BTW the "Elton John" thing was a list of his accomplishements, and Chavez' quotes, chosen, I suspect because they were funny.

--imm

stuff when reagan died vividly.

they were taking jabs at chavez because he's an 'official enemy'. all those supposed liberals at snl.

and now that i've seen the video, it isn't even funny. just cheap shots.

was in bad taste.
That's nothing new on SNL, but this one disturbed me.
The death of a President of a "neighbor" nation, as Jesse Jackson named it, is too fresh, and many are still hurting over his death.

has sung at some high profile funerals.

they would have done it?

equates Obama and Chavez you're living in a fantasy world

I won't wait until he's dead ....I'll just go ahead make fun of him right then and there.

Of course one did not have the freedom to do that in Venezuela..... make fun of
Chavez, as documented by Human Rights Watch...


http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/07/17/venezuela-concentration-and-abuse-power-under-ch-vez

Sic Semper Tyrannis

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I'll go ahead and let you read that 133 pages of tripe and produce some evidence for your claims. Generally, I reject appeals to authority.

What I want to happen is for the media to start complaining about Canada. Canada has as much Socialism in it as most European countries and it succeeds and excels. But nobody talks about it.

and the hipster whores at snl.

considering how corrupt the US establishment is, i'd say they don't have much room to judge others.

You think when Bush or Cheney die, SNL will do a funny song days after their deaths highlighting all their mass failures as decent human beings? Somehow, I doubt it.

Fugg NBC

Usually I turn it off after WeekendUpdate but I let it go until 1. Thanks to the talented Justin Timberlake.

The Three Amigos! haha great stuff

I wouldn't be surprised if they brought all those vets back because of its decline.

Oh, the old line, SNL was never as good as its original cast.
Yea yea.
You know who thinks that?
People who were aged 18-28 when it originally aired.
Same crowd who cursed disco only to see rock fade away to nothing while dance music has taken over.

I liked the era of eddie murphy, billy christal, joe pispico, martin short.

For me around 82-88 I loved the show.

I think around the late 90s it also had some great times. the election coverage of 2000 was priceless.

and 90% of it was dreck. It seems to me I watched about an hour to see maybe one or two really funny skits. And then it got worse. For a time there it seemed like they thought "every skit should be a TV show". I mean the Church Lady used to be scenes from a church and stuff, but then she got her own TV show "Church chat". Then too, they would do spoofs of, say "Regis and Kathy" which might have been hilarious if I had actually watched Regis and had the first clue who he was, but since I didn't they just seemed really, really stupid.

I thought they were both funny. Something I haven't seen on SNL in a LOOOOOOOONG time.

According to an AP article, the Chavez skit ridiculed him for once calling George W. Bush "The Devil". Ha ha ha.

If you're going to attack the man, at least do it for legitimate reasons. Not because he once insulted a war criminal responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis. Lame, SNL.

I guess that's why they hired Kenan.

It was a great tweens' show. Energetic and clever.

This time, it was for Chavez and it documented all the insane things Chavez said. My favorite was Chavez suggesting that capitalism may have ended life on Mars. "He really said that."

I'm sure thousands of Iraqis who've suffered thanks to the Chimp's idiotic war would agree with Chavez. Fuck SNL.

If the target of their humor is someone I like, then fuck 'em. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck 'em!

But he was spot on about anything he said regarding George W. Bush. Once again, fuck SNL for framing "Bush is the Devil" as an insane statement. After all the things that asshole did in his horrible presidency, he deserves to be called that and much, much more.

Don't "whatever" me.

He called a man who lied the country into war and got thousands of people killed "the Devil". How is that not totally justified?

Seriously?

Or is it only for George W. Bush, who is just as big a mass murderer?

I meant to say that that's a crazy statement, no matter who's saying it.

The most in-depth you've gotten about it is "Seriously?". Yes, seriously, I want to know.

Calling Bush "the devil" is no different than when we, as Americans, refer to foreign mass murderers like Osama bin Laden as "monsters". For Bush, who has killed thousands in his pointless wars, being called a devil is something he deserves. His actions as president were infamous enough to more than warrant it.

It's much scarier to think of them as they really are: humans.

And as a note, I am as Christian as they get, but I thought the Djesus Uncrossed bit a few weeks ago was riotously funny. I still watch it. "The H is silent".

