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SNL Writer Removed From Stage For ‘Offensive’ Jokes At Columbia University

Ashe Schow

Not even former “Saturday Night Live” writers are safe from the Ivy-League PC crowds.

Nimesh Patel, comedian, Emmy Award nominated writer, and the first Indian-American writer for SNL (he no longer writes for the show), was performing stand-up comedy last Friday for an event hosted by Columbia University’s Asian American Alliance (AAA). But mid-set, the 32-year-old was removed from the stage because his jokes were making some audience members uncomfortable.

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