I haven't seen last night's SNL but hubby told me their Biden actor appeared to have dementia.

[pnwmom]

I've seen them do that before and it makes me sick.

Bye-bye, SNL.


On update: thinking about it, he might have said the Biden depiction was part of a news skit. So I don't know what happened exactly, but hubby's less political than I am, so if he was bothered it must have been nasty.

[a kennedy]

1. I don't like the late night hosts kidding about it as well.....and I love Jimmy Kimmel.

[PatSeg]

36. Same here

I've seen Stephen Colbert do it and it is a total turnoff for me. For the most part I love Stephen Colbert, but those kind of jokes are very offensive and help feed the senile narrative. The jokes about Biden's sunglasses are very funny however.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

2. I'm with you, pnwmom.

After four years (and counting) of a blithering idiot who could not articulate the language, and tried to overthrow the democracy I cherish, I don't find their Biden skits particularly funny.

Time for SNL to go the way of Bill Mahr's crap.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

39. They went after Trump pretty hard.

It's what they do.

[RKP5637]

3. FFS, this is outrageous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[davsand]

4. I'm pretty sure there was no new SNL last night.

https://lastnighton.com/2022/04/23/whos-hosting-saturday-night-live-tonight-april-23/

[milestogo]

5. That is correct.

[questionseverything]

6. There wasn't, it was a rerun

A couple days ago du was all pissed at colbert for his Biden joke, now snl is the bad guy. Guess what, these are comedy shows that are obviously pro Biden and anti trump so I don’t understand du members trying to hurt them.

[pnwmom]

8. My husband didn't think it was "obviously pro Biden." He thought the opposite. n/t

[PatSeg]

37. I agree, it was offensive

and I've seen SNL do it numerous times. Also, it wasn't even funny.

[pnwmom]

10. I didn't say it was new. SNL has been doing this off and on since Biden was elected. nt

[ForgedCrank]

25. SNL is a

comedy show, not a political arena operation. They make fun of every President, they always have.
I'd prefer to keep my comedy, especially with all of it's insensitivity at times.
Even Obama could laugh at the jokes various people made about him, often participating himself.
Live life and laugh!

[Jedi Guy]

29. +1

SNL mocked Trump (and every other President) relentlessly. Granted, Trump did/said a lot of stupid stuff and thereby gave them a ton of ammunition.

It's more than a little silly to get up in arms about it now that it's Biden's turn to be their target. Being the butt of jokes comes with the territory.

[pnwmom]

35. Trump has admitted that his own doctor administered a dementia test

after his people considered the 25th amendment.

Biden's only problem is a stutter, but SNL is taking cheap shots at him because of his age.

[pnwmom]

34. Mocking Biden in the EXACT SAME WAY the R's are mocking him --

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as a victim of dementia -- isn't comedy. It's lazy, at best. Complicit at worst.

[PatSeg]

38. I agree

It is not funny and it is really poor writing. I don't see how dementia is ever funny and implying that a sitting president is senile is as you say, "lazy, at best. Complicit at worst".

[Emile]

7. I have SNL set to record new shows. It didn't record last night?

Must have been a rerun!

[Celerity]

9. link please TIA

[pnwmom]

11. I didn't watch it. Anyone can find it who's interested, but I'm not. n/t

[Celerity]

14. you made the claim, and you were interested enough to toss up an OP

I couldn't find anything, which is why I asked for a link

cheers

[pnwmom]

15. I have seen other SNL's over the last year where they did this. I couldn't tell you the dates

but I've stopped watching because of this.

Now my husband's noticed it, too.

[EX500rider]

16. A comedy show made fun of a public figure?!?!? NO!!! lol

[pnwmom]

18. A comedy show helping to feed the perception that the R's are pushing hard,

that Biden is demented.

[Big Blue Marble]

24. There are far better ways to parody Biden or other politicians.

than an agist stereotype which cheaply demeans Biden and all elders especially when it is
a right wing theme that is keeping Biden's support numbers down.

[Sympthsical]

23. Check the first minute of Weekend Update from last week

I mean, that whole section is practically designed to rustle jimmies here. (The Musk joke that follows is great).

SNL's entire take on Biden is more or less he's old, out of touch, and vaguely senile. But that's been their angle all season, so I don't know what could've triggered this protest in particular.

[pnwmom]

33. My husband only watches sporadically. And now he'll watch less than that. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Last night's SNL was a repeat from last December.

[Mr.Bill]

13. When we had a president who actually had Dementia,

SNL had real writers. Watch this Phil Hartman masterpiece:

[pnwmom]

17. This was really funny! Thanks!

[Silent3]

19. I love that sketch!

Of course, I think the real Reagan was closer to doddering fool than cutthroat mad genius, but that's what makes the thing so damned funny.

[Mr.Bill]

21. One might say the humor back then

was a bit more cerebral.

[betsuni]

32. That and the Bill Clinton at McDonald's are my favorites.

"There's going to be a whole bunch of things we don't tell Mrs. Clinton." "You going to finish that?"

[FeelingBlue]

20. I was just talking about this:

Ageism is alive and well on late night tv, among the liberals in the US of A. It is so completely repulsive to me!! How can anyone think it’s amusing?! It’s tragic, cynical, unhelpful and ultimately destructive. This must stop. Why has the AARP been silent?! Why are we silent? We should be calling the sponsors and stations, Etc.

[onenote]

26. It's alive and well on DU too.

[sarcasmo]

22. Self-Delete

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[Tarc]

27. So SNL satire is only ok if they're making fun of Trump?

[pnwmom]

28. Trump is evil. Biden is our bulwark against the evil. And one form of evil

is to mock people with a disability, such as stuttering. Biden's stuttering doesn't make him demented. (Which also shouldn't be mocked. And ageism isn't funny either.)

Just because SNL is supposed to be a comedy show doesn't mean any of us need to appreciate it, or to watch it.

[betsuni]

31. People like to use to the phrase "punching down." Well, mocking disabilities is just that.

I've seen Biden depicted as a doddering old fool on SNL. Very lazy. The Onion used to have hilarious Biden things.

[Hekate]

30. I am currently not watching any of the late night comics. Their Biden interpretations make me queasy

I’m not demanding reverence, but after the hell we went through with Trump, I just have to ask what these guys want?

It really is queasy-making.