The Babylon Bee’s video division uncorked the kind of clips “Saturday Night Live” once made.
Indie comics like Tyler Fischer, Ryan Long and Tim Dillon showed the power of alternative comedy buoyed by audiences eager for fresh laughs.
Dave Chappelle, Joe Rogan and Ricky Gervais defied the Cancel Culture crowd for one more year.
Woke scolds Trevor Noah gave up his late-night throne while Samantha Bee’s basement-low ratings finally crushed her callous “Full Frontal” platform.
Still, most late-night monologues avoided the current Commander-in-Chief, “SNL” acted like a de facto arm of the Democratic party, and Hollywood failed to make a single comedy that could stand tall next to “The Hangover” or “Bridesmaids.”
What lies ahead in 2023?
More reasons for optimism despite a comedy culture that would rather support the status quo than question it.
John Cleese, once again, will lead by example. The Monty Python alum may be the most vocal opponent of woke comedy laws. And, at 82, he’s not willing to be silenced. His <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beware-the-wokes-monty-python-alum-defends-new-show-tackling-cancel-culture-and-new-authoritarians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2023 program for GB News</a>, a right-leaning British channel, explores how what Elon Musk dubbed the “woke mind virus” is impacting funny business.
Best of all, Cleese is teaming with British comic Andrew Doyle for the untitled show. Doyle is not only a fervent critic of woke overreach but the mind behind Titania McGrath, Twitter’s funniest faux social justice warrior.
Chris Rock has gently pushed back against the woke mob in recent years. The “SNL” alum admitted he steers clear of college campuses to avoid crowds teeming with snowflakes.
Last year, he told Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club” that <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/05/20/chris-rock-rips-cancel-culture-for-rise-in-boring-entertainment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comedy got boring</a> when people started fearing the wrong joke would hurt their careers.
“I see a lot of unfunny comedians, I see unfunny TV shows, I see unfunny awards shows, I see unfunny movies — because everybody’s scared to make a move.”
And he <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/chris-rock-tweets-article-comedys-insufferable-wokeness-accused-insufficient-wokeness/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caught heat for tweeting a story</a> from The Federalist extolling the apolitical glory of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” Still, <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/chris-rock-jimmy-fallon-cancel-culture/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rock stayed quiet</a> as the Cancel Culture mob came for Jimmy Fallon after a 20-year-old video of Fallon donning blackface to mimic Rock surfaced in 2020.
Rock’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rock-announces-new-comedy-special-the-first-netflix-will-ever-stream-live" target="_blank" rel="noopener">upcoming comedy special</a> suggests he’s ready to tackle woke head-on. “Selective Outrage,” to be streamed live on Netflix March 4.
That title hints at the reams of material that’s yet to be mined in the mainstream, like how country crooner Morgan Wallen got canceled for uttering the “n-word” once, in private, while First Son Hunter Biden texted it aplenty sans consequences.
Will Rock go there? Can he afford not to at this point in the culture?
Movie comedies essentially hit a wall when woke took over Hollywood. Gone are the days when ribald romps like “Step Brothers,” “Superbad” or “Old School” made audiences howl. 
Peter Farrelly <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/09/peter-farrelly-the-greatest-beer-run-ever-zac-efron-bill-murray-russell-crowe-toronto-film-festival-interview-1235112655/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">misses that era, too.</a>
The director of “There’s Something About Mary,” “Kingpin” and “Dumb and Dumber” vows a return to form with “Ricky Stanicky.” The upcoming comedy, which could earn a 2023 release date, follows a group of friends who blame their bad behavior on their rambunctious (but fictional) chum Ricky.
When their spouses demand to meet Ricky in the flesh, the buddies scramble to hire someone (John Cena) to play their farcical friend.
The Oscar-winner for “Green Book” thinks the time is right, and ripe, for a no holds barred romp. Again.
“That’s the opportunity now for somebody to break out with an R-rated comedy and the whole world is going to see it and they’re going to say, why can’t we have more of this? I miss them.”
Russell Brand starred in two such comedies – “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Get Him to the Greek.” Now, the British comic is red pilling viewers via his YouTube channel, which boasts north of 6.11 million subscribers.
The comedian tackles everything from American politics to pandemic overreach, and he does it while constantly thanking his fans for their support. That spirit, and his eagerness to leaven his punditry with laughter, makes him formidable in the new year, and beyond.
For those who prefer old-school stand up, three performers are hitting the road in 2023 promising woke-free entertainment.
British superstar Ricky Gervais has been pummeling Identity Politics along with Cleese for some time. It’s just jokes, he reminds us, and his 2022 Netflix special “SuperNature” proved he’s unafraid of his noisy critics.
He’ll be coming to some major American halls – the Hollywood Bowl and Radio City Music Hall in the new year, and there’s no chance he’ll be pulling his punches upon his arrival.
Few think of Jeff Dunham when the subject of woke comedy rears its ugly head. The ventriloquist quietly avoids those unwritten bylaws by following the funny wherever it may lead. That meant creating the “Fireside Shat” series mocking President Joe Biden and scolding <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/jeff-dunham-rips-fellow-comics-growing-political-comedians-pick-side?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">uber-partisan</a> comics (without naming names, but we know who they are) for putting clapter above joy.
Dunham will be touring the nation in 2023, along with a “SNL” alum who changed his brand to battle back against free speech suppression.
Rob Schneider’s early career yielded indelible characters (“SNL’s” Richmeister) and iconic film roles (“Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo”) alike. The left-leaning comic, pals with Cleese off-screen, is now one of the most vocal foes of speech suppression.
He weaponizes his Twitter feed to promote free speech issues and blast those eager to smite independent thought. He, too, will be on tour in 2023, and you won’t find him apologizing for past sketches or sandpapering down the rough edges of his material.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Signs Of Life: Comedians Who Resisted The ‘Woke Mind Virus’ In 2022 And Stood Up For Free Speech

