According to Mediaite, the not-so-funny folks over at Saturday Night Live ‘torpedoed’ Republican candidates in their ‘cold open’. If you haven’t been paying attention to SNL for years, the ‘cold open’ is the mechanism the liberal activists over there (aka, the entire crew) use to self-medicate against whatever rage they’ve amassed at Republicans throughout the week.
What pent-up angst were they venting about last night? Republicans are winning. That was it. The funniest thing about the skit was that they felt the need to do it.
Herschel Walker was lampooned in a manner that would have resulted in NYT opinion pieces about the ‘return of minstrel shows’ if he was a Democrat candidate. The Oz impression was weak. The Kari Lake bit, parodying her as an overly polished (read ‘plastic’) politician might have been their best attempt at a gag, but it mostly fell flat as well.
SNL Torpedoes Republicans Herschel Walker, Dr. Oz, and Kari Lake in Brutal Midterms Cold Open https://t.co/0bKt3zzDgf
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) October 30, 2022
Many on Twitter had the same impression.
No Fetterman? That's a target rich territory.
— bread_and_circuses (@Belindahenry18) October 30, 2022
Yeah. Nothing to make fun of about, say John Fetterman.
— AmishDude (@TheAmishDude) October 30, 2022
Seriously. We realize lampooning Fetterman comes with a certain amount of risk, but come on, are you comedians? They could have cast Dr. Oz as a sneaky snake oil salesman debating the not-so-with-it Fetterman. The gag could have been Oz deferring every question to Fetterman and giggling uncontrollably every time he blurted out a nonsensical answer. THAT would have been funny and would have given people across the political spectrum some red meat.
They can’t do it. They’re libs. Their hate has made them unfunny.
https://twitter.com/CloneDwarf/status/1586650955482800131?s=20&t=t8v1Xg5sabQ9Pk9OrDPOMg
Same, dude. Same. Oh, for the days of Chris Farley or Eddie Murphy.
SNL hasn't been relevant for over 20 years. In fact, they are a symptom of an elitist culture. Exactly what they used to be against.
— Bitcoin Is Good For The Environment (@DrStankyPanky) October 30, 2022
They’ve become ‘The Man’. LOL.
Yawn.
— Silence and Frost (@secjr112) October 30, 2022
Exactly.
SNL's dozens of viewers were mildly amused.
— J.G. Petruna (@jgpetruna) October 30, 2022
LOL!
SNL Torpedoes Black Man, Muslim Man, and Female candidates for the highest offices. Congrats
— RockyMtnOyster (@OysterMtn) October 30, 2022
Alternate headline: SNL goes after African-American, Muslim and female Republicans to take attention off white male mock-worthy Democrats. https://t.co/FaKzxlW8SA
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) October 30, 2022
Guaranteed headlines if they were Democrats. Ha!
So brutal they’re all going to be elected
— Dan O'Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) October 30, 2022
That’s the part that really burns the cast of SNL.
There was literally a debate where the democrats put a potato on stage. The skit should have written itself….
— john (@Gibbsfromcuba) October 30, 2022
HAHA!
Dem SuperPAC… their side runs everything & their ‘jokes’ are about the other side’s candidates https://t.co/lxsv22yw1S
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 30, 2022
That’s SNL now. Sad.
Has the show done a Fetterman joke yet? There must be at least one. https://t.co/Dt8WCsl60G
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) October 30, 2022
Avoiding the obvious comedic opportunity of the Fetterman debacle IS the joke.
They should have just opened with this and it would have been funnierpic.twitter.com/GWoc4k1KdH https://t.co/BhgDmVvoYY
— JP (@ishouldnobetter) October 30, 2022
Brilliant! The cold open could have lasted 15 seconds and people would have laughed. Complete the stunt by rolling the end-of-show credits momentarily.
Give us a handful of randos from Twitter, and we’ll write better material for SNL any day of the week!
Remember back in the 80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s when they spoofed all sides, and was really fun to watch? It’s not that kind of a show anymore.
— Cali (@Dennis_in_Cali) October 30, 2022
Dana Carvey’s George Bush was hilarious. The difference was Carvey didn’t harbor hate in his heart for the man he was imitating. It’s hard to be funny when your seething inside.
Group therapy continues https://t.co/JdaEGKVZkI
— (((Aaron Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) October 30, 2022
Late night group therapy for libs. https://t.co/ToYz2YGpfm
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 30, 2022
Are we going to become regular viewers again if they can’t get over themselves?
‘Not gonna do it.’
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