On Monday, “Saturdy Night Live” announced that they were firing comedian Shane Gillis over past comments the producers of the decades-old show deemed “offensive, hurtful, and unacceptable.” The move has inspired several fellow high-profile figures to come to the defense of Gillis, including former SNL cast member Norm Macdonald and anti-“cancel culture” comedian Bill Burr. The firing of Gillis has also revived an old sketch starring the comedian in which his character suffers a hilariously/tragically parallel fate.
In a video that’s begun to make the rounds online, including over at Reddit, Gillis plays a fireman who just heroically saved a Latino family only to have the media gleefully burn down his promising firefighting career. Below is the video posted on YouTube in August 2018 by Victor Dweck, who plays the shameless newsman who ruins the life of a should-be hero:
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