Gov. Paterson didn't see the humor in a "Saturday Night Live" bit that mocked his blindness.

[Mary]

PATERSON IN A BLIND RAGE OVER 'SNL' SKIT

Gov. Paterson didn't see the humor in a "Saturday Night Live" bit that mocked his blindness.



During the "Weekend Update" segment of NBC's irreverent comedy show, actor Fred Armisen played Paterson, imitating his wandering eye, gravelly voice and blunt, self-effacing demeanor.

But Paterson and advocates for the visually impaired didn't appreciate stock blind jokes that had Armisen pretending to be disoriented and wandering aimlessly.

"I can take a joke," Paterson told reporters.

But he called the SNL spoof a "third-grade depiction of people and the way they look" that could lead others to believe that "disability goes hand-in-hand with an inability to run a government or business."

[BarnCat]

SNL has a thing about blind people. They did a skit on Stevie Wonder a while back. They obviously think it's funny to see people fumbling around and bumping into things. Then again, I think SNL has been pretty lame over the years.