<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221;</a> roasted Minnesota Democratic vice presidential nominee and Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-walz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Walz</a> over his false claim that he was in Hong Kong during China&#8217;s Tiananmen Square massacre in the summer of 1989.
NBC&#8217;s sketch comedy show began the second episode of its 50th season with a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E_WeuKkJ2s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cold open</a> in which comedian Jim Gaffigan once again portrayed Walz. The starting act focused on last week&#8217;s vice presidential debate.
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Tim Walz is getting destroyed on SNL because of his disastrous debate performance.
Here is the clip asking about Honk Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre. ☠️ <a href="https://t.co/kcNXYRsqkp">pic.twitter.com/kcNXYRsqkp</a>
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&#8220;Governor Walz, you claimed you were in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre when you were home in Minnesota. Can you explain that?&#8221; asked Heidi Gardner, a &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; cast member playing CBS debate moderator Norah O’Donnell.
&#8220;So, I think what happened is I went to EPCOT,&#8221; Gaffigan&#8217;s Walz said, alluding to Disney World. &#8220;You can go around the whole world, and I had a couple in the Germany section, and I thought I went to China. Anyway, I’m a knucklehead.”
The actual Walz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vp-debate-walz-calls-himself-a-knucklehead-when-pressed-about-china-falsehood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called himself a &#8220;knucklehead&#8221;</a> when asked about the &#8220;discrepancy&#8221; during the VP debate last week against his GOP rival Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jd-vance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JD Vance</a> (R-OH). Walz also said he &#8220;misspoke&#8221; when pressed further.
Like in the &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgusting-team-trump-rips-saturday-night-live-for-joke-about-assassination-attempts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">season premier a week ago</a>, cast member Bowen Yang played Vance while alumni Maya Rudolph and Andy Samberg returned to portray Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, respectively. Former cast member Dana Carvey also made another appearance as President Joe Biden.
At one point, Rudolph&#8217;s Harris nervously drank a glass of wine while watching the VP debate. Samberg&#8217;s Emhoff assured her Walz would not say anything &#8220;crazy.&#8221; Then, after showing Gaffigan&#8217;s Walz saying, &#8220;I&#8217;ve become friends with school shooters,&#8221; Rudolph&#8217;s Harris crushed her glass in horror.
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SNL burned Tim Walz on his disastrous VP debate performance.
Walz: I&#39;ve become friends with school shooters. <a href="https://t.co/XDygWo28fD">pic.twitter.com/XDygWo28fD</a>
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Walz actually <a href="https://x.com/realDailyWire/status/1841301645373689908" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made that comment</a> during the real CBS debate while responding to a question about why flip-flopped on his prior support for an &#8220;assault weapons ban&#8221; over the course of his political career.
The VP candidate later sought to clarify his statement, <a href="https://x.com/JulieNBCNews/status/1841551377144697254" target="_blank" rel="noopener">telling NBC News</a>, “I was talking about meeting people where there are school shooters, and I need to be more specific on that. But I am passionate about this. This one, for my wife and I, is just, as teachers, as parents, is so personal.&#8221;

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The Trump campaign condemned <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221;</a> for joking about the two assassination attempts on former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> this year.
NBC&#8217;s sketch comedy show began its 50th season with a cold open that focused on the 2024 presidential election. Cast member James Austin Johnson, returning as Trump, portrayed the GOP presidential nominee at one of his campaign rallies.
&#8220;We love my rallies, except when someone does a bing bong bing bing bing, right at me,&#8221; Johnson&#8217;s Trump said as he used his hands to mimic the shooting of guns. &#8220;You know, that happened because of the rhetoric of the radical Left.&#8221;
&#8220;They say that me blaming the Democrats for inciting violence is the pot calling the kettle black. But frankly, I didn’t know the kettle was black until very recently. I thought the kettle was Indian, but then it decided to turn black,&#8221; he added, a nod to comments Trump made about Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; racial identity.
The Trump War Room, an account on X affiliated with Trump&#8217;s campaign, posted a clip of the scene from &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; to the social media platform.
&#8220;There were two assassination attempts against President Trump within a span of seven weeks,&#8221; the account <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1840238638723985591" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;[&#8216;Saturday Night Live&#8217;] apparently finds that funny. Disgusting.&#8221;
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There were two assassination attempts against President Trump within a span of seven weeks.<a href="https://twitter.com/nbcsnl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nbcsnl</a> apparently finds that funny. Disgusting. <a href="https://t.co/huSqKsrGhM">pic.twitter.com/huSqKsrGhM</a>
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Trump attorney and adviser Alina Habba also reacted to the sketch, <a href="https://x.com/AlinaHabba/status/1840366933792711047" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> on X, &#8220;Have we lost all boundaries of decency in the media? Shame on NBC.&#8221;
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The cold open also featured former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; cast member Maya Rudolph as Harris, Jim Gaffigan as Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Bowen Yang as GOP vice presidential nominee and Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), Andy Samberg as Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, and Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden.
Later in the show, during the &#8220;Weekend Update&#8221; segment, Colin Jost also made light of Trump surviving a pair of assassination attempts.
After presenting a clip of Trump joking at a rally about showing off his <a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/1840132911993106831" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;beautiful&#8221; body</a> at the beach, Jost <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2tOpMV6T0I" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quipped</a> in reference to the Pennsylvania shooting: &#8220;I’m starting to worry that bullet got a little more than just the ear.&#8221;

