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Heisman Winner [84228]
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Its hard for me to watch SNL anymore.
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May 21, 2025, 1:51 PM
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I’ve always been a huge SNL fan, I understand they are liberal and I can appreciate a good joke. But it’s literally every opening scene since trump was elected is making fun of trump. When Biden was president they would rarely make fun of him (they started when he left the race).
Half the weekend update jokes are just about trump or Vance etc. it’s just getting unbearable and completely one sided. Which sucks bc I’ve always loved the show and watched it every weekend.
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When the White House is run by clowns, there is plenty of material
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May 21, 2025, 1:55 PM
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And there probably hasn't been a presidential administration that deserves such mockery since SNL's creation.
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To that point, every local evening news broadcast in the country should
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May 21, 2025, 1:58 PM
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be making fun of the clown. The absolute absurdity of this administration should be roasted nightly, F this once a week crap.
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Tiger Titan [49070]
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It's a public service duty at this point.***
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May 21, 2025, 2:03 PM
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How many newsworthy things did Biden do or say in a given week?
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May 21, 2025, 1:55 PM
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Trump is providing daily fodder, the kind of stuff the US has never seen from a President. And it doesn't help that he's not hiding his mental decline like Biden's handlers did, he's just out there spilling his verbal diarrhea for all to see.
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Re: How many newsworthy things did Biden do or say in a given week?
May 21, 2025, 2:02 PM
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Yes - far, far too much buffoonery to pull from - this admin is the most ridiculous and deservedly mocked situation on the planet at the moment. Maybe something will come along to supplant "his dominance"?
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Heisman Winner [84228]
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I agree he is a dumb a to spew whatever he wants on social media.
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May 21, 2025, 2:06 PM
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I voted for Niki but I wasn’t going to vote for Kamala .
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Re: I agree he is a dumb a to spew whatever he wants on social media.
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May 21, 2025, 2:15 PM
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I voted for the dumbfvck over Hillary thinking he’d calm down and act Presidential. Proved me wrong in mere weeks. I would’ve voted for my dog over Dumb Donald the second time around, and growls at mirrors.
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Heisman Winner [84228]
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I voted for him in the primaries the first time and for the main vote.
May 21, 2025, 2:39 PM
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I really thought he would act presidential. That’s my main issue w him. Just be chill and not embarrassing.
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I also think that's true
May 21, 2025, 2:46 PM
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There was a component of feeling bad for Biden as he was generally seen as a likable guy in decline as opposed to Trump's image of a powerful and generally unliked (other than for his money or power) guy who on top of saying and doing crazy stuff, also chooses to be rude and mean to folks nearly daily.
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Re: I also think that's true
May 21, 2025, 4:45 PM
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Yes - pitiful vs an as sclown. Neither of which belongs in a position of power, certainly not the Presidency.
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They do lean on that a lot - but I do enjoy that guys Trump impression.***
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May 21, 2025, 2:01 PM
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I don't know man, the guy that does Trump is incredibly good/accurate...
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May 21, 2025, 2:01 PM
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given the stuff the Trump and his admin do on a daily basis and SNK having a guy that plays him so well, they'd be crazy not to do that stuff.
Also, they did a lot of cold opens with Biden over his yrs in office.
This one was pretty funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dJsVHS9zZY&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive
My wife and I were actually watching old SNL's last night and we watched one with Will Ferrell playing Bush. We both said that the difference in Trump vs others is that with the others, the actor had to create some kind of caricature of the President and with Trump, they basically have to sound/act like him and just largely repeat what he actual said or did.
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Re: Its hard for me to watch SNL anymore.
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May 21, 2025, 2:02 PM
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The political one sidedness of SNL predates the Trump or Biden Presidency.
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They make fun of all presidents. The Bill Clinton guy
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May 21, 2025, 2:16 PM
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was Fing hilarious.