Chris Rock

Entertainment

Hollywood

John Cleese

Readers Pass

Rob Schneider

U.S.

Comedian <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/rob-schneider/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rob Schneider</a> announced on Monday that he was voting for Republican gubernatorial candidate <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/kari-lake/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kari Lake</a> in his new home state of Arizona — and took a swipe at his previous home in California for good measure.
Schneider explained in a tweet some of the reasons that he and his family had chosen to leave California — namely the stranglehold that the far left has on that state — and said that they had moved to the &#8220;free state of Arizona&#8221; in order to escape the further erosion of individual liberties they had experienced there.
&#8220;My family left California &amp; moved to the free state of Arizona because individual liberties were trampled in the guise of liberalism which was just disguised authoritarianism,&#8221; Schneider tweeted. &#8220;The lives of Americans have been made more difficult under these Dem run states. I’m voting for Kari Lake.&#8221;
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My family left California &amp; moved to the free state of Arizona because individual liberties were trampled in the guise of liberalism which was just disguised authoritarianism.The lives of Americans have been made more difficult under these Dem run states. I’m voting for Kari Lake
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Schneider also tossed a barb at incumbent Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D), mocking her use of the term &#8220;people with a period&#8221; to refer to women in a final pitch to voters as she seeks reelection on Tuesday.
&#8220;It&#8217;s strangely reassuring that tyranny knows no gender as is exemplified by this biological female moron who refers to women as &#8216;people with a period,'&#8221; the comedian said. &#8220;Hopefully, by this time tomorrow night, this woman will be Michigan&#8217;s Ex-Biological Female Governor!&#8221;
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It’s strangely reassuring that tyranny knows no gender as is exemplified by this biological female moron who refers to women as ‘people with a period.’ Hopefully, by this time tomorrow night, this woman will be Michigan’s Ex- Biological Female Governor! <a href="https://t.co/cCZv447rIg">https://t.co/cCZv447rIg</a>
&mdash; Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/1589726149491691521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Schneider has been <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-dont-care-about-my-career-rob-schneider-says-hes-absolutely-willing-to-lose-everything/">outspoken</a> in his opposition to draconian COVID policies – particularly vaccine mandates – and even told radio host Glenn Beck that he didn&#8217;t care if it cost him his career.
&#8220;Are you willing to lose it all for what you believe?&#8221; Beck asked Schneider during a late-August episode of &#8220;The Glenn Beck Podcast.&#8221;
Schneider did not even take a moment to think before he reacted: &#8220;Absolutely. Because if we don’t have it, then we have nothing.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m not — I don’t care about my career anymore. I care about my children and the country they’re going to live in,&#8221; Schneider continued.
The comedian <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/rob-schneider-doubles-down-i-prioritize-supporting-a-country-that-provides-the-same-freedoms-for-my-children/">doubled down</a> in a tweet later, saying, &#8220;I prioritize supporting a country that provides the same Freedoms for my children that made my career possible. This legacy to me is more important to me than the next chapter of my career. Love, Rob.&#8221;
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I prioritize supporting a country that provides the same Freedoms for my children that made my career possible. This legacy to me is more important to me than the next chapter of my career. Love, Rob <a href="https://t.co/DsQiIaSnoe">pic.twitter.com/DsQiIaSnoe</a>
&mdash; Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/1564997774558445570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2022</a></blockquote>
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‘Individual Liberties Were Trampled’: Rob Schneider Trashes California, Says He’s Moved And He’s Voting Kari Lake

Rob Schneider Trashes California, Says He's Voting For Kari Lake In New Home State