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“Live from New York … it’s Democratic Talking Points!”
“Saturday Night Live’s’ 50th season won’t kick off that way, but it might as well admit the obvious.
The once-mighty sketch show, an institution which gave rise to some of Hollywood’s biggest comedy stars, is now little more than MSNBC with musical guests.
Sound harsh? Quick, name the last sketch that skewered a Democratic politician. How many jokes did “SNL” tell about President Joe Biden’s obvious mental decline? The progressive’s retreat on free speech? Vice President Kamala Harris’ word salad speeches?
Squatters gone wild? Big-city crime spikes? Illegal immigration impacting small town USA?
To paraphrase Dean Wormer from “Animal House” … zero point zero.
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When Sen. Ted Cruz caught heat for being away from Texas during a winter storm he caught holy heck from Team “SNL.” Get the drift?
It’s impossible to miss the show’s extreme bias, an echo of late-night television in the post-Johnny Carson world.
The show’s key players, including founder Lorne Michaels, are either kidding themselves about the show’s new normal or think it’s funny to lie about it. Michaels told The Hollywood Reporter that <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/snl-interview-trump-jokes-2024-election-lorne-michaels-future-1236005680/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“SNL” still hits both sides of the aisle</a>. Really.
<blockquote>You can’t lecture the audience, which most of politics is now, people lecturing the audience. Ours is like, yeah, there are kind of idiots on both sides. And we’re not going to do anything that didn’t work at dress [rehearsal]. It has to play. It has to be comedy. We’re first and foremost a comedy show.</blockquote>
That’s not a new show writer or a gullible cast member. It’s the comedy genius who introduced “Saturday Night Live” to us all the way back in 1975.
The show’s early days cast a huge shadow on the new cast. Said shadow grows even longer this Fall.
“Saturday Night,” <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/snl-the-movie-chevy-chase-john-belushi-casting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hitting theaters</a> Oct. 11, recalls the frantic 90 minutes prior to the very first “SNL” episode. Chaos! Excitement! Counter-culture comedy! It’s all there, directed by Oscar-nominee Jason Reitman.
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Mostly unfamiliar faces bring Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner and the original &#8220;Not Ready for Prime-Time Players&#8221; back to screens across the country.
The film is earning raves from early festival screenings. It also reminds fans why the show once delivered must-see comedy. Not every joke landed, of course. Others have aged poorly. If the sight of John Belushi in a bee costume makes you howl in 2024, you may need professional help.
That unpredictability was part of the show’s appeal. You didn’t know what might happen next. Yes, it was live, and that element helped. The cast members dug into the show’s free-spirited ways, pushing the comedy envelope early and often.
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All it took was one irreverent sketch to fuel water cooler gossip for days.
The show’s finely tuned anarchy spoke to an era grappling with the end of the Vietnam War, the fallout from Watergate and an energy crisis. 
Years later, “SNL” morphed into a comedy incubator: Aykroyd. Belushi. Murray. Chase. Murphy. Carvey. Rock. Sandler. Ferrell. Fey. It may have lost some of its comic edge, but it hit both sides of the political aisle and kept the focus where it belonged.
Is it funny? Then it makes the final cut.
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The current “SNL” lacks both laughs and cultural clout. When was the last time “SNL” broke out a major comedy star? Current player Bowen Yang has snagged steady big-screen work, but he’s never the star and his films typically make “indie-film” cash.
The media will prop up the show’s 50th season, giving every anti-Trump sketch wall-to-wall coverage. A shrinking band of progressives will tune in to see how the show hits Trump in the weeks before the election.
They know the show’s comedic targets even if they don’t know every punchline word for word.
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Everyone else has found new comedy faces to speak Truth to Power. Think Tim Dillon, Ryan Long, Andrew Schulz, Tyler Fischer and Shane Gillis. These comedians didn’t need “SNL” to jump-start their careers. Gillis famously got fired from the show before he could step on its historic stage for past “problematic” jokes.
He returned four years later as a show host, his presence proving “SNL” needed him far more than he needed the NBC showcase.
The rest reach out via Patreon, YouTube, stand-up stages, Netflix specials and podcasts, bypassing both Hollywood and the once-might “SNL” incubator.
You never know what they’ll say next or who they’ll target with the next withering punchline. That sense of chaos once lived in “SNL’s” creative DNA. Now, that’s all but gone, replaced by corporate groupthink and an unwillingness to rock the boat.
Remember how guest player Brad Pitt feted Dr. Anthony Fauci during the pandemic? Or how several cast members serenaded outgoing President Barack Obama with the song, <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/snl-ends-musical-sidney-poitier-inspired-obama-dedication-sir-love-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“To Sir, With Love?”</a> Later, “SNL” player Jay Pharoah admitted the show <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/jay-pharoah-snl-obama/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“gave up”</a> on mocking Obama during his two terms in office.
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What about Kate McKinnon warbling a mourning take on “Hallelujah” after Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump?
Is this comedy or DNC propaganda? The line isn’t even blurry on most nights.
“SNL” once invited both Trump and Elon Musk to host the show. Would NBC brass allow either to do the same today, even if the ratings would likely be huge? 
That says it all.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://x.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
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Saturday Night Live – Season 49

