pennsylvania company, monkey boys production, less than 48 hours to create the podium. snl first suggested rigging a sevenw segway, but that was deemed dangerous. they took a motorized wheelchair, took out the seat and put a podium over it. mccarthy controlled it with a joystick. in the first rehearsal, her driving was a little tentative. it s like nothing you ve ever done before. hee was trying to run people over. even nonmotorized podiums have mishaps. woo! boom. hillary s collapsed, and obama s? we cannot sustain whoops. was that my yeah, your presidential seal. all of you know who i am. podiums are always getting abused. by coaches