California

Elections

Gretchen Whitmer

Kari Lake

Politics

Academy Award winning actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/five-times-hollywood-defended-free-speech/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Robbins</a> laid into two major actors unions on Tuesday, calling on them to put an end to their &#8220;discriminatory&#8221; COVID vaccine policies.
Robbins called out both SAG-AFTRA (The Screen Actors Guild &#8211; American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) and Actors Equity, and said that it was &#8220;way past time&#8221; for the unions to abandon vaccine mandates, citing the New York Supreme Court <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/new-york-supreme-court-strikes-down-nyc-vaccine-mandate-for-all-city-workers-reinstates-employees-orders-back-pay/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruling</a> that reinstated New York City workers whose jobs had been terminated when they did not comply with the city&#8217;s vaccine requirements.
&#8220;Hey @sagaftra and @actorsequity : Way past time to end your discriminatory politics. NY Supreme Court just ruled that all unvaccinated NYC employees are &#8216;reinstated to their full employment&#8217; and are &#8216;entitled to back pay in salary from the date of termination.’”
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“Being vaccinated does not prevent an individual from contracting or transmitting Covid-19. As of the day of this Decision, CDC guidelines regarding quarantine and isolation are the same for vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.” -Hon. Ralph J. Porzio<a href="https://t.co/oRyAaTzEAt">https://t.co/oRyAaTzEAt</a>…
&mdash; Tim Robbins (@TimRobbins1) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimRobbins1/status/1584967884769746945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Robbins continued with a quote from Staten Island Judge Ralph J. Porzio, who said in his ruling, &#8220;Being vaccinated does not prevent an individual from contracting or transmitting COVID-19. As of the day of this Decision, CDC guidelines regarding quarantine and isolation are the same for vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.&#8221;
Porzio&#8217;s decision came in part because New York City had made exceptions to the vaccine policy for athletes and performers — he said that the city&#8217;s insistence on keeping the mandate in place for sanitation workers was &#8220;arbitrary and capricious,&#8221; adding that if the mandate was truly about health and safety, there would be no exemptions.
The city has already announced <a href="https://abc7ny.com/covid-vaccine-nyc-mandate/12376163/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plans to appeal</a> the decision, according to a spokesman from the legal department. &#8220;The city strongly disagrees with this ruling as the mandate is firmly grounded in law and is critical to New Yorkers&#8217; public health. We have already filed an appeal. In the meantime, the mandate remains in place as this ruling pertains solely to the individual petitioners in this case. We continue to review the court&#8217;s decision, which conflicts with numerous other rulings already upholding the mandate.&#8221;
Actor and comedian <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-dont-care-about-my-career-rob-schneider-says-hes-absolutely-willing-to-lose-everything/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rob Schneider</a> voiced his agreement with the &#8220;Shawshank Redemption&#8221; star, saying that he had already tried to push the union in that direction.
&#8220;Dear @TimRobbins1, As an Elected SAG National Board member, I agree with you and I have been trying to make the case but it really is a religion with these zealots at this point since it is beyond their ability to reason.&#8221;
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Dear <a href="https://twitter.com/TimRobbins1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TimRobbins1</a> As an Elected SAG National Board member, I agree with you and I have been trying to make this case but it really is a religion with these zealots at this point since it is beyond their ability to reason. <a href="https://t.co/jbkECnCCsh">https://t.co/jbkECnCCsh</a>
&mdash; Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/1584972737843380225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Oscar Winner Flames Actors Unions Over ‘Discriminatory’ COVID Vaccine Policies

Oscar Winner Tim Robbins Flames Actors Unions Over 'Discriminatory' COVID Vaccine Policies

COVID

COVID-19 Vaccine

Oscars

Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rob-schneider" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rob Schneider</a> claims <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-murray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Murray</a> wasn’t amused by him or several other big-time <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comedians</a> back in their “Saturday Night Live” days.
Schneider recalled the details during a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s &#8220;The Jim Norton &amp; Sam Roberts Show,” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rob-schneider-bill-murray-absolutely-hated-snl-cast-particularly-adam-sandler-chris-farley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“[Murray] wasn’t very nice to us,&#8221; the “Grown Ups” alum said of his former co-star. &#8220;He hated us on ‘<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saturday Night Live</a>’ when he hosted. Absolutely hated us. I mean, seething.&#8221;
&#8220;He hated Chris Farley with a passion. Like he was just seething looking at him,&#8221; Schneider continued. He speculated that may have been because Murray was friends with the late John Belushi, who Farley emulated. 
&#8220;I don’t know exactly, but I want to believe that it’s because Chris thought it was cool to be Belushi, who [was] his friend who he saw die, that he thought it was cool to be that out of control. That’s my interpretation, but I don’t really know. I don’t believe it. I only believe it 50 percent.&#8221;
Schneider said again that Murray &#8220;just hated, like, all of us pretty much&#8221; but said &#8220;the least of the hate was to me.&#8221;
&#8220;I took great pleasure in that he hated me less, because he&#8217;s my hero,&#8221; he explained, before describing Murray’s demeanor as “naked rage.” He said Murray was kind to fans and non-actors but despised fellow comedians at “SNL” when he guest hosted, including Adam Sandler.
Schneider explained that he &#8220;couldn&#8217;t say exactly what it was&#8221; but Murray &#8220;just wasn’t into that groove of it, you know? 
&#8220;And Sandler was just committed to it, and just like, as soon as he would get on, you could see the audience just ate him up,&#8221; the actor said.
Murray was part of the main “SNL” cast from 1977 through 1980 and guest hosted various shows after that. The publication noted that Murray was a guest host in 1993 when Schneider, Sandler, and Farley were all part of the main cast.
Meanwhile, Murray has been dealing with negative press as his most recent movie “Being Mortal” was forced to shut down when a crew member accused the 72-year-old actor of sexual misconduct. The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-murrays-alleged-sexual-misconduct-details-which-led-to-movie-shutdown-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Murray was allegedly “kissing” and “straddling” the “much younger” woman on set. She and the actor entered mediation and reached a settlement of $100,000. 
“I did something I thought was funny, and it wasn’t taken that way,” Murray said in April of the incident. “The company, the movie studio, wanted to do the right thing, so they wanted to check it all out, investigate it, and so they stopped the production.”
“And I feel like if I don’t see that, you know, the world is different than it was when I was a little kid,” he continued. “You know, what I always thought was funny as a little kid isn’t necessarily the same as what’s funny now. Things change and the times change, so it’s important for me to figure it out.”

