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Dean Obeidallah: SNL comically endorsing VP Harris shows more courage than The Washington Post! [View all]
Dean Obeidallah - SNL comically endorsing VP Harris shows more courage than The Washington Post!
SNL knows Trump will target them if he wins
Dean Obeidallah
Nov 03, 2024
Saturday Night Live did something that The Washington Post, USA Today and The L.A. Times all lacked the courage to do and that is endorse Vice President Harris. True, SNL did not endorse Harris in the traditional news media sense, but the Cold Open of Saturday’s show which featured a surprise appearance by Vice President Harris and a tsunami of comedic barbs directed against Donald Trump was the comedic equivalent of an endorsement.
And by doing so, SNL knowingly exposed the show, and all involved to Trump using the apparatus of government to target them--if he wins. We already are seeing a Trump loving Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, raise the specter of punishing SNL and NBC by telling Fox News that the comedic sketch was a "clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC's Equal Time rule.”
Watch the SNL cold open below:
The first half of this very funny sketch featured SNL’s Donald Trump creepily telling people at his rally--as in real life—that he will be protecting women “whether the women like or not.” As SNL’s Trump declared, “When you are famous, they let you protect them. Grab them right by the protection”—referring to Trump’s infamous Access Hollywood tape where he bragged about grabbing women’s genitals without even waiting for consent because as a celebrity he believed that was his right.
The second half of the cold open was where VP Harris made her surprise appearance. We see Maya Rudolph as Harris look into the mirror to give herself a pep talk and facing her—dressed identically—is the Vice President. The real Harris delivers a comedic pep talk to Rudolph with lines like, “I’m just here to remind you, you got this. Because you can do something your opponent cannot do. You can open doors.” That joke is a reference to Trump a few days ago struggling to open the door of a garbage truck.
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SNL knows Trump will target them if he wins
Dean Obeidallah
Nov 03, 2024
Saturday Night Live did something that The Washington Post, USA Today and The L.A. Times all lacked the courage to do and that is endorse Vice President Harris. True, SNL did not endorse Harris in the traditional news media sense, but the Cold Open of Saturday’s show which featured a surprise appearance by Vice President Harris and a tsunami of comedic barbs directed against Donald Trump was the comedic equivalent of an endorsement.
And by doing so, SNL knowingly exposed the show, and all involved to Trump using the apparatus of government to target them--if he wins. We already are seeing a Trump loving Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, raise the specter of punishing SNL and NBC by telling Fox News that the comedic sketch was a "clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC's Equal Time rule.”
Watch the SNL cold open below:
The first half of this very funny sketch featured SNL’s Donald Trump creepily telling people at his rally--as in real life—that he will be protecting women “whether the women like or not.” As SNL’s Trump declared, “When you are famous, they let you protect them. Grab them right by the protection”—referring to Trump’s infamous Access Hollywood tape where he bragged about grabbing women’s genitals without even waiting for consent because as a celebrity he believed that was his right.
The second half of the cold open was where VP Harris made her surprise appearance. We see Maya Rudolph as Harris look into the mirror to give herself a pep talk and facing her—dressed identically—is the Vice President. The real Harris delivers a comedic pep talk to Rudolph with lines like, “I’m just here to remind you, you got this. Because you can do something your opponent cannot do. You can open doors.” That joke is a reference to Trump a few days ago struggling to open the door of a garbage truck.
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