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[Sephzilla]

What were the ratings for the SNL episode Trump hosted? If he's getting out rated by Melissa McCarthy in drag, you know that shit is eating his soul

 

[dickroach]

Really sucks as I am (was?) a huge fan of his.

he's still one of the funniest people ever no matter what his political views are

 

[LiK]

the Spicer skit itself got 17M views when I checked last night on YouTube. the buzzz

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

he's still one of the funniest people ever no matter what his political views are

I know. Just sucks.

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

I wonder what the ratings are for the first 15 minutes vs. the rest of the show?

Their cold-opens are the only things I watch before I pass out, unless they have an awesome guest.

I'd assume it's a pretty sharp drop seeing as how everything else on there is dogshit.

 

[jb1234]

They brought him on to host despite the fact that he was already spewing hateful rhetoric by that time.

I think the comfort lies in that the episode was one of their worst. Trump has absolutely no skill in sketch comedy.

(Unless you count his unintentional talent in making people laugh so hard in disbelief that they start crying too.)

 

[LycanXIII]

And South Park is missing out.

 

[Dimmle]

Norm Macdonald was being petty about this last night. Said SNL was making money off a guy whose hands they would not even shake at the end of the show Trump hosted

It fucking kills me that Norm MacDonald is a fucking apologists for someone he claims isn't a dark president.

w w w wait

...Norm...? ):

 

[Silexx]

And South Park is missing out.

I think Matt and Trey got shook more than they're willing to admit.

 

[RinsFury]

Norm Macdonald was being petty about this last night. Said SNL was making money off a guy whose hands they would not even shake at the end of the show Trump hosted

It fucking kills me that Norm MacDonald is a fucking apologists for someone he claims isn't a dark president.

Norm is trash. Fuck that guy.

 

[Loxley]

Ol' Potato Head will either:

Make a tweet congratulating himself on giving SNL it's highest ratings in two decades.

or

Make a tweet shitting on SNL that they need him to be relevant. Sad!

Spoiler

Probably both.

 

[Ninja Kn1ght]

I guess you could say Tump made SNL Great Again

 

[Piano]

I concur. The rest of the show is atrocious.

I disagree. It's gotten a lot better on the whole this season. The digital shorts especially have been fantastic (like The Hunt for Hil)

 

[QuantumBro]

And South Park is missing out.

In a perfect world they'd keep the Trump stuff out of South Park and make a sequel series to That's My Bush.

 

[Memento Mori]

They let him host during his election campaign.

Larry David heckled Trump during his opening monologue and called him a racist.

 

[jtb]

Lorne Michaels produces Fallon's show too, let's not forget

You don't have to be singlehandedly responsible for Donald Trump becoming presidency to still have done a bad thing.

 

[Netherscourge]

Nothing they do will ever reverse their efforts to normalize Donald Trump last year.

Tell me how well that "normalization" has worked for Trump's image?

lol

Come on dude. He was on Fallon getting his head rubbed too.

You think that swayed voters?

Give me a break. The people who voted for Trump already had their minds made up. The fence-sitters voted for him in the final weekend before Election Day when Comey pulled his last-minute e-mail shit.

Nobody can normalize Donald Trump. He's been a fucking wack-job his whole life.

 

[OnPoint]

SNL always goes in waves. They were at a lull, now they're at a surge. I appreciate the give and take this show has had over the years.

 

[BlackGoku03]

Tell me how well that "normalization" has worked for Trump's image?

lol

Come on dude. He was on Fallon getting his head rubbed too.

You think that swayed voters?

Give me a break. The people who voted for Trump already had their minds made up. The fence-sitters voted for him in the final weekend before Election Day when Comey pulled his last-minute e-mail shit.

Nobody can normalize Donald Trump. He's been a fucking wack-job his whole life.

Even if he didn't host, he still would have won. It's a poor complaint.

 

[Hazmat]

You can't count viewers who are illegal immigrants or viewers who might have watched it twice in two different states.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Norm Macdonald was being petty about this last night. Said SNL was making money off a guy whose hands they would not even shake at the end of the show Trump hosted

It fucking kills me that Norm MacDonald is a fucking apologists for someone he claims isn't a dark president.

Norm is an idiot, simple as that.

How dare someone not want to shake hands with a racist and a fascist. How dare they.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Congrats on the success

 

[smokeymicpot]

Tell me how well that "normalization" has worked for Trump's image?

lol

Come on dude. He was on Fallon getting his head rubbed too.

You think that swayed voters?

Give me a break. The people who voted for Trump already had their minds made up. The fence-sitters voted for him in the final weekend before Election Day when Comey pulled his last-minute e-mail shit.

Nobody can normalize Donald Trump. He's been a fucking wack-job his whole life.

Seriously. Hate to bring Clinton up but the emails, the reopening of the email investigation, and everything else.

I honestly forgot he hosted SNL, and the Fallon thing too. Clinton was on all the talk shows as well. This isn't because of South Park, SNL, or even Fallon. They didn't sway the third party voters.

 

[gutter_trash]

congrats SNL, much deserved.

satire is at its best when it doesn't pull punches.

 

[BrutishMrFish]

Norm is an idiot, simple as that.

How dare someone not want to shake hands with a racist and a fascist. How dare they.

And even then, they treated Trump far better than Trump has ever treated anyone he dislikes. Such a stupid thing for Norm to say.

 

[Bronx-Man]

And South Park is missing out.

Fuck 'em.

 

[pashmilla]

As I was reading this, I was picturing Trump's angry reaction, but I could only see Alec Baldwin's face in my mind. I keep forgetting his Trump isn't actually Trump.

 

[Wilsongt]

The jokes literally write themselves. Easiest SNL writers have had it in years.

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

The jokes literally write themselves. Easiest SNL writers have had it in years.

That's my problem with current political sketches on SNL. They're lazy and boring. By time the show rolls around the punches have been beaten to death.

 

[Extra Sauce]

Norm MacDonald's shitty opinions haven't changed the cold hard fact that he is the funniest person on the planet.

 

[djplaeskool]

Yeah, the material is basically being handed to them on diamond-encrusted platters, but they are also nailing the vaudevillian antics. It's been a solid month of hilarious work so far.

 

[taybul]

That Spicer skit was one of the funniest for me in a while. Keep em coming! Bring on Rosie!

I started watching SNL again regularly simply for the political satire.

 

[Gilbals]

FAKE SHOWS, just really, the worst. show. intheworld. I can't believe that people even believe this show exists because it. simply. doesn't. Okay? Worst show. Fake show. Okay?