Saturday Night Live

Rob Schneider Says Bill Murray ‘Absolutely Hated’ The ‘SNL’ Cast, Including Chris Farley, Adam Sandler

Rob Schneider Says Bill Murray 'Absolutely Hated' The 'SNL' Cast When He Guest Hosted, Including Chris Farley, Adam Sandler

Bill Murray

Comedy

Actor and comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rob-schneider" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rob Schneider</a> said during an interview Wednesday morning that he left the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic Party</a> because of how they want to meddle in every aspect of people&#8217;s lives and because they are becoming more and more extreme in their views.
Schneider made the remarks during a Fox News interview on &#8220;FOX &amp; friends&#8221; that started off by getting his reaction on former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard&#8217;s (D-HI) decision to leave the Democratic Party.
&#8220;It shouldn&#8217;t be such a shock. We don&#8217;t get ten parties, you get two. And I really feel like I don&#8217;t want the Democratic Party trying to run my life,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And there&#8217;s not one aspect of your life that they don&#8217;t want to interfere with. So I had it with them. So I got out of California and moved to the slightly freer state of Arizona.&#8221;
When asked about what changed his mind about the party, Schneider said it was &#8220;taxes,&#8221; among many other things.
&#8220;I mean, Newsom pushed me over the edge,&#8221; said Schneider, in reference to his decision to leave the state. &#8220;I mean, it&#8217;s just like, I just don&#8217;t think your life gets better there. It gets worse.&#8221;
He mocked the homelessness crisis in San Francisco, saying the city either had a &#8220;a huge homeless problem or gigantic camping success story.&#8221;
Schneider said that as he has gotten older, he has started worrying more about the types of freedoms that his children and his grandchildren will be able to have.
&#8220;You know something&#8217;s wrong when people say, like, if you put God and family and country first, that&#8217;s somehow controversial,&#8221; he said. &#8220;How is that controversial? So I think at a certain point, you have to say, enough of this, and stand up to it.&#8221;
Schneider said that people need to go with whatever political party feels right to them and that they should not be worried about what anyone else says — although he warned that the political Left was full of &#8220;a mob of ideologues&#8221; that will &#8220;attack you&#8221; if you get out of line.
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Rob Schneider Reveals Which Democrat Pushed Him ‘Over The Edge’ Into Leaving Party: ‘I Had It With Them’

Rob Schneider Reveals Gavin Newsom Pushed Him ‘Over The Edge’ Into Leaving Democrat Party

Democratic Party

Joe Rogan

Leftism

Tulsi Gabbard

Numerous Hollywood figures responded to the unexpected passing of rapper Coolio on Wednesday afternoon by posting positive things about him online.
TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/09/28/coolio-dead-dies-los-angeles/?adid=share-tw">reported</a> that the rapper, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr., died while visiting a friend. He reportedly went to use the bathroom at his friend’s house and did not come back for a while, prompting the friend to go looking for him. The friend found him lying on the floor, at which point he called for help.
The rapper was pronounced dead at the scene.
Law enforcement sources told the publication that they opened a death investigation but no foul play was suspected and no drugs or drug paraphernalia were found at the scene.
Authorities said that an autopsy and toxicology test would be needed to determine a cause of death although initial indications pointed to possible cardiac arrest.
Numerous rappers, other musicians, and actors responded to Coolio&#8217;s passing with statements on social media.
&#8220;Coolio was the West Coast Flavor Flav,&#8221; Public Enemy co-founder Flavor Flav tweeted. &#8220;He loved telling everyone that. We was supposed to perform together this Tuesday. #RIP my friend.&#8221;
&#8220;This is sad news,&#8221; Ice Cube tweeted. &#8220;I witness first hand this man’s grind to the top of the industry. Rest In Peace @Coolio.&#8221;
Actor Rob Schneider responded: &#8220;Rest In Peace Coolio! A true legend and nice man. My heart goes out to your family and friends. So glad we got to hang and have some laughs.&#8221;
&#8220;Heartbroken to hear of the passing of the gifted artist @coolio. A life cut entirely too short,&#8221; actress Michelle Pfeiffer posted on Instagram. &#8220;As some of you may know I was lucky enough to work with him on Dangerous Minds in 1995. He won a Grammy for his brilliant song on the soundtrack &#8211; which I think was the reason our film saw so much success. I remember him being nothing but gracious. 30 years later I still get chills when I hear the song. Sending love and light to his family. Rest in Power, Artis Leon Ivey Jr.&#8221;
Rapper LL Cool J responded: &#8220;Rest in power my brother, @Coolio. Love &amp; Respect.&#8221;
&#8220;One of the nicest dudes I’ve known,&#8221; MC Hammer tweeted. &#8220;Good people. R.I.P. Coolio.&#8221;
Rapper Vanilla Ice tweeted: &#8220;I’m freaking out I just heard my good friend Coolio passed away.&#8221;
Musician Bret Michaels tweeted: &#8220;My deepest condolences go out to the family, friends &amp; fans on the loss of @Coolio . This photo from when we did @ABCNetwork #GreatestHits together. Awesome guy who will be missed. #Coolio&#8221;

