Out of all his skits, I really hate this one the most.

Also, he stole two things from Craig Ferguson! His awkward pause with Ben Stiller, and now he's got a horse on a stick...???

I'm sure they won't be mainstays on the show, but give some credit, man....

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It's amusing how cruel people can unwittingly be (on YouTube) making fun of the elderly man being sucked into the sea to die and their misplaced vitriol at the disabled person who is unable to help. It's not so much that an old guy almost died and a crippled person couldn't do anything; it's the the irony in the comments due to people not knowing the truth. Then again, maybe it could also be a skit like the disabled fat guy from Little Britain?

Certainly, it is funny, despite the cruelty in laughing at other people's misery. It could be a gag in an Adam Sandler movie, except the old guy would be Bob Barker and he'd be pulled out to sea and heard cursing as he drifts and blinks out in the sunset. *Plink!*

Everyone would laugh and then Adam Sandler would kiss a blond woman, probably Drew Barrymore, while the sun sets and we do the Looney Tunes fade out, with Porky Pig interrupting with a hand gesture, "A bi-di-a-bi-di-a-bi-di-abi-di-that's all folks!"

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Sure, a comedian with a message has to work to be both a comic and convey a message. I think he failed in both cases here; it wasn't funny enough, and his message is a shambles.

I'm not saying he made a good point poorly; I'm saying that he made a really poor point poorly. He's wrong and his examples contradict him. Since part of the comedy of this skit is supposed to be 'It's funny because it's true,' it fails completely for me, since none of it rings true.

Further, I don't know what you think is strawman-ish about my argument - he literally says that 'learning disadvantage' is a PC euphemism for 'stupidity' even though we know that it's not. It's a different word with a different purpose and there was a reason for the development of additional terminology. I would say one or two of his examples are actually changes that were made to conceal unpleasant truths, but many were just made to be more accurate, useful and neutral. Calling it all a PC softening of the truth is just plain wrong.

If you want a strawman argument, on the other hand, I can point out that he sounds alarmingly like the people who fight for their right to call Caitlyn Jenner 'he,' or 'Bruce.' "These people think that just by changing the words they're called, they change their underlying condition. <fart> Doesn't happen!" That would be a strawman argument, since he doesn't actually get into those areas.

Hey where's then other skits videos from snl?

I think Julianne Moore is the most famous actress to be bottomless in more than 1 movie. (not famous because of that, but just famous)

Would have liked to see her improv in this skit though, rather than reading lines from her prior movies... I would have even tipped $2 to see that!

"I have to do WHAT in this skit?"

Is it just me, or is SNL even attempting to be funny anymore?
I didn't laugh once during that skit.

Not that it really matters in the greater context of an incredibly bland musical skit, but... 3 out of 5 of their zany 'bad behavior' examples were just about being shitty to service workers, so why draw the line at not tipping?

It is clearly hyperbole when he says everyone believes in it then makes humor at the end countering that very same claim in the video. It is also clearly hyperbole when comedy is used in a strictly fact-based format that messes up the facts, etc. (Ie., comedy is FINE. But do it factually )

For example, the Daily Show recently was under attack for their biased coverage of the Democratic debate. How many people got the "real" journalism from them in the past? That integrity was/is so important it isn't even funny.

It is why they were so disgusted/pissed when basically Trevor Noah was sucking Hilary's dick off into his mouth. It also didn't help when he later forced a skit (intended to be funny...but was really lame...) that painted Sanders as a Spic hater (Which it really didn't do...)

Point is Adam uses a fact/truth/real history model for his audience. We expect that.

I remember when SNL was funny. It's too bad they're little more than mere propaganda shills for the White House with humorless skits like this one (to say nothing of the hour-long campaign ad they ran for Hillary last week). I wonder if the writers of this terribly unfunny sketch are requesting that NBC do away with the armed security at their studio at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

Primetime propaganda passing as entertainment will serve to debunk itself, week after week.

*promote the classic skit!

*promote *quality hilarity! Reminds of the skits I used to put on all through school and in the neighborhood ... good times.