Or… Nate's episode simply had funnier sketches, including one of the best in years (the George Washington sketch).

Politics had nothing to do with it.

You're trying way too hard here, bud.

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Or… Nate's episode simply had funnier sketches, including one of the best in years (the George Washington sketch).

Politics had nothing to do with it.

You're trying way too hard here, bud.

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When f16 is your #1 forum, politics has everything to do with everything.

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When f16 is your #1 forum, politics has everything to do with everything.

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Do you look at the profiles and post history of everyone who posts on this board? Creepy.

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When f16 is your #1 forum, politics has everything to do with everything.

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Do you look at the profiles and post history of everyone who posts on this board? Creepy.

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No, only a very small minority and to satisfy a very specific curiosity.

No disagreement whatsoever; the Nate episode was far and away funnier.

My point was that (lately at least) when SNL tries to involve political humor in the show, they seem to lose focus moreso on their desired messaging and lose focus on the humor aspect of the sketches.

Or they just don't do political humor well for some other reason. I.E. when they avoid political humor the sketches tend to have a higher % hit rate.

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This can be seen in the disaster of a cold open sketch where the writers/cast made a point to drag Trump and the republicans that have endorsed him (albeit a promising concept if executed differently) and I'm sure everyone was waiting for Shane to make an entrance as Trump himself.

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I wish it wasn't Trump because you'll probably say this is TDS, but I swear it's not...I think the weird phenomenon of politicians ENTHUSIASTICALLY bootlicking Trump after he has completely trashed them is so weird and very ripe for satire. Especially recently with Tim Scott.

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This can be seen in the disaster of a cold open sketch where the writers/cast made a point to drag Trump and the republicans that have endorsed him (albeit a promising concept if executed differently) and I'm sure everyone was waiting for Shane to make an entrance as Trump himself.

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I wish it wasn't Trump because you'll probably say this is TDS, but I swear it's not...I would say it about any politician: I think the weird phenomenon of politicians ENTHUSIASTICALLY bootlicking Trump after he has completely trashed them is so weird and very ripe for satire. Especially recently with Tim Scott.

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It's almost like everyone who worships him is oblivious to what a colossal POS he is and that, to him, everyone around him is expendable including his own wife and children.

I also thought the cold open was a good idea with poor execution. Not funny at all. On the other hand, I thought the Trump Shoes commercial was pretty funny.

I kinda thought last night was a dud. Nothing like the Katy Perry opening. She broke the mold.

still meh. without her tits, it was basically worthless. even collin and che were meh. this week and last week were both meh.

It's unfortunate that Kacey Musgraves screwed up her lips.

The scarjo Katie Britt was on point, sadly.

That rebuttal the other night was cringe.

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the opening for tonight was just horrible. was that scarjo? she was just horrible. i get the politics side is kinda funny but it was just stupid.

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I'm sorry. If you can't laugh at that, you have no sense of humor.

ScarJo is a heavy hitter. (We all know why she was there, but still).

If you can't find that funny, you'll never find anything funny.

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The scarjo Katie Britt was on point, sadly.

That rebuttal the other night was cringe.

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I don't know the politics side of it. Don't care. It sucked. Way too long imo.

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Wait, you don't even know what it's referencing?

Yet still decided to complain about it on the internet?

First of all, how is it even possible you can be *on* the internet and not know the reference? Especially considering there has been nothing more memed or talked about on the news in the past 48 hours.

Secondly, like… 75% of why any opening political sketch works is because it almost always mocks a current political event. So of course you're not going to find it funny if you have no idea what's going on. That's like complaining about the punchline of a joke without having heard the setup.

But that's the entire point of the opening political sketch! And has been for decades now. It's specifically for people "who follow politics regularly."

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The scarjo Katie Britt was on point, sadly.

That rebuttal the other night was cringe.

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I don't know the politics side of it. Don't care. It sucked. Way too long imo.

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Wait, you don't even know what it's referencing?

Yet still decided to complain about it on the internet?

First of all, how is it even possible you can be *on* the internet and not know the reference? Especially considering there has been nothing more memed or talked about on the news in the past 48 hours.

Secondly, like… 75% of why any opening political sketch works is because it almost always mock a current political event. So of course you're not going to find it funny if you have no idea what's going on. That's like complaining about the punchline of a joke without having heard the setup.

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No, I have no idea what it's about. I work a lot. I'm not complaining. I gave my opinion. Flame away. It matters not.

You're literally complaining about it. For multiple posts now.

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Sooooo you you want your weekly sketch comedy show, to not play with current events, because you "were too busy to pay attention to them"?

It's an election year. You should just probably go ahead and tune out now.

(It's been very good/fair comedy this year for anybody who has been paying attention ).

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No, I have no idea what it's about. I work a lot. I'm not complaining. I gave my opinion. Flame away. It matters not.

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Sooooo you you want your weekly sketch comedy show, to not play with current events, because you "were too busy to pay attention to them"?

It's an election year. You should just probably go ahead and tune out now.

(It's been very good/fair comedy this year for anybody who has been paying attention ).

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I didn't think it was funny because I've never watched television before. Don't know why they have to cater to the audience who has previously watched TV before yesterday. Sorry I'm not up on "technology."