The only episode of SNL where cue cards are not used is the episode guest starring Macaulay Culkin who did memorize all of his lines. The cast wasn’t about to be shown up by a preteen so they all went without cue cards.
I know this is the internet and my word means nothing, but I was friends with Kate McKinnon’s sister around the time this all happened. Kate HATED doing this episode and begged Lorne not to do it. As did many other cast and crew.
That makes a lot of sense. I've been a fan of Kate's since The Big Gay Sketch Show, and I thought there was no way she would have been happy participating.
@@aboutashow I think there was likely a certain amount of complacency at the root of the issue. Kate may have been deeply unhappy with it, but she likely at the time thought that he was still a joke candidate, so why not go along with the joke for one episode to stroke the ego of a high-profile guest, and go back to lambasting him later. Nowadays, it would make perfect sense for people to quit a show that booked Trump as a guest, but back in late 2015, such a move would have been likely seen as petty and ridiculous, and could have easily backfired. Also, I think to a certain extent the threat of quitting is not the solution that some people think it is. Yes, it is a good way to show you are not complicit, but it can have major negative personal consequences. More importantly, it can be seen as an abdication of responsibility - vacating the situation and leaving someone else to deal with it. In most cases, particularly where key people quit the Trump administration, they were simply replaced with compliant yes-men, which directly worsened the situation. Kate McKinnon leaving, as both the most consistently funny cast member at the time, and one of the most vocally progressive cast members, would not have just impacted her, but it likely would have had unpredictable and major knock-on effects on her coworkers and the show itself. Yes, if they had ALL dropped out they could have gotten away with it, but for many of them, they probably didn't want to risk their big break for what at the time seemed like a harmless indulgence of a candidate who was bound to lose. Unfortunately, the humanisation that Donald Trump got in both this SNL episode and the Fallon interview, probably planted a seed in a lot of people's heads to give him the benefit of the doubt. He was no longer just an obnoxious, narcissistic racist, but he was now an obnoxious, narcissistic racist who was willing to make fun of himself and engage with a show that had repeatedly mocked him for decades, showing a humility and graciousness that he could not have got through other routes.
The reason why their eye lines are on the queue cards are because sometimes the writers change everything all the way up to the commercial breaks. As the sketches are happening they are cutting & changing lines.
@@rattyeely They kind of have to given the live nature of the show. Things can run long so they might have to change things last-minute to fit it into the 90-minute block.
@@rattyeely it's worked since the 70s. It's similar to a sport. They learn as much as they can after they make the show in a week. It's meant to be fast paced and the fuck ups are funny
I remember hearing that Trump's team revised every single sketch to make sure Trump looked good in all of them. Also i believe a cast member said that almost everyone felt incredibly uncomfortable filming this episode given that it had been so twisted out that it just felt like one big ad for trump, and that most cue cards were changed last minute so they had no idea what they we're saying for the most part, and they had no other choice than to go with whatever was written on them, because they couldn't just refuse to deliver their line.
@thedarkerknight2188snl is a show where its filmed nearlylive weekly so a lot of set decisions are about incredibly annoying workplace politics, if you dont show up you wont get speakimg roles next week/you wont get that meeting with hulu bs. Also ofc most if the improv actors are not executive producers (who make the big financial decisions)
6:32 "It's the exact same as the Fallon bit. Just a laugh track laid over actual campaign talking points". Too be fair to Jimmy Fallon that guy is a sentient laugh track. I wonder how many funerals he has been kicked out of for laughing throughout the service.
The write the show in about four days and have rewrites up to the last hour. The rule is if you are reading the cue cards dont pretend to not read the cue cards because it will make it more awkward.
@@itsgeegra South Park episodes are done in a week also and they have a lot less people in the writers room and it's crazy how huge the quality gap is in regards of comedy
He said they let him do it. You know what that's called? It's called consent. The only people who cried and called it assault where morons who don't understand the definition of words.
@@TechMan042 I feel like someone needs to explain to you that "letting him do it" as he claims, even if it's true, is different than active consent. To draw a very dark but accurate parallel; a woman laying still and quiet while being sexually assaulted could be considered "letting it happen" but this does not mean consent was given.
@@mcmb8254 true the stress of managing 300 million people is quite astounding but hey look on the bright side biden won't age one bit because he'll probably die in a month.
@@Donfryesmustache It's weird that he's only 4 years older than Trump but seems ancient. Although Trump probably would look worse if he didn't do the tanning and bronzer, look at the color of his ears and hairline sometime it gives off very "fetal pig you dissect in science class" vibes
I do like it but this vid was great and I agree with you 100%. Although it makes me curious about your opinion on late-night comedy shows like colbert, fallon, Mayers (might be spelled wrong I don't watch it). They all love to talk about Trump but never go the full distance. When he does something silly like the beans thing or a weird tweet, these moralizing comedian jump on it immediately and forget the war crimes and election fraud just like that. Just when I believe these people take politics seriously, they go along with Trump's stunts to turn it into a big joke.