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“Saturday Night Live” alum <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Will Ferrell</a> said he would no longer accept a part that included him dressing like a woman for laughs.
The 57-year-old actor discussed playing Clinton-era Attorney General Janet Reno decades ago during a recent interview with his friend, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live">SNL</a>” head writer Harper Steele, for an episode of “The Interview” podcast, per <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/will-ferrell-regrets-snl-drag-sketches-janet-reno-1236139470/">Variety</a>.
Ferrell specifically said he regretted participating in the “Janet Reno’s Fantasies” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">sketch</a> from Season 23 of SNL in 1997.
When the interviewer mentioned that the sketch “hits a false note now,” Ferrell replied by saying, “That’s something I wouldn’t choose to do now.”
“This kind of bums me out,” Steele, who identifies as transgender, said. “I understand the laugh is a drag laugh. It’s, ‘Hey, look at this guy in a dress, and that’s funny.’ It’s absolutely not funny. It’s absolutely a way that we should be able to live in the world. However, with performers and actors, I do like a sense of play.”
“This is an interesting question to me,” Steele added. “Do queer people like ‘The Birdcage,’ or do they not? Robin Williams, at least as far as we know, was not a gay man, and yet he spent about half of his comedy career doing a swishy gay guy on camera. Do people think that’s funny, or is it just hurtful? I’ve heard from gay men that it was funny, and I’ve heard from gay men that it was hurtful. I am purple-haired woke, but I wonder if sometimes we take away the joy of playing when we take away some of the range that performers, especially comedy performers, can do.”
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The outlet noted that Ferrell recalled “a fair amount” of sketches from “SNL” which would make him “lament the choice.” 
The “Anchorman” star also jokingly said, “I mean, in a way, the cast — you’re kind of given this assignment. So I’m going to blame the writers.”
Steele agreed, “Yeah, he’s not culpable at all,” then continued, “I wrote Monica Lewinsky stuff I wasn’t proud of. I wrote some good Britney Spears stuff and some stuff that I’m not as proud of. I wrote some Clinton things I wasn’t proud of. I’m just moving on. I have to.”
Ferrell is promoting his project “Will &amp; Harper,” a Netflix documentary he did with Harper featuring the two of them going on a cross-country road trip.

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Will Ferrell Says Dressing Like Janet Reno For Laughs Is ‘Something I Wouldn’t Choose To Do Now’

Will Ferrell Says Dressing Like Janet Reno For Laughs Is 'Something I Wouldn't Choose To Do Now'