Coolio

Hollywood Responds To Death Of ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper Coolio

Hollywood Responds To Death Of 'Gangsta's Paradise' Rapper Coolio

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin</a> took a swipe at fellow “Saturday Night Live” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rob-schneider" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rob Schneider</a> after the comedian said the show was “over” the day it reacted to Hillary Clinton&#8217;s presidential loss with no punch line.
Baldwin, 64, took to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch8N0H6MCy4/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> Wednesday to share a video of himself reacting to Schneider&#8217;s comments, then criticized the comedian for taking a dig at the very same company that put him on the show and gave him a platform.
“I guess it must be an incredibly slow news cycle if we&#8217;re talking about Rob Schneider&#8217;s thoughts about Kate McKinnon playing Hillary Clinton so many years ago,” Baldwin explained as his pup barked in the background. “We started that in 2017 … 2016 during the campaign and then in November he [former President Donald Trump] was elected unbelievably and we did the show I did for those four years.”
“I&#8217;m from the school … where you criticize someone&#8217;s judgment and you leave out the idea that you had no problem with their judgment when they hired you &#8230; and put you on the show?” he added. “So, Schneider brings this up now. And I guess it must be tough.”
“And I know that in the Trump era it&#8217;s tough for conservatives,” the actor continued. “My god it must be agony because you got this guy that&#8217;s taken over the party. That must be tough for the Rob Schneiders of the world that your man [Trump] is a maniac.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/who-put-the-live-round-in-the-gun-alec-baldwin-disputes-fbi-report-says-once-again-the-gun-was-never-cocked" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Baldwin</a> defended SNL, noting that the late-night comedy sketch show is coming up soon on its 50th season, and said, “They must be doing something right.”
On Glenn Beck&#8217;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Hc-x5RJpE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a> earlier this week, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rob-schneider-reveals-the-moment-he-knew-saturday-night-live-was-over" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Schneider</a> said he hated to “crap on” his former show, but he knew the way it handled Clinton&#8217;s loss was proof it was no longer the place he used to call home.
“When Hillary Clinton lost, which is understandable, that she&#8217;d lose,” Schneider explained. “Not exactly the most likable person in the room. And then when Kate McKinnon went out there on &#8216;Saturday Night Live&#8217; in the cold opening.”
“She started dressed as like Hillary Clinton,” he added. “And she started playing ‘Hallelujah’ [as Clinton] &#8230; I literally prayed, ‘Please have a joke at the end. Don&#8217;t do this. Please don&#8217;t go down there.’”
“And there was no joke at the end, and I went, ‘It&#8217;s over. It&#8217;s over. It&#8217;s not gonna come back,’” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-dont-care-about-my-career-rob-schneider-says-hes-absolutely-willing-to-lose-everything" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Schneider</a> continued.
Despite Baldwin&#8217;s comments, Schneider <a href="https://youtu.be/qrLDIrO97FU?t=3029" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Bill Maher during his recent appearance on “Club Random with Bill Maher” that he&#8217;s not a “right-winger” but a conservative. And he said, “You have to fight against this s***,” referencing the handling of the pandemic, the push for radical gender ideology, and more.
“The liberalism … a bunch of f***ing pussies that won&#8217;t call bull s*** on bull s*** and the people that do, we get grouped in, like me — I get grouped in as a right-winger now,” Rob explained. “And I&#8217;m not.”

