Not only was SNL courageous to do this, Kamala Harris was once again proving her smarts in being able to reach huge groups of people. She was also proving again her ability to get under trump's skin. I have not yet watched the video - I'll do it when my husband and I can watch it together. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Thank you for the suggestion. It was very good, as expected. I especially liked the stuff with the microphone - it reminded me of Obama's hands assessing trumps "crowd" size…
Oh Susan, it is the most fabulous skit I’ve seen on SNL! So clever, fun, inspiring! One reference (comparison) to Mike Pence is gold — wish they’d bring the writers out for a bow lol. Really hope you both enjoy this as much as I did! ⭐️👏🤩
Debserious, we watched it and laughed very hard. I'm afraid I missed the reference to Mike Pence, even watching it again. Clearly it was something the Walz character did. I agree that the writers should get to take a bow. I think they did some wonderful skits with Hillary Clinton, but this one was over the top wonderful. I just might be smiling all day…
The video was definitely wonderful. It gave us a good laugh, so good that we watched it twice. And I love that it had to reach a huge number of voters.
Someone in the main stream Press should remind the Trumpers that they can't change the rules of the game after kickoff. Donald complains "the election will be rigged" "the election was stolen" "Stop the Steal" but he doesn't complain when his favorite football team loses. Everyone in the Media, remind him that he accepted the rules of the game when he entered the campaign. Following the Rules is the American Way!
Following the rules may be the American Way, but we've seen all too clearly that trump does not believe the rules apply to him. trump will do anything in case it might work.
Following the rules IS the American Way but this flawed individual doesn’t believe the rules apply to him. Now he wants to shut down all the media outlets he doesn’t like. That’s not how America works. American works by making sure that Kamala Harris is elected president on Tuesday. VOTE BLUE up and down the ballot. Don’t let these traitors ruin our country. It’s not perfect but better than the alternative
Imho, she will win in a landslide! Women are angry, and they will vote in numbers too big to rig and too real to steal (thank you Glenn Kirschner for that reference). Many of their husbands will vote blue too, because they care about their wives.
We Americans take our football far more seriously than politics. Imagine the uproar if a team owner was found to be bribing referees! Donald buys Supreme Court justices (the referees in government) and the justices rule that the quarterback can do anything he wants. After the game is over, Donald the Loser says the game was unfair and he should be given more points. Even his MAGAs would object if he tried to fix a football game. But not the election!
The FCC said NBC broke the rules if not the law about giving equal time to candidates.
We are not talking about what the candidates say or do, but rather those institutions governed by the FCC. They have greater legal obligations than the candidates. Their licenses can and should be pulled if they break the law or significantly break the rules. At best this at least breaks the rules. The head of NBC just recently stated this shouldn’t and wouldn’t happen. Yet it did. That is clearly election interference whether you like Trump or not. There were times during their Administrations when Trump broke the law, and Biden/Harris broke the law. They were put in their place with decisions from the courts. The FCC is the Court for networks like NBC.
NBC gave the same amount of time for a free fpotus ad during a broadcast of the Nascar race at Martinsville Speedway yesterday, thereby adhering to the equal time rule. Per USA Today.....
"The broadcaster provided Trump airtime Sunday, CNN's Brian Stelter reported, giving the former president an opportunity to directly address viewers during the NASCAR 2024 Cup playoff race."
Shouldn't the supreme court strike down the FCC rule about equal time. Corporations are people, free speech rights should allow networks the freedom to promote any candidate/ cause they want to
This is why tffg wants to throw out the Constitution. He has zero understanding of it. He wants to replace it with a comic book with him as the super villain. Good grief, what an ass.
I don't think we should call it the Washington Post anymore or the LA Times or whatever other privately owned news organization surrenders to fascism. Those organizations are made up of the journalists who will be going down with the ship. It's not their fault. Let's call them by their owners. It's the Bezos Post. The NantCapital Times. And of course support their non-profit counterparts.
Don’t think they’re surrendering to fascism … only self-interest: Praise for Trump will be rewarded if he wins, ignored if he loses because Dems don’t revenge.
Good for SNL. As staid and button-down as NBC is, there's a spine there. And kudos to them for a generally hands-off approach to that 11:30 Saturday slot. SNL has had its ups and downs, but has certainly been there for us in expressing the zeitgeist of our generation. It was so wonderful seeing Kamala on the show last night. Smart move.
