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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: Darrell Hammond Breaks Down His President Clinton Impression [Watch (HLS stream): Darrell Hammond Breaks Down His President Clinton Impression](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wgpHxlIj.m3u8) (2:59)  _Published 2015-06-01. SNL's Darrell Hammond teaches TIME writer Josh Sanburn how to talk like Bill Clinton and Sean Connery, two of the comedian's most popular impersonations._ by [Josh Sanburn](https://time.com/author/josh-sanburn/) and [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/) Jun 3, 2015 7:20 PM UTC The comedian with a skill for impersonations talks about how it all started by [Josh Sanburn](https://time.com/author/josh-sanburn/) and [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/) Jun 3, 2015 7:20 PM UTC Comedian Darrell Hammond’s first impressions came at age seven alongside his mother, who liked doing impersonations of the neighbors. Hammond realized he, too, had a knack for impressions and was soon doing voices of Scrooge from _A Christmas Carol_, cartoon characters like Foghorn Leghorn and Popeye, and a host of others. Fifty years later, Hammond’s repertoire includes dozens of celebrities, including [Bill Clinton](http://time.com/3903385/darrell-hammond-president-clinton-impression/), Donald Trump and Sean Connery, all of whom he made famous in the 1990s and early 2000s as the longest-serving cast member in the history of _Saturday Night Live_. His latest character is [Colonel Sanders](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh2rHsxYh6U), the founder and mascot of fast-food chain KFC, who Hammond has resurrected as an off-kilter, mandolin-loving Southern goofball just a bit out of touch with 2015. Hammond recently stopped by TIME’s offices to discuss his latest transformation, Eddie Murphy’s outlandish impressions, and what it’s like being back at _SNL_ as the show’s new announcer. ## Transcript [00:00] I'm Josh Sanburn, a writer at Time Magazine. I'm here [00:03] with Darrell Hammond, and we're gonna learn a [00:06] couple impressions. We're gonna learn at least one [00:08] impression. President Clinton. Mm- hm. See if you can [00:11] do this. [ MUSIC ]. Little more. Say. Oh, see that's [00:23] getting really close. It's like a bullfrog. No. [00:27] It's more like a crinkle. Vocal crinkle. Vocal crinkle. [00:31] Yeah. Ma'am. Ma'am. If you would only take your [00:35] clothes off. [ LAUGH ] Ma'am, if you'd only [00:39] take your clothes off. And let me see you naked. And [00:42] let me see you naked. There would be no more [00:44] racism. There would be no more racism. I swear to [00:47] God. I swear to God. Let freedom ring. Let freedom [00:51] ring. I think you got it. [ LAUGH ] [ LAUGH ] Is [00:56] that all? So it just took you a couple minutes and you [00:59] were Clinton, that's how it worked? Mm- hm. Did you [01:02] enjoy being the president? Yeah. Powerful. Yeah. [01:06] He's funny because he doesn't raise his voice to be [01:10] powerful. You know, most people are loud when [01:13] they're Powerful. It's in the subtlety. There's no one like [01:16] him. So, on any level, you can't really [01:21] compare. He's doing the way God wants him to do it. [01:25] He's being himself. And then there's this thing, right? [01:28] Yeah, well, he does that. He does that, but we always [01:31] did the thumb and lip thing. Oh yeah, I gotta do the lip [01:33] right. I never saw him do that. Together. I did it on [01:37] stage in the Village one night and got a big response. [01:39] Just the lip bite and the hand? Yeah, I never saw him [01:42] do that at the same time. [ LAUGH ] It was just an [01:45] accident, you know what I mean? Yeah. I was just going [01:47] up on stage and just trying everything I could think of. [01:49] The Comedy Cellar in the Village. So it's really about [01:52] finding one personality tick and exploding it [01:56] in a way, right? Right. What is is about them that tells [02:00] us about them than just their voice. OK. Can we try it [02:00] again? I wanna try the lip bite and the thumb. Let's do [02:02] another one. You You are the reason. Reason Are [02:07] the reason. They put the [02:13] pause feature. They put the pause feature. On the [02:15] DVD player. On the DVD player. I swear to God. I [02:16] swear to God. I swear to God. I swear to God. [02:20] There it is. Do I [02:26] have time to do another one? One quick one? Sean [02:29] Connery maybe? The rapist Just baffled down the [02:33] left side. Just make sure these two. Try [02:37] to make your teeth on [02:42] the left side not open .>> The [02:43] rapist .>> rapist .>> rapist .>> Rapist .>> just [02:44] nod .>> just nod .>> You're 25 % done .>> Alright [02:48] Darrell thanks for coming in though .>> My [02:50] pleasure .>> I appreciate it. 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