"He's about as bright as a manatee, stole the election... It's atrocious to me how he did it. I believe he was a coke dealer just a few years ago...The man has all the charisma of an egg-timer and doesn't come off as a leader of the Free World," Chase said.

A Democratic supporter, Chase expressed genuine admiration for Clinton during the course of his talk: "The President who just left office was the brightest person I've ever met. He could remember everything...and learn from any situation," he said. "I can't even compare Bush to the president we just had."

Chase said that he came up with the "Weekend Update" portion of SNL specifically so that he could mockingly comment upon the political situations of the day.

"Parodies came about because Mr. Ford was actually one of the better athletes of our presidents...but he continually had physical accidents...he was an easy target for me. The main idea was to get people laughing," Chase said. "All preconceptions when you laugh go out the window. Laughter kills it. Unfortunately for Ford, [the sketches] made people laugh at him."

To Chase, political humor was about commenting on the issues and getting laughs. "I got the laughs. That was the result I looked for," Chase said. He also never regretted any of his satirical comments: "As to political humor, [the politician] is already in the public domain, and so everything is fair game."

Chase's concluding comments included advice to aspiring political humorists: " Be Funny. Be naturally funny. If you're not, get out of the business. Be compassionate. Take drugs."

Students who attended the speech said they thought Chase was funny and inspirational.