Great article this morning ☕ and that SNL opening skit was Hilarious 😂 I knew it would make donOLD Wild like Hell, LoL. He can't handle Anyone poking fun at him,a true sign he's not Fit for Office. Could you imagine,Say, the UK making a Joke towards him ?! He'd blow them off the Map, he's that far gone. Thank You for your post, and will reStack ASAP💯👍
The other layer to this is, I feel like they know all their friends/colleagues are getting targeted already: Kimmel and his people are on top of the list, but Meyers and Ferrel are in there too. So this is like…the final “we ride together” before dawn. Which is nice to see.
Notoriously, across the world and throughout recorded history, tyrants have feared laughter and tried to suppress it. And Benedict Donald is no different.
God Bless America, at least the American that opposed tyrants, and God, and the voters, save us from Degenerate Don and his coterie of Putin’s Puppets.
Trump has no sense of humor, so when a comic skit lands he loses all control and makes a fool of himself, thank you SNL you have been a great service to America. For as long as the orange monster terrorizes America SNL will be there to fight with comedy.
I remember the joy that spread across this Country & the World when Cheetolini lost in 2020 - people EVERYWHERE dancing in the streets! Even Switzerland for Pete's sake... I look forward to a repeat!
Not only was SNL courageous to do this, Kamala Harris was once again proving her smarts in being able to reach huge groups of people. She was also proving again her ability to get under trump's skin. I have not yet watched the video - I'll do it when my husband and I can watch it together. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Be sure to watch Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che.
Thank you for the suggestion. It was very good, as expected. I especially liked the stuff with the microphone - it reminded me of Obama's hands assessing trumps "crowd" size…
It started out slow in my opinion, but there were several LOLs later.
Oh Susan, it is the most fabulous skit I’ve seen on SNL! So clever, fun, inspiring! One reference (comparison) to Mike Pence is gold — wish they’d bring the writers out for a bow lol. Really hope you both enjoy this as much as I did! ⭐️👏🤩
Debserious, we watched it and laughed very hard. I'm afraid I missed the reference to Mike Pence, even watching it again. Clearly it was something the Walz character did. I agree that the writers should get to take a bow. I think they did some wonderful skits with Hillary Clinton, but this one was over the top wonderful. I just might be smiling all day…
Yeah, he laughs at others, at mostly their misfortunes. But of course, that's what assholes do.
I think I'm glad I never have heard him laugh. Seems to me it would be a very jarring sound.
I meant my comment as a reply to David J. Sharp, below.
Apparently, thin skin is the best Trump can offer. A man without a sense of humor cannot laugh at himself … only others.
I don't think he laughs at others, because I think he doesn't know how to laugh. The only thing I've ever heard him do to others is insult them.
Sadly, insult is Trump’s “humor.” And scoff his laughter.
I think you are right, but I hope you'll forgive me for being unable to understand insults as "humor".
Perhaps that’s because you actually do have a sense of humor, no?
perhaps…
Thanks for your comment. You will love the video. Tastefully done.
The video was definitely wonderful. It gave us a good laugh, so good that we watched it twice. And I love that it had to reach a huge number of voters.
Someone in the main stream Press should remind the Trumpers that they can't change the rules of the game after kickoff. Donald complains "the election will be rigged" "the election was stolen" "Stop the Steal" but he doesn't complain when his favorite football team loses. Everyone in the Media, remind him that he accepted the rules of the game when he entered the campaign. Following the Rules is the American Way!
Following the rules may be the American Way, but we've seen all too clearly that trump does not believe the rules apply to him. trump will do anything in case it might work.
Following the rules IS the American Way but this flawed individual doesn’t believe the rules apply to him. Now he wants to shut down all the media outlets he doesn’t like. That’s not how America works. American works by making sure that Kamala Harris is elected president on Tuesday. VOTE BLUE up and down the ballot. Don’t let these traitors ruin our country. It’s not perfect but better than the alternative
Imho, she will win in a landslide! Women are angry, and they will vote in numbers too big to rig and too real to steal (thank you Glenn Kirschner for that reference). Many of their husbands will vote blue too, because they care about their wives.
