When the stories broke about how groups were offering thousands of dollars to heckle Trump on SNL, I remembered how -- as a former NBC Page -- I can in theory get myself put on the guest list of any NBC show. Had I lived in New York, I could have heckled... and I could have done so without anybody offering to pay me.
SNL writers don't need to work to be unfunny. In fact, I'd be curious what they would change about their methods should they choose to do so. Despite all those who spoke out against Trump hosting the show, I'm certain Lorne Michaels believes there's no such thing as bad publicity. Given how many people are telling pollsters they would vote for Trump or Ben Carson, Michaels might even be correct in that belief. That doesn't make it right. If everybody (Republican, Democrat, and whatever Sanders claims to be) currently running for president were to stop campaigning for the next six months and, instead, actively took action to "make America great again," the electorate could then judge them on their actions instead of their empty rhetoric. But that would never happen of course. In the case of Trump, he has never done a single thing to make America great, and several things he's associated with have directly contributed to the downfall of America, yet nearly a quarter of voters believe he'd be a good president. Other nations are disgusted by the corporate greed exemplified by Trump, and they openly mock America's treatment of its own poor and minority citizens, again exemplified by Trump's statements. Trump winning would spell the end of the United States as a super power; no other nation would want our commander-in-chief as a middleman, they wouldn't trust his motives, and they wouldn't tolerate his openly racist and discriminatory stance on their shores. So, when will Ben Carson hosting? On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 9:41 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > No surprise how unfunny this was, both because of the state of SNL and the > frayed, overexposed status of Trump's thin, even if broad, appeal. Larry > David continues to kill with his Bernie Sanders and Che had a good moment > on Update, but it seemed that they were being almost intentionally un-funny > with most of the rest of it. I think they probably pack the audience with > supporters when they have politicians on (or, perhaps supporters just go to > great lengths to get tickets), but even the large part of the studio > audience that wanted to laugh seemed not to know when they were supposed to > laugh, it was that hard to figure out where the jokes were. Trump's > daughter did a walk-on, and I am pretty sure most people did not know who > she was, or that it was supposed to get a reaction of some kind. > > Then it hit me - was it possible that the writers really were > intentionally tanking the show, as their own protest at being forced to use > Trump? I am sure this will be a big ratings winner for NBC, but it had to > make most of the cast and crew feel dirty - not because he is politically > controversial, but because Trump himself is just such a hack. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
