Saturday Night Live reportedly believed that comedian Shane Gillis would appeal to conservatives, so they hired him in a shameless play for a bigger audience going into the 45th season of the once-great sketch-comedy show. Then they fired Gillis within hours. Ellie Bufkin at TheFederalist.com offers “5 Ways SNL Could Actually Appeal To Conservatives.” Inspired by Ellie, the men of Right Angle propose their own ideas, in the wake of the SNL Shane Gillis-gate.
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How SNL Could Appeal to Conservatives: In the Wake of Shane Gillis-gate
Saturday Night Live reportedly believed that comedian Shane Gillis would appeal to conservatives, so they hired him in a shameless play for a bigger audience going into the 45th season of the once-great sketch-comedy show. Then they fired Gillis within hours.
6 replies on “How SNL Could Appeal to Conservatives: In the Wake of Shane Gillis-gate”
The entire cast–and–crew of SNL could shoot themselves live onstage for all I care.
The Simpsons aren’t going away any time soon, regardless of how stale they’ve become. I read that for what it costs to make each episode the revenue they pull in makes it worth the mediocre effort.
Bob Newhart as Abe Lincoln’s PR rep. Comedy genius. Simple and just plain funny.
I have laughed long and hard at jokes poking fun at Republicans and conservatives, the same for Democrats and progressives. I can’t really define what funny is, but I know it when I hear it!
SNL: I’m thinking it over! *
*Classic comedy reference.
Jack!