannot understand why President Bush is…
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Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003, as portrayed in comedy impressions. In Saturday Night Live's October 2002 lookalikes sketch, Darrell Hammond plays him as a put-upon tyrant who cannot understand why President Bush is after him and keeps sending body doubles out in his place.
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