We Americans take our football far more seriously than politics. Imagine the uproar if a team owner was found to be bribing referees! Donald buys Supreme Court justices (the referees in government) and the justices rule that the quarterback can do anything he wants. After the game is over, Donald the Loser says the game was unfair and he should be given more points. Even his MAGAs would object if he tried to fix a football game. But not the election!
The FCC said NBC broke the rules if not the law about giving equal time to candidates.
We are not talking about what the candidates say or do, but rather those institutions governed by the FCC. They have greater legal obligations than the candidates. Their licenses can and should be pulled if they break the law or significantly break the rules. At best this at least breaks the rules. The head of NBC just recently stated this shouldn’t and wouldn’t happen. Yet it did. That is clearly election interference whether you like Trump or not. There were times during their Administrations when Trump broke the law, and Biden/Harris broke the law. They were put in their place with decisions from the courts. The FCC is the Court for networks like NBC.
NBC gave the same amount of time for a free fpotus ad during a broadcast of the Nascar race at Martinsville Speedway yesterday, thereby adhering to the equal time rule. Per USA Today.....
"The broadcaster provided Trump airtime Sunday, CNN's Brian Stelter reported, giving the former president an opportunity to directly address viewers during the NASCAR 2024 Cup playoff race."
Shouldn't the supreme court strike down the FCC rule about equal time. Corporations are people, free speech rights should allow networks the freedom to promote any candidate/ cause they want to
I doubt tRump has a favorite football team. I'm quite sure he follows sports about as much as he eats healthy foods.
Oh so 20th Century! Trump, being blessed, follows no rules but what had come out of his mouth two seconds ago.
This is why tffg wants to throw out the Constitution. He has zero understanding of it. He wants to replace it with a comic book with him as the super villain. Good grief, what an ass.
I don't think we should call it the Washington Post anymore or the LA Times or whatever other privately owned news organization surrenders to fascism. Those organizations are made up of the journalists who will be going down with the ship. It's not their fault. Let's call them by their owners. It's the Bezos Post. The NantCapital Times. And of course support their non-profit counterparts.
Don’t think they’re surrendering to fascism … only self-interest: Praise for Trump will be rewarded if he wins, ignored if he loses because Dems don’t revenge.
You might benefit from a quick read through Timothy Snyders' "ON TYRANNY". The first chapter is titled 'DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE'.
Good for SNL. As staid and button-down as NBC is, there's a spine there. And kudos to them for a generally hands-off approach to that 11:30 Saturday slot. SNL has had its ups and downs, but has certainly been there for us in expressing the zeitgeist of our generation. It was so wonderful seeing Kamala on the show last night. Smart move.
Watching brought such joy and hope to my heart last night.
That was awesomely great. Made me laugh and cry. We got this!!!!!
Great article this morning ☕ and that SNL opening skit was Hilarious 😂 I knew it would make donOLD Wild like Hell, LoL. He can't handle Anyone poking fun at him,a true sign he's not Fit for Office. Could you imagine,Say, the UK making a Joke towards him ?! He'd blow them off the Map, he's that far gone. Thank You for your post, and will reStack ASAP💯👍
"Stay Kalm-ala and carry on-ala."
The other layer to this is, I feel like they know all their friends/colleagues are getting targeted already: Kimmel and his people are on top of the list, but Meyers and Ferrel are in there too. So this is like…the final “we ride together” before dawn. Which is nice to see.
Notoriously, across the world and throughout recorded history, tyrants have feared laughter and tried to suppress it. And Benedict Donald is no different.
God Bless America, at least the American that opposed tyrants, and God, and the voters, save us from Degenerate Don and his coterie of Putin’s Puppets.
Benedict Donald.......love it!
Dean, thank you for this excellent overview of the danger trump poses to freedom of the press.
The SNL skit was SO adorable and funny. It made me cry from laughter, fear and hope!
Trump has no sense of humor, so when a comic skit lands he loses all control and makes a fool of himself, thank you SNL you have been a great service to America. For as long as the orange monster terrorizes America SNL will be there to fight with comedy.
Yes, and it was Great!!!
I remember the joy that spread across this Country & the World when Cheetolini lost in 2020 - people EVERYWHERE dancing in the streets! Even Switzerland for Pete's sake... I look forward to a repeat!
This is why we need the arts. We can count on artists to speak truth to power.
I just posted a similar comment. This is so true!