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Actor and comedian <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/rob-schneider/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rob Schneider</a> doubled down on his recent comments, saying again that he would stand up for what he believed in no matter what the cost and no matter what might happen to his career as a result.
Schneider shared a tweet on Wednesday showing a selfie he had taken from a stage, with the audience behind him, his smile wide.
&#8220;I prioritize supporting a country that provides the same Freedoms for my children that made my career possible. This legacy to me is more important to me than the next chapter of my career. Love, Rob,&#8221; the caption read.
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I prioritize supporting a country that provides the same Freedoms for my children that made my career possible. This legacy to me is more important to me than the next chapter of my career. Love, Rob <a href="https://t.co/DsQiIaSnoe">pic.twitter.com/DsQiIaSnoe</a>
&mdash; Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/1564997774558445570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Schneider&#8217;s tweet came on the heels of his interview with longtime conservative pundit and radio host Glenn Beck — whom he told on &#8220;The Glenn Beck Podcast&#8221; that he was &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-dont-care-about-my-career-rob-schneider-says-hes-absolutely-willing-to-lose-everything/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">absolutely</a>&#8221; prepared to give up everything he had to stand for what he believed was right.
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On the Glenn Beck Podcast, <a href="https://twitter.com/RobSchneider?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RobSchneider</a> tells me why he&#39;s &quot;ABSOLUTELY&quot; willing to lose it all for what he believes: &quot;I DON&#39;T CARE about my career anymore. I care about my children and the country they&#39;re going to live in.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/8O3QJT24n3">pic.twitter.com/8O3QJT24n3</a>
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&#8220;Are you willing to lose it all for what you believe?&#8221; the veteran host pulled no punches in asking the question.
And Schneider did not hesitate even for a second in his response: &#8220;Absolutely. Because if we don’t have it, then we have nothing.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m not — I don’t care about my career anymore,&#8221; the comedian continued. &#8220;I care about my children’s — the country they’re going to live in.&#8221;
Schneider went on to tell a story about American fighter pilots in World War II who, in the early days of the European campaign, had lost a number of their fellow pilots. They went to see the Air Force chaplain — who at the time would have belonged to the Army Air Corps — and asked him why they should continue to fly even as their friends were being blown out of the sky.
The chaplain, he said, explained that the world had come out of the Dark Ages — and that the war they were fighting was all that could prevent it from slipping back into those dark times.
&#8220;So they all flew,&#8221; Schneider said then, and after a long pause, Beck responded.
&#8220;And we are there again,&#8221; he said, suggesting that dark times were once again encroaching.
&#8220;Yeah, and it requires a new set of fliers,&#8221; Schneider agreed.

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Rob Schneider Doubles Down On 'Supporting A Country That Provides The Same Freedoms For My Children'

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Actor and comedian <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/rob-schneider/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rob Schneider</a> said that he was &#8220;absolutely&#8221; willing to lose everything for what he believes in.
Schneider spoke with <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/glenn-beck/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Glenn Beck</a> for Monday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Glenn Beck Podcast,&#8221; and Beck asked <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/dear-emperor-gavin-newsom-comedian-rob-schneider-blasts-california-governor-over-thanksgiving-rules/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Schneider</a> point blank whether he was prepared for his beliefs to get him canceled and cost him everything.
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On the Glenn Beck Podcast, <a href="https://twitter.com/RobSchneider?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RobSchneider</a> tells me why he&#39;s &quot;ABSOLUTELY&quot; willing to lose it all for what he believes: &quot;I DON&#39;T CARE about my career anymore. I care about my children and the country they&#39;re going to live in.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/8O3QJT24n3">pic.twitter.com/8O3QJT24n3</a>
&mdash; Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) <a href="https://twitter.com/glennbeck/status/1564405035164909568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Are you willing to lose it all for what you believe?&#8221; Beck asked.
Schneider did not even take a moment to think before he reacted: &#8220;Absolutely. Because if we don&#8217;t have it, then we have nothing.&#8221;
“I&#8217;m not — I don&#8217;t care about my career anymore,&#8221; Schneider continued. &#8220;I care about my children&#8217;s — the country they&#8217;re going to live in.&#8221;
&#8220;And my hope is this — my hope is a beautiful story,&#8221; Schneider went on to tell a story about American fighter pilots during the early days of World War II, who after a particularly grueling period, had lost a number of their friends in combat. They went to the chaplain and asked him why they should continue to fly into battle if so many of them were just flying into the jaws of death.
&#8220;This is like the dog days, 1942, late &#8217;42, and like — their friends were getting blown out of the sky,&#8221; Schneider explained. &#8220;They would go over in the bombers and half would come back, two thirds would come back, you know, but they were dying.&#8221;
After an especially rough period, Schneider said that they went to the Air Force chaplain and asked why they should continue to fly. He noted that they never said they weren&#8217;t prepared to keep flying — only that they wanted to understand why they should.
&#8220;Humanity has come out of the dark ages,&#8221; the chaplain explained, according to Schneider. &#8220;We&#8217;ve come out of where people get burned at the stake and people believe and go along with this. There&#8217;s a darkness that we have come out of into more of an enlightened period. &#8230; This is a step back into the &#8230; darkest parts of humanity and we need to stand up for that.&#8221;
&#8220;So they all flew,&#8221; Schneider said then, and Beck pointed out: &#8220;And we are there again.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, and it requires a new set of fliers,&#8221; Schneider agreed.