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Re: They make fun of all presidents. The Bill Clinton guy
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May 21, 2025, 2:18 PM
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They do, but it's definitely one sided in content and has been for quite some time.
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Bush didnt get it any worse than Clinton or Obama from SNL. Trump is
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May 21, 2025, 2:26 PM
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is an abhorrent obnoxious doooshbag that lends himself to severe mockery.
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Re: Bush didnt get it any worse than Clinton or Obama from SNL. Trump is
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May 21, 2025, 2:39 PM
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I'll definitely disagree with you on that. Especially with Obama. All the "humor" that I saw regarding Obama seemed to intentionally put him in a good light and never anything really negative. Admittedly, I didn't watch every episode, so I may have missed something.
Bush was always portrayed as a doltish idiot - while I did not care for Bush as a President, he was not what a lot of people tried portray.
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I think there is an added component
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May 21, 2025, 2:43 PM
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Trump has been a mockable character for a long time. Far predating his political run or his presidency. Even absent his administration's bafoonery, there is also the simple component that he's seen as an unlikable A-Hole with New York familiarity and connections. That certainly plays into the opinions of a NY centric show and cast.
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Ultimate Tiger [34050]
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Re: I think there is an added component
May 21, 2025, 2:52 PM
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Yes, Trump is too easily mockable, so Trump is a bit of a different story. And, I really don't care who they mock or how they mock them. It's just a TV show. It's not surprising that the writers and actors of a show in a city like New York would paint a Dem in a more favorable light than a Pub. Seems par for the course.
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I have watched them all and I agree.
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May 21, 2025, 2:46 PM
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Obama was always painted in a good light, Bush was painted as a doofus. Biden they only made fun of for being senile after he dropped out. I can enjoy it and it’s funny, but literally every opening scene is trump?
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It's probably proportional
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May 21, 2025, 2:48 PM
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To the amount of Trump's insertion of himself and his ego into every moment of the American news cycle.
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Heisman Winner [84228]
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Thanks Balm. I didnt know that was an option.
May 21, 2025, 2:54 PM
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Thank you for enlightening me!
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TigerNet HOFer [122038]
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It certainly better than coming in here and crying about it
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May 21, 2025, 3:16 PM
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or maybe you can just skip the opener? Anywya, like everyone else said, the jokes write themselves under this administration, it is a great time to be a comedian, and of course, the man deserves every ounce of mockery he receives. He can dish it out, but being the snowflake he is, can not take it in return.
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This is literally the place to come talk about it.
May 21, 2025, 4:42 PM
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I’m sorry you get so triggered by anything conservative.
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Re: This is literally the place to come talk about it.
May 21, 2025, 4:58 PM
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WELL, I am just poking fun with you, I don't get offended easily, certainly not by conservatives.
But they skewered him in his first term as well, Alec Baldwin made him look incredibly stupid, where this new guy sort of portrays him as a confused old grampa. I don't watch the show, I find the trump sketches kind of lame myself. But it is all about ratings and clicks. . If they are leaning into the trump bits, it means their ratings are responding well to it.
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Stopped watching after Norm was fired.***
May 21, 2025, 2:53 PM
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Re: Stopped watching after Norm was fired.***
May 21, 2025, 3:01 PM
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They like OJ. What are you gonna do?
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2 reasons: Trump is a cartoonish caricature and the guy that does Trump is good
May 21, 2025, 5:03 PM
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They also found an opening formula that really works. Having Trump basically do a stand-up routine is not only funny but also allows them to tackle multiple Trump-related news stories.
As for Biden, they could never find a good read on Biden other than he's old and they never had a cast member with a good Biden impression. (They brought on Jim Carrey to do it and even then it was "meh")
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The blame for that lies with Trump.
May 21, 2025, 6:29 PM
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They have a great impersonator, and he pretty much just goes out there and repeat things Trump has said himself. Elect a clown, and this is what you get. When he got elected the only positive was that we were getting 4 years of great comedy.
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