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“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saturday Night Live</a>” alum Victoria Jackson said doctors have told her she only has a few years left to live and that she has an inoperable tumor after her cancer returned.
Speaking to her fans in an 8-minute long video she posted on Thursday on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C-qrPvfOxm9/">Instagram</a>, the 65-year-old comedian tried to sound upbeat as she shared the news that the cancer was back. She captioned the post, “Cancer Update: I have 34.8 months to live if I don’t get hit by a meteor &#8230; get Covid again or WWIII breaks out.”
&#8220;Update on the cancer: they cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe and eventually would suffocate me to death,&#8221; Jackson said with a little chuckle.
She sounded optimistic as she revealed that she’s been given a “magic pill” by doctors that contains a cancer growth blocker that she said will “hopefully” “shrink the marble,” <a href="https://pagesix.com/2024/08/16/entertainment/snl-alum-victoria-jacksons-cancer-returns-with-inoperable-tumor/">Page Six</a> noted.
Jackson Googled the medicine and said that people who take it have lived for &#8220;32.6 months” compared to those with the placebo, who “had 28 months to live.”
“I think that’s great. I&#8217;ve had a fantastic life,&#8221; the TV star said, noting she’d like to be able to stick around for the birth of her grandson, Jimmy, who is expected in October, and to see her daughter become a mother, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/former-saturday-night-live-star-victoria-jackson-inoperable-cancer-32-rcna166939">NBC News</a> noted.
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&#8216;SNL&#8217; Alum Victoria Jackson Reveals She Has an Inoperable Tumor in Her Windpipe, Tells Fans: &#8216;I&#8217;ve Had a Fantastic Life&#8217; <a href="https://t.co/FPn3Q5V6ia">https://t.co/FPn3Q5V6ia</a>
— Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1824460887421272163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
“So, I’m dying in [inaudible] months if I don’t have a heart attack or get hit by a car, or meteor, or terrorist or illegal … this world is suffering,” she added. “A lot of people are suffering, that’s why comedy is good to forget about it.”
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“You know, we’re all dying but when you kinda see in print, you have 32.6 months, it makes you think, ya know?” Jackson continued. “But I wouldn’t change anything.”
The “SNL” star appeared on the show during its great years from 1986 to 1992, NBC News noted. Jackson was on the show during the same time as superstars like Dennis Miller, Jon Lovitz, and Phil Hartman, just to name a few, per <a href="https://www.imdb.com/list/ls054334660/">IMDb</a>.
She is probably best remembered for her &#8220;Weekend Update&#8221; appearances on the show. She also appeared in various movies and TV shows at the time, IMDb noted.
Victoria, who revealed her breast cancer diagnoses in 2016, has two daughters, one from a previous marriage and one with her current husband and high school sweetheart Paul Wessel, Page Six noted.
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Comedian Steve Martin turned down the opportunity to play Democratic vice presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-walz">Tim Walz</a> on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live">Saturday Night Live,</a>” despite social media users claiming there is a physical resemblance between the two.
The “Only Murders in the Building” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedian">star</a> said he got a phone call on Wednesday from the sketch comedy show&#8217;s producer, Lorne Michaels, offering him the gig, but he turned it down.
&#8220;I wanted to say no and, by the way, he wanted me to say no,&#8221; Martin, 78, told the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-08-07/steve-martin-will-not-play-tim-walz-on-saturday-night-live">Los Angeles Times</a>. &#8220;I said, &#8216;Lorne, I’m not an impressionist. You need someone who can really nail the guy.&#8217; I was picked because I have gray hair and glasses.&#8221;
The comedian said he’d be “struggling” if he took on the challenge.
&#8220;It’s ongoing,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It’s not like you do it once and get applause and never do it again. Again, they need a real impressionist to do that. They’re gonna find somebody really, really good.&#8221;
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Social media users had been suggesting that Martin play Walz ever since presidential hopeful Kamala Harris announced the governor of Minnesota as her running mate. The rumors heated up after it was announced that “SNL” star Maya Rudolph would return to the series this fall to reprise her Harris impersonations. 
Rudolph played Harris on “SNL” during the Democratic presidential primaries in 2019. She continued the role after Harris was named VP, playing opposite Jim Carrey as Joe Biden. Deadline <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/07/maya-rudolph-kamala-harris-saturday-night-live-return-1236027322/">reported</a> that the actress pushed back production of the third season of her Apple TV+ series “Loot” from August until January so she could return to the role on “SNL.”
The new season of “Saturday Night Live” is scheduled to premiere on September 28. 
Walz has been scrutinized since he was announced as Harris’ VP pick on Tuesday. The Minnesota Democrat has come under fire for his leftist policies on abortion, being an advocate for gender surgeries for minors, and regulations he implemented in his state during the COVID pandemic. Walz was also instrumental in allowing rioters to wreak havoc in Minneapolis in 2020 following the death of George Floyd. 
The most recent scandal making headlines has to do with stolen valor, as critics accuse Walz of exaggerating his military service for years. 
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Steve Martin

Steve Martin Explains Why He Turned Down Gig To Play Tim Walz On ‘Saturday Night Live’

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedian">Comedian</a> Bowen Yang said working on the popular sketch comedy show “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live">Saturday Night Live</a>” was the “cringiest” job.
Yang discussed his thoughts with co-host Matt Rogers during a recent episode of their “Las Culturistas” <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/las-culturistas-with-matt-rogers-and-bowen-yang/climbing-cringe-mountain-w-matt-bowen">podcast</a>. The pair discussed how sometimes it’s embarrassing to make certain career moves, referencing President Joe Biden&#8217;s ending his re-election campaign.
“You have to sometimes climb up a huge hill of cringe,” Rogers said. “And once you can scale that hill — which is, you know, it might be your judgment of yourself, on what you’re doing, it might be everyone saying what you’re doing is cringe — on the other end, you slide down into happiness and nirvana.”
Yang, an “SNL” alum, chimed in, saying he was embarrassed about his stint on the show, which began in 2018. 
“I know about working through cringe, climbing a cringe mountain, I work at Saturday f***ing Night Live, the cringiest thing in show business on every level,” he said. “Cringe Mountain is SNL.”
The comedian added, “Eternally grateful that I worked there, will be the defining thing of my life and career, and yet it is a cringe mountain because to live through working at SNL and to have people constantly tell you how much it sucks, how bad it is, how it’s not as good as it used to be, for your career — that has to do something to you psychologically where you emerge and go, ‘I don’t give a f***.’”
Rogers voiced some disagreement with the assessment. “I don’t think it’s cringe,” he said of “SNL,” per <a href="https://ew.com/bowen-yang-calls-saturday-night-live-the-cringiest-thing-in-show-business-8683000">Entertainment Weekly</a>. “But I will say… everyone has a f***ing opinion. It’s the most popular show in the world, it’s now been on for 50 years, it is Capital C commercial culture, and therefore it’s cringe because everyone is like, ‘I’m having something to say.’”
“And it’s corporate, you know what I mean? It’s all those things,” he added. “But on the other side of it, guess what Bowen: you get to actually, the visceral thing of people laugh, people feel good. And that is why we’re doing this and that is why America is worth saving.”

