This idiot needs to go. The adult members of the family are fair game but keep the children out of it. I felt the same way about Obama's kids.
The Writer for SNL Should be Fired
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Yeah that's not appropriate while he's a kid.
He will most likely grow up to be just another slick-back hair douche bag, and we can make fun of him then.
Can you imagine the shit storm that would have been of a writer would have said something like this about one of Obamas girls?
Yep, there is such a double standard. Madonna says she's dreamed of blowing up the White House. Imagine if a Tea Party member had said that. They'd lock them up and throw away the key.
You gotta admit that trump sets himself up to be mocked too easily. Same thing happened to bubba and W; those guys were easy pickings. They attempt to parody hillary, but there's only so much fun that you can make of a robot.
Many of us felt the same way about Obama and his lack of experience but you could never make fun of him, otherwise you were the biggest racist on earth. He was a gigantic, arrogant boob .. but was sold as the political Jay-Z.
If they are going to mock Trump, at least make it halfway funny. Baldwin is one of the worst impersonators in the history of SNL. It is beyond terrible.
You are correct in saying both should be fair game but Obama has never been bc that's racist.
He does make himself susceptable to parody. And within reason, that's fine.
Anyone with a modicum of decency should understand this. Imagine the repercussions if Katie Rich had tweeted "Sasha will be this country's first homeschool shooter." She would have been fired immediately, and rightfully so.
I dont deny theres plenty of material there for trump bashing. But i'm still sick of it. the last five snl opening monologues that i've seen (i've missed a couple though) have all been entirely devoted to trump. Then the first two skits sat night were about trump. I turned the channel.
Exactly my point. It's been less than a week but they've already forgotten the rules.
Why do y'all watch SNL? It's awful and has been for a decade.
They will continue bashing him as long as the viewer's want to see it and they will stop only when they see that viewers don't want to see it.
Not trying to single you guys out, because these sentiments are relatively common, but it's funny no matter who is in the cast, for every group since the original cast left in 1980, there are people who say this exact thing. They said it when Eddie Murphy was there, when Mike Myers was there, when Adam Sandler was there, when Will Ferrell was there, when Tina Fey was there, when Andy Samberg was there, etc. So it's just funny to me how so many people seem to think this, yet the target keeps moving. There are good and bad skits pretty much every week, some episodes have a lot of good skits, some episodes have a lot of bad skits. However, that was true from the beginning as well. People just remember the classic skits and forget the misses, where as when you are in the present and watch a skit that's bad, you go "man, this is terrible, they've really lost it," regardless of how true that statement actually is.
The Adam Sandler / Chris Farley / Chris Rock days of SNL were comedy gold. Will Ferrell was stellar as well. But the last few crews they have put out there have been awful. I don't know if they are just overly censored now or what, but it's just gone way downhill.
Again, my major point is that there were just as many articles calling the show "Saturday Night Dead" when those guys were on. In fact, to tie to your other poast, Sandler/Farley/Spade/Rock's cast is one of the major reasons MadTV and In Living Color existed because they thought SNL was vulnerable. Someone's golden age of SNL is gonna be another's "man this show sucks now." There will be people in 10 years (if SNL is still on) that say "it's just not as good as when Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney and Cecily Strong were on it." The same is true for a lot of things, there are people who say "ah, Carolina basketball isn't as good as it used to be, weren't the 80s the best? We had MJ, Worthy, Kenny, Brad, Perkins" and others will say "no, the 2000s were the best" or whatever. There is no real right or wrong for these, it deals largely with what is going on in the person's life at the time and how we grow and change.
As for the censored argument, I don't think the content is tremendously censored. I mean, they bleep the f word (broadcast television, after all) but one of the most popular skits of 2016 was a Dead Poets Society parody where the punchline was a kid stands on the desk and gets decapitated by a ceiling fan. The Digital Shorts were incredibly popular, and they had names like "Dick in a Box" and "Jizz in my Pants." So I don't think that really has anything to do with it. Just my feeling on it
I thought this was a skit they actually performed.
