Gov, wife fodder for 'Saturday Night Live'

Rod Blagojevich found himself the lead parody on ''Saturday Night Live'' -- with a profanity-laced skit portraying him before the U.S. Senate trying to extort a personal "bailout."

The Blagojevich character offered to appoint a candidate approved by the Legislature if the U.S. Senate gave him a lump sum and paid off his credit cards.

When the Senate committee actors balked, he threatened to appoint himself. He later became angry at the "paltry" salary of senators, offering to accept instead an ambassadorship to Turkey as long as it was a "no-show" position; and offering for sale the wedding ring of Abraham Lincoln.

Patti Blagojevich wasn't spared, her character storming in with expletives to demand her husband get her a seat on NASA's board. "You promised!" she blared.