Bowen Yang

Comedian Reflects On ‘Cringe’ Feelings Working On ‘SNL’: ‘People Constantly Tell You How Much It Sucks’

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedian">Comedian</a> Andy Samberg explained his reasons for quitting the sketch comedy show “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live">Saturday Night Live</a>” 12 years ago, citing issues with his physical and mental health.
The 45-year-old “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Brooklyn Nine-Nine</a>” actor discussed what happened during an interview on Peacock’s “Hart to Heart.”
“For me, it was like, I can&#8217;t actually endure it anymore. But I didn&#8217;t want to leave,&#8221; Samberg told host Kevin Hart. &#8220;Physically and emotionally, like I was falling apart in my life.&#8221;
The comedian appeared on seven seasons of “SNL” between 2005 and 2012, participating in popular skits including “D*** in a Box” and “Natalie&#8217;s Rap.”
“Physically, it was taking a heavy toll on me and I got to a place where I was like I hadn’t slept in seven years basically,” Samberg told Hart, per <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/andy-samberg-snl-exit-life-falling-apart-1236067525/">Variety</a>.
“We were writing stuff for the live show Tuesday night all night, the table read Wednesday, then being told now come up with a digital short so write all Thursday, all Thursday night, don’t sleep, get up, shoot Friday, edit all night Friday night and into Saturday, so it’s basically like four days a week you’re not sleeping, for seven years,” he continued. “So I just kinda fell apart physically.”
The comedian went on to say being a cast member on “SNL” had similarities to being a professional athlete. “It’s this high pressure thing,” Samberg said. “Your adrenaline goes through the roof. You know, there’s parallels. You have to perform under pressure in front of people.”
He admitted to being nervous about leaving despite having so many challenges with the work. &#8220;I had talked to [fellow ‘SNL’ star Amy] Poehler and other people that had already gone. I was like, once I go, when I have an idea, I can&#8217;t just do it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The craziest thing about working there is once you get going, if you&#8217;re just in the shower and you have an idea that s&#8212; can be on television in three days, which is the most intoxicating feeling.&#8221;
Samberg said it was even more of a challenge when the “SNL” producers didn’t want him to leave.
&#8220;They told me straight up, &#8216;We prefer you would stay,&#8217; and I was like, oh, that makes it harder,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But I just was like, I think to get back to a feeling of like mental and physical health, I have to do it. So I did it and it was a very difficult choice.”

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Andy Samberg On Quitting 'SNL': 'I Was Falling Apart In My Life'