That was a dumb thing to say. But, Trump has set the standard for dumb tweets. It was in very poor taste, what the SNL writer said. But, tweeting dumb things can get you elected president nowadays, if enough people go along with it.
I think Alec Baldwin absolutely nails Trump in his impersonation.
Trying to impersonate Obama wasn't anywhere near as easy. Obama's personality was more subdued and diplomatic. Trump's personality just screams to be mocked. I don't think Trump realizes this either. It's like he's unaware just how extreme he is, on one hand, but then champions his being extreme in the other. He's thin-skinned when it comes to parodying him, that's for sure. And, his supporters are, too, when he's the butt of the joke.
That was a dumb thing to say. But, Trump has set the standard for dumb tweets. It was in very poor taste, what the SNL writer said. But, tweeting dumb things can get you elected president nowadays, if enough people go along with it.
I think Alec Baldwin absolutely nails Trump in his impersonation.
Trying to impersonate Obama wasn't anywhere near as easy. Obama's personality was more subdued and diplomatic. Trump's personality just screams to be mocked. I don't think Trump realizes this either. It's like he's unaware just how extreme he is, on one hand, but then champions his being extreme in the other. He's thin-skinned when it comes to parodying him, that's for sure. And, his supporters are, too, when he's the butt of the joke.
A few of the women on SNL have never been hotter looking (see, I'm sexist, too).
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Semi-related, Tim Meadows is coming to my town on Friday to do stand up so I'm pretty excited about that. He's an underrated member in the SNL cast hall of fame. Not saying he was legendary, but he's a great straight man in a lot of skits. Just has a very solid deadpan. And the fact he's coming to do a show where I regularly perform is exciting for me
Happens to the best of usPoint taken. Basically, you're saying I'm getting old. Thanks, ass.
And for the record, I'm a big time fan of the Farley era as well. Chippendale's skit is legendary, as is Matt Foley
I know you're joking, but Kate McKinnon is pretty much the face of SNL right now. She won the first acting Emmy in SNL's history (well, for cast, hosts have won guest acting before). She was also a Ghostbuster.
(I just realized as well, Strum poasted pictures of her and Cecily up above)
I find it doubtful that any of them are going to accomplish much outside of SNL. Just look at the list that you posted of the other generations and compare that to this generation. Everyone knew people like the original cast, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley and Will Ferrell were going to be stars. I don't see that with the new cast.
In fact, I feel like Kenan Thompson is only on that show because he couldn't be a star elsewhere. Maybe I'm giving All That and Kenan & Kel too much credit - but I feel like he was more of a star back in those days than he is now on SNL.
I'm not saying they will necessarily be as successful, because there are examples of people being great on the show and not having big careers after (Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon), and people struggling on the show but becoming huge later (Robert Downey Jr, Ben Stiller, Sarah Silverman), but I think that some of this group could have fairly big careers once they leave the show. If you look at some of the latest "completed" casts, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, and Seth Meyers have all had solid jobs following their exits, and McKinnon, Strong, and Leslie Jones have all started branching out into movies as well (McKinnon had major roles in 3 movies in 2016). Taran Killam, who left the show last year, just joined the cast of Hamilton in NY. So I think the jury is still out on what this current cast will do. I am not saying anyone in this group will have a Murphy/Sandler/Ferrell/Myers/Murray level career of post SNL success, but there is some talent there. No one would have suspected Chris Pratt to go from 6th billing on Parks and Rec to being (one of) the most bankable movie stars out there right now either.
SNL is definitely a step backwards from All That. All That was awesome.
Yeah, Kenan has a solid gig going, but he won't really do much after SNL other than be a supporting character in a sitcom or something. I think he does some stuff well on there, and he's had some good characters, but he can't really carry a show or movie.
Ah, 90's nostalgia. I had an idea last week for a podcast or youtube series called "Does it Hold Up?" and you would examine stuff from years ago that you remember fondly and watch it now to see whether or not it's as good as you remember. All That (or if sticking to movies, Good Burger) would be a good subject for this.
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