# Saturday Night Live's depiction of Joe Biden and tripping over dates **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** talk-variety-show\ **Created:** [August 24, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-lives-depiction-of-joe-biden-and-tripping-over-dates/1006148 "2024-08-24T16:32:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-lives-depiction-of-joe-biden-and-tripping-over-dates/1006148/1 "2024-08-24T16:32:21Z")
SNL leans into a particular quirk of Joe Biden when they have an actor imitate him – specifically, as seen here, the-actor-as-Joe will tell a long story, likely that will end with him making an ill-advised statement about race, but he’ll open with “the year was 19[gibberish].” Jason Sudeikis as Joe does it [here](https://youtu.be/142DfJ4Ch1U?si=5MNWT2-16a9OcxdK&t=228) “the year was nineteen whoopsidaisy”, Woody Harrellson does it in another clip “the year was nineteen clickety-clack.” I know that Biden has a history of long-winded stories and ill-advised statements on race, but where did the whole “the year was nineteen [gibberish]” thing begin? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-lives-depiction-of-joe-biden-and-tripping-over-dates/1006148/2 "2024-08-24T16:34:35Z")
It is just a Grampa Simpson type thing. Showing great age = rambling and meandering stories. It kinds of go back to this classic bit: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5Rzao52ndNA/hqdefault.jpg "Abe Simpson - Union Buster (The Axios Interview)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rzao52ndNA)