Cancel Culture victims are legion, but no one has been targeted quite like J.K. Rowling.
The “Harry Potter” author broke rank with fellow progressives in 2020, and she’s been paying the price ever since.
Yet she persists, to tap a progressive catchphrase. So do other stars who refused to back down. They ended up even bigger as a result.
Rowling’s Cancel Culture sin was agreeing with most people on one of the era’s most explosive issues. The author’s social media <a href="https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defiance on trans doctrine</a> caused an immediate outcry. The media <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/jk-rowling-is-so-transphobic-even-elon-musk-wants-her-to-shut-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pounced and seized</a>. So did fellow progressives and trans activists.
This is the moment when many Cancel Culture targets begin their Apology Tour™.
Not Rowling.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-are-not-kind-you-are-not-righteous-jk-rowling-unloads-on-trans-activists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">She held firm</a> at the time and has yet to flinch over four long years.
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Over that time, she’s <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/jk-rowling-working-with-police-over-death-threat-after-voicing-support-for-salman-rushdie-12672229">received death threats</a>, watched her name <a href="https://ew.com/celebrity/j-k-rowling-removed-from-seattle-museum-of-pop-culture-anti-trans-remarks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">repeatedly</a> get <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/11/jk-rowling-removed-museum-pop-culture-harry-potter-transphobic-views" target="_blank" rel="noopener">erased</a>, and has been betrayed by the actors she helped make household names, including “Harry Potter” franchise alum Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. 
Except her Harry Potter legacy is as powerful as ever. The video game extension of said franchise, “Hogwarts Legacy,” <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-sold-over-22-million-copies-warner-bros-exec-brags-its-the-best-selling-game-of-the-year-in-the-entire-industry-worldwide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boasted sales above and beyond expectations</a> despite attempts to cancel the title.
Max decided to revive the Harry Potter franchise via an upcoming TV series, one of the streamer’s biggest projects to date. The platform <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1805968567034069278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1805968567034069278%7Ctwgr%5Ea8a85c42362cddcff8900257829dcd6c7c72d76c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fentertainment%2F2024%2F06%2F27%2Fcancel-culture-fail-warner-bros-included-j-k-rowling-in-selecting-harry-potter-series-creative-team%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">even invited Rowling</a> to vet the talent behind the saga.
Rowling stood up to the mob and emerged as a more powerful force.
Comedian Tyler Fischer endured a very different brand of cancellation. No one “resurfaced” one of Fischer’s old gags to get him professionally pummeled.
He simply fought back against DEI-style discrimination and for medical autonomy.
<div id="attachment_671085" style="width: 394px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-671085" class="size-large wp-image-671085" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/12/GettyImages-1822517496-384x576.jpg" alt="NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 29: Tyler Fischer attends the DailyWire+ Red Carpet Premiere of &quot;Lady Ballers&quot; on November 29, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images for Bentkey Ventures)" width="384" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/12/GettyImages-1822517496-384x576.jpg 384w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/12/GettyImages-1822517496-200x300.jpg 200w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/12/GettyImages-1822517496.jpg 682w" sizes="(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px" />Jason Davis/Getty Images for Bentkey Ventures</div>
Fischer decided early in the pandemic not to get the COVID-19 vaccine. He was young, healthy, and had already survived a brush with the virus. The latter gave him natural immunity, something the medical powers that be downplayed at the time.
His decision cost him both friendships and gigs at a time when his career was still a work in progress.
Fischer didn’t get political, nor did he give up. He stuck to his principles, created viral-friendly impressions of Dr. Anthony Fauci, and rebuilt a career without Hollywood’s help.
He did fight back, though. He filed a lawsuit against his former management team for admitting they couldn’t find work for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-joke-white-comic-terror-on-the-prairie-actor-sues-talent-agency-alleging-discrimination">a straight, white male</a>.
And he kept on hustling.
He co-starred in not one but two DailyWire+ films: “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/lady-ballers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lady Ballers</a>” and “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/terror-on-the-prairie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terror on the Prairie</a>.” He paired with fellow rebel comics JP Sears and Ryan Long. He ingratiated himself to Fox News’ viewers via “Gutfeld!”
And he just landed the most coveted spot for any modern comedian — The hot seat on “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
Comedians once saw “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” as the ultimate sign they had “made it.” If Carson invited you to the NBC couch after your set, it was the ultimate sign of respect.
Now, a chat with Rogan serves a similar purpose. Fischer has officially made it, and he did so without betraying his values or free speech principles.
Comic legend Roseanne Barr actually said something awful and should have apologized for it immediately.
That’s exactly what she did after she crudely compared former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett to a “Planet of the Apes” character on Twitter.
Apology not accepted, even if she had a track record of reaching out to minority scribes on her eponymous sitcom. ABC fired Barr from her own sitcom and killed off her iconic character, turning the series over to “The Conners.”
Decades atop the Hollywood food chain ended with the speed of a Tweet.
She was done.
She laid low for a while, finally using a FOX Nation stand-up special as her official re-entry into showbiz. From there, she started a feisty podcast, co-starred on DailyWire+’s “Mr. Birchum” series, and made herself a familiar face in Austin, Texas, the new comedy epicenter.
She’s now an elder statesperson in the country’s hottest comedy scene, part of the Rogan revolution where free speech reigns supreme.
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In a way, Barr’s cancellation is ongoing. She won’t be welcomed on any late-night show or “Saturday Night Live” episode going forward. No Hollywood studio will tap her for a comic cameo or supporting role.
