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Video: SNL Does Rick Perry

We wondered who would play the Texas governor and GOP presidential candidate on Saturday Night Live. Now we know. And he spared no mercy.

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You're nobody in politics, entertainment, etc. until Saturday Night Live takes an extended whack at you. Well, last night was pinata time for Gov. Rick Perry, who "appeared" on the show's Weekend Update segment to explain that much-discussed speech in New Hampshire.

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