darrell hammond. >> chris, it's a pleasure to be here.already bored to death. hah! suddenly the national debt is higher than rush limbaugh in a mexican pharmacy. >> oh, man. >> hah! >> that's a pointed sick. >> hah! >> hah-hah! >> hah! i read something rather pointed about you, there's something you rather didn't want to do. i know you come from a military family and have had a tough upbringing in many ways, but something you're proud of, your dad was military, and you didn't want to do john mccain. you didn't want to do him, why not? >> i just felt that i had just been through this thing, this military funeral, my father on his deathbed had his military medals on his chest to explain what his life was about and maybe he wasn't a good as dad as he wanted to be. it was like i had a dad for the first time, and i felt that senator mccain was a great man and he was injured serving his country. and i think when people are injured, it affects the way they move and talk. i didn't want to let laura michaels down, but at the same time, i didn't wa

i love parties. >> that was darrell hammond's impeccable impersonation of bill clinton on "saturday nighti guess bill clinton became the -- you know, the standard-bearing hammond impression. >> i guess so. >> although there were other great ones -- donald trump, ted koppel, sean connery. which was your favorite? >> i guess clinton is the one that you get the most mileage out of. he's the one that people care about the most. i mean, i've had people ask me to do clinton in the most bizarre possible -- >> come on. where? >> oh, are you kidding me? like getting a colonoscopy? >> no. >> oh, sure. >> while you're having a colonoscopy? >> no, just right before it. like they're just getting ready to insert that object in that place god never designed for that object, and, i mean, like, the woman put the need million my arm and starts so that you can feel the medication starting to come in, they're going to move me to twilight, and just before i'm about to black out, she leans in and goes, "what would clinton say?" so i said -- i said, what is a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? >> so

darrell hammond from "saturday night live." when i finished your book, it was one of the most d, i don't know, moving, inspiring in many ways, depressing, sad, shocking things. >> yeah. >> -- i think i've ever read. >> really. >> yes. >> wow. >> did you feel that when you finished it, when you closed the book and thought, that's my life? >> yes, i did. i thought -- i thought it was probably going to be a little bit -- a little bit too dark for people to handle. but it's my story and i told it the best that i could. >> there's a quote there, which i think probably sums everything up in terms of what happened to you as a young man. i'm three or four years old, my mother is holding me close to her with one arm. in her free hand, she holds a serrated steak knife. slowly she sticks it into the center of my tongue, making an incision about one-quarter inch to one-half-inch long. >> yes. >> i couldn't believe what i was read being. >> why? >> i thought you were this funmy guy like donald trump or bill clinton on "saturday night live."

you gotta taste this soup. >> >>> back now with darrell hammond.t's been a roller coaster interview to put it mildly, for me and for you i think. tell me about your life now. are you happy? are you happier than you've been before? >> i think so. i think sometimes i even have good nights. yeah,sure. i'm a lot happier than i was. i mean, i'm involved with groups that deal with the things that i've been through and that's the best part of my life. >> do you think "saturday night live" co-stars will be shocked by this book? >> i don't know. there must have been rumors floating around back when i was melting down once a week over there. >> do they know about your background? do they know about your mother and stuff? >> i know lauren did and the producers over there new. they went pretty far out of their way to help me. i think on some level they understood that as you mentioned off the air probably the job saved my life and also, you know, we did have a discussion after one particularly virulent event where it was said if this happens again, you can't b

darrell hammond, my pal, thank you for coming on tonight.e you are with a whole new cast of targets. who was your favorite in this -- here's a spoof, by the way, the republican presidential candidates from funny or die. s to the character of rick perry. >> hello, herman cain here with a message for the internet. you're way too complicated. >> i'm michele bachmann, the current front-runner for the gop nomination. >> and i'm marcus, and we built this dream together. nothing is going to stop us now. >> hello, governor rick perry here, and i know i saluted a second ago, but i always salute when i -- after i squeeze one out. >> is anyone in the whole world excited about me being president? nope. >> was that last guy romney? >> i don't know. i never saw that. >> we definitely know who rick perry was. you're playing rick perry as a do doofus. what's it liked that could be the very soul of bill clinton. who is in there? >> in clinton? >> yeah. >> i don't know. i don't understand charisma. he has it. he has it, you know, but when you hang out with hi

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former "snl" funnyman darrell hammond opens up about battling his own demons. >>> keep it on this channel for continue local news, sports and weather. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching. have a good one. just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station.

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