She doesn’t need it anymore.
Nor does Shane Gillis, but the feeling isn’t mutual.
The affable comic snared the gig of a lifetime in 2019 when Lorne Michaels chose him to join “Saturday Night Live.” Gillis’ old material “resurfaced,” including a crude routine with Asian stereotypes.
He got canned before the season’s first episode aired.
Many might have called it a career. Not Gillis. He kept on creating, from stand-up gigs to his hilarious “Gilly and Keeves” YouTube sketch series.
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Gillis also leaned on social media platforms to build his base, posting full-length stand-up specials on YouTube with dizzying results. His “Live from Austin” special has generated 28 million views since going live in 2022.
Suddenly, “SNL” had second thoughts. The show invited Gillis to host the program that tried to cancel his career. 
Meanwhile, Netflix ordered up a Gillis special, “Beautiful Dogs,” along with an original comedy series (“Tires”).
It’s worth acknowledging that other stars have done and said far worse without a hint of cancellation. Alec Baldwin and Ezra Miller rush to mind.
These canceled stars didn’t deserve the cultural punishments meted out by the modern Left. They proved too talented to stay canceled.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic, and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@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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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> delivered a scathing review of the annual <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house-correspondents-dinner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Correspondents’ Dinner</a> (WHCD) that took place on Saturday evening in Washington, D.C.
The &#8220;Nerd Prom,&#8221; as the WHCD is known, featured quips targeted at Trump delivered by President Joe Biden and the event&#8217;s headliner, &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; star Colin Jost, while anti-Israel protesters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-swarm-white-house-correspondents-dinner-drape-massive-palestinian-flag-from-hotel-window" target="_blank" rel="noopener">swarmed the streets</a> outside of the swanky affair.
&#8220;The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was really bad. Colin Jost BOMBED, and Crooked Joe was an absolute disaster! Doesn’t get much worse than this!&#8221; Trump said in a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112347103611008954" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to his Truth Social platform.
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The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was really bad. Colin Jost BOMBED, and Crooked Joe was an absolute disaster! Doesn’t get much worse than this!
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During his <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1784563464679346189" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a>, Biden took repeated jabs at Trump, calling him &#8220;Sleepy Don&#8221; and alluding to the former president&#8217;s ongoing <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/28/stormy-weather-biden-skewers-trump-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legal battles</a>. In addition, Biden used a quip to make light of voter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nbc-news-unpacks-erosion-of-public-confidence-in-biden-on-a-number-of-critical-fronts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">concerns</a> about his age — 81 — to knock his political rival.
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&#8220;The 2024 election is in full swing and, yes, age is an issue. I&#8217;m a grown man running against a 6-year-old,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;Well I feel great. I really feel great.&#8221;
Biden also sought to convey a more serious message concerning Trump allegedly being a threat to democracy and warning about &#8220;disinformation.&#8221; At the same time, Biden urged the media to <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/04/27/biden_to_media_im_not_asking_you_to_take_sides_im_asking_you_to_rise_up_to_the_seriousness_of_the_moment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;rise up&#8221;</a> to the moment and uttered a series of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-complains-about-disinformation-while-spreading-disinformation-at-whcd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">partial truths and out-of-context quotes</a>.
Jost used his time at the podium to tell jokes as well, including one <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1784420119608697256" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directed</a> at Biden and his struggles to maintain the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-bleeding-support-from-black-men-in-crucial-swing-states-wsj-poll-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">support</a> of black voters in the run-up to the 2024 election.
&#8220;My &#8216;Weekend Update&#8217; co-anchor Michael Che was going to join me here tonight but in solidarity with President Biden I decided to lose all my black support,&#8221; he said.
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Jost got in some cracks aimed at Trump as well, <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1784412102339228157" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> at one point, &#8220;It&#8217;s after 10 p.m. &#8216;Sleepy Joe&#8217; is still awake while Donald Trump has spent the past week falling asleep in court every morning – though Fox News said he was just being anti-woke.&#8221;
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Colin Jost: &quot;My grandpa voted for decency and decency is why we&#39;re all here tonight. Decency is how we&#39;re able to be here tonight. Decency is how we&#39;re able to make jokes about each other and one of us doesn&#39;t go to prison after&#8230;&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHCA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WHCA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHCD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WHCD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nerdprom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nerdprom</a> <a href="https://t.co/ti5bTkHQP7">pic.twitter.com/ti5bTkHQP7</a>
&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1784418833916199075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Toward the end of his remarks, Jost got sentimental as he spoke about his late grandfather William Kelly, who was a firefighter in Staten Island, supporting Biden in the 2020 election.
&#8220;He voted for you and the reason that he voted for you is because you’re a decent man,&#8221; Jost <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1784418833916199075" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> to Biden. &#8220;My grandpa voted for decency and decency is why we’re all here tonight.&#8221;

