Showing posts with label SNL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SNL. Show all posts

Monday, April 10, 2017

Louis CK tackles racist chickens in SNL monologue


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Louis C.K. kicked off hisSaturday Night Livemonologue this weekend with a well-known joke setup: Why did the chicken cross the road? he asked the audience. The punchline? A lengthy explanation about how this chicken was racist for being afraid of a black man behind him.

He thought, Maybe if I crossed the road, then if he crossed the road, then hes definitely following me," C.K. said. So he crossed the road, and the black guy went home. Hes living his life. And the chicken was like, Im such a racist. And he felt bad.

C.K. went on to point out that chickens are very closed down, suspicious, and prejudiced, partly because their species murder rate is 100 percent. After doing his impression of a chicken looking paranoid, he made even more animal jokes Every moose looks like a dude who just got turned into a moose right before you looked at him, he said, referring to the constant surprised look on a mooses face and later, touched on how his life has changed now that hes a successful comic who can stay at five-star hotels.

I was always happy when I was strugglingbecause when your life sucks, it just sucks, he said before recalling sleeping at run-down highway motels. You dont expect anything. But when your life gets good, you start expecting it to, so you get unhappy. Examples include becoming annoyed at fancy hotels elaborate customer service and then becoming annoyed when fancy hotelsdonthave elaborate customer service.

Watch the whole monologue above.

Source: http://ew.com/tv/2017/04/09/snl-louis-ck-monologue/

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Sunday, January 8, 2017

Alec needles Trump again, this time in Russian


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Story highlights
  • Alec Baldwin posts photo of Trump campaign slogan in Russian
  • Experts: His translation and grammar is not exact
In a photo posted on Baldwin"s Instagram account, Baldwin is wearing a red cap with the Trump campaign slogan "Make America Great Again. " But it"s written in Cyrillic, the Russian alphabet. A US intelligence report said Russia is behind the hacking meant to target the recent US presidential campaign. But Trump downplayed Russia"s role after a briefing with top US intelligence officials.

Baldwin"s translation is imprecise, CNN Russian experts said.

The first word means "Make," the second is "America," in Russian, the third word is "Fantastic" or "Great" and the last word is "Again," they said. But the phrase contains improper grammar.

Former CNN Moscow bureau chief and CNN Contributor Jill Dougherty said this is not at all how Russians would say it or write it and wouldn"t be surprised if Baldwin came up with the phrase by plugging it into Google Translate.

"In fact, we just Google translated it, and it"s translated exactly like on the cap," Dougherty said.

The "30 Rock" star has been vocal about not supporting Trump. Trump himself tweeted in October that Baldwin"s "portrayal stinks" and that it"s "time to retire the boring and unfunny show."

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/08/entertainment/alec-baldwin-russian-hat/

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Sunday, December 4, 2016

Saturday Night Live Is Basically Just Reciting Facts about Donald Trump Now


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Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin on Saturday Night Live.

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There are some places satire cant really go, and Donald Trumps already-disastrous reign as Our Last President is about four years worth. So Saturday Night Live is more or less doing straight reportage in this weeks cold open, taking America on a whirlwind tour to meet the people our President-elect spent his valuable time retweeting this week. Its kind of cute to see Pete Davidson give 16-year-old high school student Seth Morton (@FiIibuster) his 15-minutes of fame:

Pete Davidson on Saturday Night Live.

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Its a little less cute to remember that Donald Trump actually took the time to quote this kids tweet, and a lot less cute to remember that the reason he did so was to defend his ludicrous lie that millions of people voted illegally.

Did Donald Trump really explain his actions, as Alec Baldwin does, by saying, I do it because my brain is bad? Well, to quote a 16-year-old with the President-elects ear, you have no sufficient evidence that Donald Trump did not. Also dont miss Steve Bannons surprise cameo.

Update: Surprising no one, Donald Trump found time to watchSaturday Night Live,take it personally, and respond on Twitter:

Source: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/12/04/snl_is_basically_just_reciting_facts_about_donald_trump_now.html

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Monday, April 4, 2016

"Shaken" Scottie Nell Hughes Responds to SNL Mockery: "Ultimate Shaming, Sexism"


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Its well-known that every weekend during the election cycle, Saturday Night Live is going to open its show with a cold open that skewers the latest in cable news, town halls, or Presidential debates. This past weekend show cast member Cecily Strong portrayed Trump supporter and frequent CNN guest Scottie Nell Hughes, in a hilarious depiction of female Trump fans justifying the candidates history of rhetoric:

The sketch identifies Hughes as a full-blown nutjob, and Strongs depiction (opposite Kate McKinnons impersonation of CNNs Kate Bolduan) at one point cried, You cant break me Kate, cuz Im crazy! And crazy dont break!

Although Hughes attempted to diffuse the situation on CNN Sunday morning with a laugh saying, You know, I have a great sense of humor the truth came out about how she felt being brutally mocked by the most-watched political comedy powerhouse in an election year.

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Talk about the ultimate shaming, the ultimate sexism. You know, whatdoes SNL want me to do, be barefoot and pregnant or maybe just talk about parenting issues? Hughes later got even more candid with The Blaze, admitting, Im a little shaken after this. I had no idea this was coming, and that tears have been shed, since the cold open aired Saturday night.

Watch the above videos from NBC and CNN.[image via screengrab]

Source: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/shaken-scottie-nell-hughes-responds-to-snl-mockery-ultimate-shaming-sexism/

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