NBC enabled him from the start with the apprentice. So I can’t say I’m surprised about this episode. I feel they are complicit. Love the new channel though and great posts so far!
I think it's supposed to be funny in the 50s Tv kind of way. You know the ones: -"Honey, are you back from work yet?" -"How did you know it was me and not one of our many beautiful children, my dear?" -"Oh sweetie, I heard you pulling into the garage in our new Volkswagen '52." Cue the laugh track.
"Honey is that you?" "There'd better be a martini in your hand if you dont wanna get slapped across the mouth!" *cue boomers busting a gut* And then they'll tell you to lighten up because it's "just a joke."
Redneck Reviews, I don’t recall Biden storming the capitol but maybe I’m just an uninformed foreigner 🤔 (Btw you literally just said ‘no u’ and if you can’t see the problem there you’re even further gone than I thought)
@@Barely_Edited I am also not American. But he didn't try to over throw democracy. I mean that last few days have shown that Biden is and will be a bad choice.
Redneck Reviews Both Biden and Trump were bad choices. Biden was very clearly the less bad choice though, especially given the state of the pandemic and Trump’s lack of action towards it.
They have to live off the cue cards as the script can change literally right before the skit. But yeah they could easily look at the card. Read there line and then say it to the person there talking to
I've never noticed the cue card-no eye contact thing, and I was watch every week. I'm pretty sure that it's usually less obvious though, so it could've just been that the sketches were written that night, so no one had time to memorize them. They usually wait until the last minute to write the cold open, since it's more topical. Also when the host is super famous (like a presidential candidate) they get to be more particular about things, so Trump could've made them change it at the last second.
I always felt bad for the actors and writers on that episode because you know they didn't want him there and that he was a nightmare who didn't get any of the jokes and is incapable of actually poking fun at himself. It'd be hard to make actual comedy with a presence like that around... Also they live off the cue cards because the script is being changed right up until airtime, so they need to all be on the same page.
I forgot when the whole trope of "A candidate you can have a beer with" started, but I'm glad that has stopped. I'm not looking for a friend to become commander and chief, I'm looking for a boss.
I know this came out six months ago but as a casual fan of SNL (comedy being highly subjective makes a show like SNL, being also on a tight writing schedule and working around host abilities/ideas, means the shows are hits and misses), you hit the nail on the head. I've only seen a couple sketches from this episode (I, like many Americans, cannot stand to hear Trump's voice) and all of them have been absolutely devoid of comedy, or joy, or interest. Allowing Trump to host was a great disappointment and from both a political and comedic standpoint, the episode was a colossal failure. I expect the writers were told that they could not write anything outright critical of Trump and that the sketches were vetted heavily before rehearsal by his people, because I cannot imagine a single human being who would be proud to put their name on those scripts. The cue cards issues change depending on the sketch, some sketches are switched in at the last minute (usually after the noon dress rehearsal when test audiences see the show), so a really strong sketch that has had few rewrites over the week will usually do pretty well versus a sketch that was brought in at the last moment after a worse idea was struck.
Bobby Moynihan looked so horrified lied for a moment he glimpsed a vision of the future and it scared the permanent look of a man who's eyes have seen too much
2 years later, we had Elon Musk do an episode SNL is a great show but they kind of suck at making fun of these kinds of people, because they’re still giving them a platform But we did get the Wario sketch out of this… ok yeah it was pretty bad
I've just discovered this channel and I've been thinking this the whole time. I really missed Cracked's style of humor and man does this guy scratch that itch.
Give the SNL guys a break, they a re well trained improv actors, but everyone who worked with trump tells you its like a talking to a bag of cats on crack. Very hard to work with, you can be sure that Trump needed the cards and if he has to use them, everybody needs to use them.
Leo referring to trump as a Cheeto isn’t original, but I just find his use of “dastardly” and “orange” so funny. 1 the delivery is pretty good, 2 dastardly is funny word, and 3 all Cheetos are orange
The Hallelujah Hilary thing wasn't even in response to her losing, it was a tribute to someone who died recently. They weirdly like to have Kate do weird tributes to the recently deceased for some reason.
You probably weren't asking for realsies BUT just in case - the cue card reliance is supposed to be part of the "scrappy, last-minute appeal of the show" that Lorne Michaels champions for SNL. Could be misremembering. It has been a bit since I've watched the show or read up on its history (and I think the sketch you're talking about was the sketch I decided to stop watching the show on). Awesome video as always Leo!
They always stare out into the audience and at the cue cards, they never look at eachother naturally and perform like with the time with will Farrell performed and Chris Farley.
Chris Farley and Will Farrell would look a que cards everyone did, Chris was so nervous he would look to remember a line, unless it was a character he knew, alot of the cast are good in their own respective ways, but sometimes you need a que card to just remember where you're at, sketches are written at the beginning of the week and work on It form there, and with every actors different life styles it would be assumed not everyone would remember your lines, even Dana Carvey and Mike Myers read their cards once in a while, but one of the best for not reading their cards was Phil Hartman, he was a legend in his own right.