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Trump Roasts White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Says SNL Star ‘BOMBED’ And Biden Was ‘An Absolute Disaster’

Trump Roasts White House Correspondents' Dinner, Says SNL Star 'BOMBED' And Biden Was 'An Absolute Disaster'

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White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Conan O’Brien praised late-comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/norm-macdonald-says-he-didnt-want-to-leave-anything-on-the-table-as-he-jokes-about-mortality-and-death-in-final-stand-up-special" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Norm Macdonald</a>’s past jokes about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/o-j-simpson-dead-at-76-following-battle-with-cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">O.J. Simpson</a>’s murder trial that resulted in Macdonald losing his job at “Saturday Night Live.”
During the late-night talk show host’s appearance on Thursday with CNN’s Jake Tapper, the two talked about the news of the day &#8212; Simpson’s death at 76 following a battle with prostate cancer, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/conan-obrien-recalls-nbc-network-chief-tight-oj-fired-snls-norm-macdonald">Fox News</a> reported.
“It was a huge deal back then,&#8221; O&#8217;Brien said as he noted the murder trial coverage from comedians. &#8220;Most notably – he’s passed on – Norm Macdonald, one of my best guests of all time and one of the great comedians of all time…”
“[He] just told some of the most – did the most brilliant, I think, comedy of anybody during that whole period,” he added, noting the jokes the late-star did following Simpson’s acquittal in the 1995 double murder trial of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
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Conan O&#8217;Brien Says Norm Macdonald Did the &#8216;Most Brilliant Comedy&#8217; About O.J. Simpson on &#8216;SNL&#8217; When &#8216;the Head of the Network Was Tight With O.J.&#8217; <a href="https://t.co/NvFshFEbpq">https://t.co/NvFshFEbpq</a>
— Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1778805935089091040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
Tapper replied, “Lost his job at ‘SNL’ because he was making fun of O.J. Simpson for being the real killer.&#8221;
&#8220;Yes,&#8221; O’Brien replied, and said that “the head of the network at the time was tight with O.J.,” without naming the executive.
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&#8220;Don Ohlmeyer?&#8221; Tapper asked, to which the comedian laughed, &#8220;Who can remember these names.&#8221;
&#8220;Anyway, water under the bridge,” O’Brien added. “But that was a huge moment in history, I think, of this country.&#8221;
&#8220;It was a, you know, massive – there have been many times in this country where we’ve needed to stop and reassess where we are in our racial history, and where are we, what progress have we made, and that was one of those moments and it was such a watershed moment,&#8221; O’Brien continued.
Tapper then asked O’Brien if he was going to make a joke about Simpson, and he replied, &#8220;I never make a joke about someone the day they pass.”
The late-night talk show host wasn’t the only one remembering Norm’s jokes on Thursday, with clips of Macdonald going viral on social media about his cracks at &#8220;The Juice&#8221; and saying that murder was &#8220;legal in the state of California&#8221; after Simpson&#8217;s acquittal, Fox News noted.
Despite the pro athlete being acquitted during the criminal trial, he was found liable for Brown Simpson and Goldman&#8217;s deaths three years later in a civil trial brought by the victims’ families and was ordered to pay more than $33 million in damages.
Simpson was later arrested in Las Vegas and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping in 2007. He was sentenced to 33 years in prison with a minimum of nine years without parole and was released in 2017 after serving that minimum. The former NFL star was released from parole in 2021.
Amanda Harding contributed to this piece.

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Conan O’Brien Praises Late-Comedian Norm Macdonald’s O.J. Simpson Jokes That Got Him Fired From ‘SNL’

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Comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedian">Dana Carvey</a> addressed a racy skit he did on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live">Saturday Night Live</a>” with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone">Sharon Stone</a> back in 1992, saying that type of content would never be allowed today.
The “SNL” alum discussed the “Airport Security Sketch” during a recent episode of the “Fly on the Wall With Dana Carvey and David Spade” podcast featuring Stone as a guest, per <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/03/dana-carvey-apologizes-saturday-night-live-sketch-undressed-sharon-stone-1235865481/">Deadline</a>. Spade called it “so offensive.”
Carvey told Stone she was “such a good sport” about the skit. The 68-year-old comedian also mused about how the content would not be well-received in today’s politically correct climate. “We would be literally arrested now,” he said.
In the skit, Carvey played an Indian airport security guard who encourages Stone to take off various items of clothing as she passes through the metal detector. When she stops setting off the alarm for real, he, Kevin Nealon, and Rob Schneider make the beeping noises themselves to encourage her to keep undressing.
When Chris Farley sets off the alarm, they let him go through the metal detector without checking him at all.
The sketch ends with Carvey taking photos of Stone for what he calls &#8220;security reasons.&#8221; Then the men all run off after hearing an announcement that Cindy Crawford is boarding at another gate.
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“I want to apologize publicly for the security check sketch where I played an Indian man and we’re convincing Sharon, her character, or whatever, to take her clothes off to go through the security thing,” Carvey said on the podcast. “It’s so 1992, you know, it’s from another era.”
The actress said the sketch didn&#8217;t bother her.
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“I know the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony,” Stone replied. “And I think that we were all committing misdemeanors [back then] because we didn’t think there was something wrong then. We didn’t have this sense. I had much bigger problems than that, you know what I mean? That was funny to me, I didn’t care. I was fine being the butt of the joke.”
“When I was doing the Indian character… there was no malice in it,” Carvey added. “It was really me rhythmically trying to get laughs. So I just want to say that watching it — comedy needs a straight person and you were perfect in it. You were completely sincere and you made us funny.”

Dana Carvey Says ‘We Would Be Literally Arrested’ If Racy ‘SNL’ Sketch With Sharon Stone Were Made Today

Dana Carvey Says 'We Would Be Literally Arrested' If Racy 'SNL' Sketch With Sharon Stone Were Made Today

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