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highplainsdem

(56,010 posts) Sun Mar 2, 2025, 12:40 AM Mar 2

BRILLIANT SNL cold open! Wow! Hope there's video soon. -- Full video added

Last edited Sun Mar 2, 2025, 04:07 AM - Edit history (1)

Trump, Musk, Vance, Rubio - and Big Balls - are going to hate it.

Zelensky will love it.

EDITING to add that host Shane Gillis, with.his RW sympathies, is bombing. He can't stop laughing at his own jokes, but there isn't as much laughing from the audience.

Full video (thanks, Rhiannon12866!):

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BRILLIANT SNL cold open! Wow! Hope there's video soon. -- Full video added (Original Post) highplainsdem Mar 2 OP

Mike Meyers as Musk! Nt leftieNanner Mar 2 #1

Shane Gillis is just plain awful Stinky The Clown Mar 2 #2

So good to know that I'm not the only one. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2 #5

I actually changed the channel. He was awful. Not funny Tess49 Mar 2 #19

I figured that it would be over soon because the monologues don't last that long. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2 #22

Yep. I edited my OP to mention that he bombed. highplainsdem Mar 2 #6

Beyond awful. bluesbassman Mar 2 #7

And Biden jokes, really? TommyT139 Mar 2 #9

Hackneyed, shopworn drivel. bluesbassman Mar 2 #13

Why does SNL let him do that? TY Cha Mar 2 #16

Painful. nolabear Mar 2 #8

I didn't think they could do it, but they did. nolabear Mar 2 #3

Excellent! SheltieLover Mar 2 #4

Agreed. Shane Gillis was a bad juxtaposition. yellow dahlia Mar 2 #10

Amateur move Tadams01KC Mar 2 #11

Giggling nonstop, when very few others were laughing. highplainsdem Mar 2 #12

Shane Gillis, if it were biologically possible, could be the love child of . . . . Stinky The Clown Mar 2 #14

I've added partial video to the OP. highplainsdem Mar 2 #15

Lol... That was funny... the guy who was Zelensky Cha Mar 2 #17

Here you go, I always post it as soon as it's available which is uploaded during the show: Rhiannon12866 Mar 2 #18

Thanks! I edited the OP to add the video and thank you. highplainsdem Mar 2 #20

I usually post the Cold Open and Weekend Update which tend to be the funniest parts of the show Rhiannon12866 Mar 2 #21

I'm glad you do that. Again, thanks! highplainsdem Mar 2 #23

leftieNanner

(15,960 posts)

1. Mike Meyers as Musk! Nt

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 12:42 AM

Mar 2

Stinky The Clown

(68,601 posts)

2. Shane Gillis is just plain awful

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 12:46 AM

Mar 2

greatauntoftriplets

(177,653 posts)

5. So good to know that I'm not the only one.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 12:49 AM

Mar 2

That racist, sexist crap was supposed to be funny?

Tess49

(1,610 posts)

19. I actually changed the channel. He was awful. Not funny

Reply to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 03:46 AM

Mar 2

at all.

greatauntoftriplets

(177,653 posts)

22. I figured that it would be over soon because the monologues don't last that long.

Reply to Tess49 (Reply #19)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 10:46 AM

Mar 2

Fortunately, Weekend Update lived up to expectations.

highplainsdem

(56,010 posts)

6. Yep. I edited my OP to mention that he bombed.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 12:50 AM

Mar 2

bluesbassman

(20,280 posts)

7. Beyond awful.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 12:50 AM

Mar 2

Racist jokes are so 1955.

TommyT139

(1,407 posts)

9. And Biden jokes, really?

Reply to bluesbassman (Reply #7)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 12:53 AM

Mar 2

Orange shitgibbon will be pleased, I guess.

bluesbassman

(20,280 posts)

13. Hackneyed, shopworn drivel.

Reply to TommyT139 (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 01:05 AM

Mar 2

The audience wasn’t having any of it either.

Cha

(310,847 posts)

16. Why does SNL let him do that? TY

Reply to bluesbassman (Reply #7)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 01:19 AM

Mar 2

nolabear

(43,706 posts)

8. Painful.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 12:52 AM

Mar 2

nolabear

(43,706 posts)

3. I didn't think they could do it, but they did.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 12:47 AM

Mar 2

SheltieLover

(68,164 posts)

4. Excellent!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 12:49 AM

Mar 2

Ty for sharing!

yellow dahlia

(2,408 posts)

10. Agreed. Shane Gillis was a bad juxtaposition.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 12:54 AM

Mar 2

Tadams01KC

(34 posts)

11. Amateur move

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 01:01 AM

Mar 2

Giggling at your own jokes (the host monologue)

highplainsdem

(56,010 posts)

12. Giggling nonstop, when very few others were laughing.

Reply to Tadams01KC (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 01:05 AM

Mar 2

Stinky The Clown

(68,601 posts)

14. Shane Gillis, if it were biologically possible, could be the love child of . . . .

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 01:13 AM

Mar 2

. . . . Dennis Miller and Andrew Dice Clay.

highplainsdem

(56,010 posts)

15. I've added partial video to the OP.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 01:17 AM

Mar 2

Cha

(310,847 posts)

17. Lol... That was funny... the guy who was Zelensky

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 01:27 AM

Mar 2

didn't get much to say... he sure did look the part... and handsome like Z!

TY, hpd!

Rhiannon12866

(234,381 posts)

18. Here you go, I always post it as soon as it's available which is uploaded during the show:

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 03:38 AM

Mar 2

SNL: Elon Musk Cold Open
https://democraticunderground.com/132262994

highplainsdem

(56,010 posts)

20. Thanks! I edited the OP to add the video and thank you.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #18)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 04:09 AM

Mar 2

Rhiannon12866

(234,381 posts)

21. I usually post the Cold Open and Weekend Update which tend to be the funniest parts of the show

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #20)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 04:12 AM

Mar 2

highplainsdem

(56,010 posts)

23. I'm glad you do that. Again, thanks!

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #21)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 12:20 PM

Mar 2

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