Saturday Night Live is taking some heat today over a Polish joke on last night’s season premier. Here it is:
“October is Polish Heritage month. To find out more, you can Google it by sticking your finger on your computer and have two other people move the keyboard up and down.”
And tomorrow is the Pulaski Day parade in NYC, which makes the timing of the joke pretty bad:
Another Polish Joke on SNL the night before Pulaski Day Parade http://t.co/wzsmb44Yni
— Dziennik Polonijny (@dziennikpolonii) October 4, 2015
Even the Polish Embassy in the U.S. U.S. Embassy in Poland got in on the criticism:
Tasteless Polish joke from @nbcsnl again? What year is it? It's the 21st century, time to catch up #SNL
— Embassy of Poland US (@PolishEmbassyUS) October 4, 2015
Not the best joke from @nbcsnl last night – perhaps keyboards are not our forte because we're too busy using touch screens
— Embassy of Poland US (@PolishEmbassyUS) October 4, 2015
Another Polish joke from @nbcsnl? Maybe we can help them find new material on the internet since we are so good at it – right @stevewoz?
— Embassy of Poland US (@PolishEmbassyUS) October 4, 2015
Bernie Sanders was mocked last night, too:
Biggest win of the night for Clinton: Bernie Sanders getting called "The Human Lorax"
— Dan Merica (@merica) October 4, 2015
crying at Colin Jost calling Bernie sanders the human lorax on weekend update
— kate (@macandjesus) October 4, 2015
Wait, @nbcsnl referred to @BernieSanders as the human Lorax, how is that a bad thing? "I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues"
— tylerMcSilva({ mood: '?' }); (@tymcsilva) October 4, 2015
Well, while Hillary was doing SNL, Bernie was speaking to thousands in Boston:
https://twitter.com/ldbrillante/status/650718790846558208
#SNL mocked him, but 20,000+ Bostonians rallied to see @BernieSanders http://t.co/KcO9Xixy3P #bernieinboston pic.twitter.com/yyGSk1Uomm
— David Beard (@dabeard) October 4, 2015
Great job, SNL. Way to understand your audience.
What’s worse, however, is that “SNL” had a chance to skewer presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, but — of course — rather than mock her email troubles or flip-flops or tanking poll numbers, they gave Hillary a platform to show just how lovable and funny she can really be.
Unfortunately, that fell flat, too:
That Hillary as a bartender sketch was cringeworthingly awful. Do better, #SNL
— Sarah (@mamaswati) October 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/mestasenesta/status/650655806644449280
This just in: Hillary Clinton still a weird robot. And letting the Bill joke fly? I'm starting to feel bad for her. #SNL #HillaryClinton
— TL Maxwell (@tismaxwell) October 4, 2015
Hillary & Miley on the same #SNL show. How appropriate. Both are bad examples of women's morals.
— Edwin Dearborn (@edwindearborn) October 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/melwedde/status/650699616304807936
https://twitter.com/WHawk_/status/650545184124436480
Here’s the entire sketch (if you can make it through the entire 6 minutes, that is):
Watch @HillaryClinton's full sketch from #SNL last night right here: http://t.co/trneiGRqvN
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) October 4, 2015
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Editor’s note: An error has been corrected in this post. It was the Polish Embassy in the U.S. that criticized SNL, not the U.S. Embassy in Poland.