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‘I Don’t Care About My Career’: Rob Schneider Says He’s ‘Absolutely’ Willing To Lose Everything

Rob Schneider Says He's 'Absolutely' Willing To Lose Everything For What He Believes

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Superstar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rob-schneider">Rob Schneider</a> shared what he said was the exact moment that &#8220;Saturday Night Live,&#8221; as he knew it, was &#8220;over&#8221;: the day the sketch-comedy show reacted to Hillary Clinton&#8217;s presidential loss with no punch line.
During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rob-schneider">58-year-old</a> actor/comedian&#8217;s appearance on the The Blaze&#8217;s &#8220;The Glenn Beck Program&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Hc-x5RJpE">podcast</a>, the &#8220;Grown Ups&#8221; star talked about how he had always believed that his job was to entertain people at comedy clubs — and he compared that philosophy to &#8220;some comedy shows&#8221; that seemed to be more interested in &#8220;indoctrinating&#8221; people.
Beck said sarcastically, &#8220;not &#8216;Saturday Night Live,'&#8221; and the comedian said he hated to &#8220;crap on&#8221; his own former show. He then proceeded to identify the exact moment when he had realized that his former show was no longer the same place he had once called home.
&#8220;When Hillary Clinton lost, which is understandable, that she&#8217;d lose,&#8221; Schneider explained. &#8220;Not exactly the most likable person in the room. And then when Kate McKinnon went out there on &#8216;Saturday Night Live&#8217; in the cold opening.&#8221;
&#8220;She started dressed as like Hillary Clinton,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And she started playing &#8216;Hallelujah&#8217; [as Clinton] &#8230;I literally prayed, &#8216;Please have a joke at the end. Don&#8217;t do this. Please don&#8217;t go down there.'&#8221;
&#8220;And there was no joke at the end, and I went, &#8216;It&#8217;s over. It&#8217;s over. It&#8217;s not gonna come back,'&#8221; Schneider continued.
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&#8220;The Animal&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dear-emperor-gavin-newsom-comedian-rob-schneider-blasts-california-governor-over-thanksgiving-rules">star</a> then called out the &#8220;comedic indoctrination process happening with each of the late night hosts.&#8221; He said they are basically interchangeable and there&#8217;s no longer &#8220;an independent voice anymore.&#8221;
Later in the show, Beck and &#8220;The Hot Chick&#8221; star circled back to their discussion about &#8220;SNL,&#8221; and Schneider said comedy that was successful had always been about going &#8220;against&#8221; the mob.
&#8220;That&#8217;s when we had millions of people [watching &#8216;SNL&#8217;] and it was both sides,&#8221; Schneider explained. &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t &#8230; what I call it, it&#8217;s not interesting to just do it for your choir, for clapping people. It&#8217;s not as interesting. I mean to me it&#8217;s more interesting to go against &#8230; all the great comedians go against what the mob was doing.&#8221;
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Former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; actor Rob Schneider seemingly denounced extreme COVID-19 safety protocols in schools as a taxpayer-funded &#8220;form of child abuse.&#8221;
In a tweet on Saturday, the &#8220;Grown Ups&#8221; actor shared a video from an elementary school classroom showing rows of desks surrounded by plexiglass.
“This is bad: Forest brook Elementary teacher Teresa Holmes recorded a video of her classroom which has 28 desks now armed with plexiglass shields,” said the Twitter account.
“We are witnessing a new kind of child abuse: bought and paid for with YOUR tax dollars,” responded Schneider. “The collapse of public schools who follow this example will surely follow. History will not look back at this Kindly.”
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We are witnessing a new kind of child abuse: bought and paid for with YOUR tax dollars. The collapse of public schools who follow this example will surely follow. History will not look back at this kindly. <a href="https://t.co/JUGNc1fDzn">https://t.co/JUGNc1fDzn</a>
&mdash; Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/1360703096247132161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In the video, the teacher lamented how the school board spent up to $5 million on plexiglass and safety measures without seeming to consider the practicality of teaching in such an environment.
“This is my classroom. I have a rather large classroom compared to the other classrooms in our building. But I have 28 desks in here right now, if we go back [to] five days a week, I’ll have 30 or 32 with the kids coming back from virtual,” said the teacher.
“This is the middle seat of the back row of my classroom, this is their view of the board,” she said. “So I’m just wondering, when we ordered this $5 million worth of plexiglass, did we have a classroom of 28 desks set up to where school board members could sit in them and see what this was really going to be like? Because I&#8217;m still trying to figure out how, in between my classes, am I supposed to disinfect, how I&#8217;m supposed to hear my students when they&#8217;re in the back of the room wearing a mask behind all this plexiglass?”
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-director-schools-can-open-without-teacher-vaccines-but-require-mandatory-masking">reported</a>, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that students can return to school without mass teacher vaccination so long as masks are mandatory.
“I’m a strong advocate of teachers receiving their vaccinations, but we don’t believe it’s a prerequisite for schools to reopen,” CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told CNN on Sunday.
“We have in the guidance clear language that specifies that teachers that are at higher risk, teachers and students that are higher risk, and their families, should have options for virtual activities, virtual learning, virtual teaching,” she continued.
Walensky also told Fox News Sunday that in-person learning would require universal masking for students.
“We are advocating, with the strict mitigation measures &#8230; including universal and mandatory masking as well as six-foot of distancing, that at least our K-5 children should be able to get back to school at least in a hybrid mode,” she said.
Critics of the new CDC guidelines have pointed out that they have set impossible standards for reopening without mass vaccination, leading to speculation that the teacher&#8217;s unions had a heavy hand in influencing them.
“I have to say, I feel a little dispirited after this conversation because I had high hopes that schools would be able to resume in-person learning because so many scientists and health officials, including you and Dr. Fauci and others, have been talking about the science supports opening the schools as much as possible,&#8221; CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper told Walensky during the interview on Sunday.
“I know that a lot of teachers are very concerned, and I know that teacher’s unions have been pushing back on this, but it sounds to me like you’re asking for one hundred percent mask compliance and a number of measures that we’re never going to be able to achieve, and that makes me feel like, boy, I don’t know if the schools are ever going to open until everybody’s vaccinated,&#8221; he continued.
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‘A New Kind Of Child Abuse’: Rob Schneider Retweets Video On Extreme COVID Measures In School