So, those who thought this was horrible of SNL to do...

How did you feel about the Djesus Unchained skit that SNL did?

Seriously, folks...it's SNL. What did you expect?

Not using Chavez calling George W. Bush the devil as one of the reasons he was insane. A lot of people in the world would agree with him on that so take your worthless political opinions and shove them where the sun don't shine, SNL writers.

Go back to 2003, SNL writers, when treating the Chimp's detractors as lunatics was actually trendy. You're ten years too late.

Chavez may very well have been insane but it definitely wasn't because he hated Bush and I highly resent that implication, as we all should.

No one was getting their underwear in a bunch when they did the Djesus Unchained skit.

Just seems to me that some folks' sense of humor stops if their fav political leader is the one who is the punch line of a joke.

It's just a skit, for crying out loud. Use your energy to get outraged by something worthwhile.

I don't care if they made fun of Chavez. This has nothing to do with him, really. What I care about is that they implied he was crazy because he demonized Bush. That's bullshit and SNL doesn't deserve a free pass on this just because it's a comedy show. The years (mostly 2002-2003) when the media would portray Bush critics as insane and out-of-touch are still fresh in my mind and I'm sensitive over this.

Newsflash, SNL: it's not 2003 anymore and Bush isn't some well-loved president. He's one of the most despised ever and left office with a 22% approval rating. When you imply anyone who calls him an inflammatory name like "devil" or "war criminal" or whatever is crazy, YOU'RE the ones who are out of touch. Say whatever you want about Hugo Chavez. You can make fun of him because of what he said about Mars but no one faults him for anything bad he said about that moronic war criminal.

And I don't normally watch SNL so I never even heard of the skit you're talking about.

Because it didn't happen.
That is why there was no skit.
Duh.

His Iraq war travesty was responsible for more deaths than 9/11. Where's the SNL skit labelling him as such? At least MAD Magazine actually had the guts to do it.

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associated actions -- all based on lies.

You want to argue about whether it's millions or merely hundreds of thousands, you go right ahead.

Edgy SNL did no funny skits about it.

They only do funny skits about the deaths of officially approved enemies of the US government.

But there are plenty of bush SNL skits.

He ain't offended, why should anyone else be...?

People get upset when political leaders they support are maligned. It's a fact of life.

But your agenda here, is to cast any supporter of Chavez as a "worshiper".

My "agenda" here was to state that Hugo's dead, and doesn't give a rats ass about how he's portrayed on SNL.

This place has Chavez worshipers. Its the same people over and over again who post support for him. In the news section the past several years there were reports of things he said or policies undertaken and no matter what it was the same people would come on and post their blind support for this guy.

You can't be taken seriously, otherwise.

I do not believe there is evidence to suggest otherwise.

If there is, might you be so kind as to point it out to me?

or does the standard ONLY apply to those who don't support him?

You can't be taken seriously, otherwise.

and I must also add that I don't hate Chavez. I don't like him either- I think he did more harm than good and I HATE the things he has said about Obama the past few years. I realize he tried to help the poor- so there is a mixed bag from my perspective.

My point is that don't you have any critiques of this man's rule? Isn't there even one thing that you didn't like? Is the support 100%?

I would at least cite some facts and post a link or two to information supporting my claim.

It isn't my place to critique the government of Venezuela, as long as it isn't violating international law as well as its own constitution, like the US does on a regular basis. Such critiques are strictly the business of the Venezuelan people. What I support more than anything else, is a peoples' sovereign right to determine their own political and economic destiny, without interference from international predators, seeking to control resources.

you're claiming your previous post says you don't care how he is portrayed on SNL, then you're mistaken. It actually asks the question, "why should anyone else be" offended.

"Glam Up That Clam!"

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/nuva-ring/n33629/

TYY

How dare they call him a hero to his people who never gave up a fight!

Those bastards!

Belushi, Akroyd, Radnor, Morris, Chase ~ all the "not ready for prime time players".

Janeane Garofalo, Al Franken, Eddie Murphy...

And now it's become Justin Timberlake mocking Elton John and Hugo Chavez? Did Murdoch buy the show?

written the funniest post on this thread.

Here's Ackroyd mocking Jimmy Carter: http://www.authentichistory.com/1974-1992/1-ford/4-1976election/19761016_Debate_Parody-Carter.html