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Comedian Rob Schneider is not a fan of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The Democratic governor last week announced new restrictions about state residents regarding Thanksgiving gatherings. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Newsom said no more than three households&#8217; members can gather to celebrate the holiday, and even then, they must do it outdoors, wearing masks and socially distancing.
In an odd addition to the rules, family members can gather only for two hours (COVID-19 gets stronger then, apparently) and singing is &#8220;strongly discouraged&#8221; (dang, all those great Thanksgiving carols).
Schneider flipped his lid.
“Dear Emperor @GavinNewsom,” the former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; actor wrote Saturday on Twitter. “During our allotted 3 family limit this Thanksgiving, if my Aunt comes over, can I throw her a slice of turkey from the window? We promise NOT to sing&#8230; we will all just whisper, ‘PLEASE RECALL DIPS*** GAVIN NEWSON!’”
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Dear Emperor <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GavinNewsom</a> During our allotted 3 family limit this Thanksgiving, if my Aunt comes over, can I throw her a slice of turkey from the window? We promise NOT to sing&#8230; we will all just whisper, “PLEASE RECALL DIPSHIT GAVIN NEWSON!” <a href="https://t.co/wJKM2sPBtL">https://t.co/wJKM2sPBtL</a>
&mdash; Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/1317474062914998272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The comedian&#8217;s tweet came a couple days after another targeting Newsom, who in July ordered the temporary closure of wineries in 19 different California counties — but weirdly allowed the one he owns to remain open.
“Enjoy @GavinNewsom 2020 Vintage Wine! A Smokey ash flavored Cab with hints of incompetence &amp; authoritarian overstepping. Who needs science? Just Lock yourself down &amp; go bankrupt with this morally corrupt table wine with it’s bouquet of one man dictatorial rule &amp; 16.8% tax,” Schneider wrote.
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Enjoy <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GavinNewsom</a> 2020 Vintage Wine! A Smokey ash flavored Cab with hints of incompetence &amp; authoritarian overstepping. Who needs science? Just Lock yourself down &amp; go bankrupt with this morally corrupt table wine with it’s bouquet of one man dictatorial rule &amp; 16.8% tax! <a href="https://t.co/TOEhHs9YXf">pic.twitter.com/TOEhHs9YXf</a>
&mdash; Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/1315980466961309696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Last week, Newsom announced the new rules, saying, “We are entering into the holidays, but also we’re entering into part of the year where things cool down and people are more likely to congregate back indoors in settings that put their physical proximity and likelihood of transmission and transmitting disease at higher risk.&#8221;
&#8220;People can gather under awnings, roofs or shade structures so long as at least three sides are open to outdoor breezes. Gatherings should be two hours or less to reduce the risk of transmission,&#8221; the Associated Press <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2020-10-12/california-rules-now-allow-for-3-households-to-socialize">reported</a>.
<blockquote>Guests who aren&#8217;t from the same household must socially distance and food should not be shared. Masks should be worn except when people are eating or drinking. Singing, chanting and shouting “are strongly discouraged” because those activities increase the release of respiratory droplets and fine aerosols. Hand sanitizer or a place to wash hands must be available.</blockquote>
The AP added its boilerplate paragraph into the Newsom story: &#8220;For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.&#8221;
Schneider, who starred in &#8220;You Don’t Mess with the Zohan,&#8221; &#8220;The Beverly Hillbillies,&#8221; &#8220;Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo,&#8221; and &#8220;I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,&#8221; loves needling Democrats. Back in 2017, he wrote this in a Twitter post:
<blockquote>2010 Dems lost the House 
2012 Dems lost the Senate 
2016 Dems lost the White House 
2017 Dems lost ability to reason 
It’s not Russia, it’s YOU</blockquote>

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‘Dear Emperor Gavin Newsom’: Comedian Rob Schneider Blasts California Governor Over Thanksgiving Rules

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