@@Donfryesmustache I’ll give you one shot. Your statement implies that releasing non-violent criminals directly or predominantly helps blacks. It helps non violent offenders.
@@TheVoidisEternal the act allows non violent offenders to get out early if they have good behavior and since there are bad drug problems in poor communities in general it does help black people quite alot and he also refunded the hbcu so the good things trump has done for the black community should not be overlooked.
Just clarifying the reason they haven’t memorised line is because for a good chunk of dialogue of the show they are reading for the first time on the teleprompter. The writers often change chunks of the script from the one rehearsal to the live show. To keep it fresh and to throw the actors off.
The only writer I’ve heard of deliberately trying to throw a cast member off is John Mulaney for Stefon. Yeah I agree that the scripts change and get edited before the show hence the need for cue cards in the first place but the performers typically get a heads up about that happening.
I watched a different one of yours yesterday and took note of your then subscriber count (that being related to the topic of that video). Quite the phenomenal growth rate you’ve got going there, pal. Well deserved, too.
I just noticed you use the Portal 2 Menu changing sound effect to change your photo. I'm new here and I think that's pretty cool considering portal is my favorite game.
This sort of stuff is what gave Trump ammunition for his constant complaints about 'Hollywood hypocrisy' - all these performers were quite happy to partner up with him, no matter how repugnant his campaign statements, right up until whoops! he actually got elected, and suddenly they were copping flak for helping to make him more palatable to the electorate.
I never did see this episode, but have heard it was as awful as it sounds. I think that when they did this show, the idea of Trump being president seemed so outlandish, they never considered taking it seriously. I know I didn't at the time. I will say, having watched SNL many times, that the cast performance can really be thrown when dealing with a host like Trump. Trying to be funny while working with a such a belligerent and humorless person would suck. They really do seem to be phoning it in here, but I think I understand why.
I think the eye-line thing is less of a cue card issue and more of an issue of trying to make sure the performance looks good to the IRL audience alongside the TV audience.
While SNL never made an outright apology for the episode, their future episodes seemed so aggressively anti-Trump, that it kind of feels like they were trying to compensate for it.
An actually funny version of that skit would be if the viewer slowly realises that the advisors are actually making it all up as they try to hide newspaper headlines saying that America has gone to shit
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"SNL stands for nothing. Except for Saturday Night Live."
Holy shit. That's genius.
Additionally, this is why Norm Macdonalds stint on the show was so good. He blatantly called out the bullshit and subverted expectations.
Stop nagging lady
Hey now. They stand for a very specific strain of upper-middle class liberalism that predominates in the media.
Yep
Not really
The only episode of SNL where cue cards are not used is the episode guest starring Macaulay Culkin who did memorize all of his lines. The cast wasn’t about to be shown up by a preteen so they all went without cue cards.
Lol.
Aka they absolutely got shown up by a preteen because they then continued to use the cards lmao.
@Dakota Andrews that's not how that works lol. They still did the ep without the cards.
As soon as you're worried about being shown up by a preteen, you've already lost. Especially if that preteen is Macaulay Culkin
Has he ever hugged his wife the way he hugged an actress playing her.
I don’t think she’d let him
The way he weirdly hugs the US flag, I Don't think anyone would...
Yes. On camera dozens of times. He’s very affectionate. She didn’t come on because she doesn’t like appearing on television.
Shed shrink away like his hands were made of acid
probably against her will
I just downloaded and scanned the waveforms. Efficient comedy is the funniest comedy.
I know this is the internet and my word means nothing, but I was friends with Kate McKinnon’s sister around the time this all happened. Kate HATED doing this episode and begged Lorne not to do it. As did many other cast and crew.
That makes a lot of sense. I've been a fan of Kate's since The Big Gay Sketch Show, and I thought there was no way she would have been happy participating.
@MuloSings you edited your comment and still came out with that?
@@SirArthurTheGreat ahaaahhah I skimmed it and it made sense. You ruined this for me.
She should have stepped out of the episode. They all should have
@@aboutashow I think there was likely a certain amount of complacency at the root of the issue. Kate may have been deeply unhappy with it, but she likely at the time thought that he was still a joke candidate, so why not go along with the joke for one episode to stroke the ego of a high-profile guest, and go back to lambasting him later. Nowadays, it would make perfect sense for people to quit a show that booked Trump as a guest, but back in late 2015, such a move would have been likely seen as petty and ridiculous, and could have easily backfired.
Also, I think to a certain extent the threat of quitting is not the solution that some people think it is. Yes, it is a good way to show you are not complicit, but it can have major negative personal consequences. More importantly, it can be seen as an abdication of responsibility - vacating the situation and leaving someone else to deal with it. In most cases, particularly where key people quit the Trump administration, they were simply replaced with compliant yes-men, which directly worsened the situation. Kate McKinnon leaving, as both the most consistently funny cast member at the time, and one of the most vocally progressive cast members, would not have just impacted her, but it likely would have had unpredictable and major knock-on effects on her coworkers and the show itself.
Yes, if they had ALL dropped out they could have gotten away with it, but for many of them, they probably didn't want to risk their big break for what at the time seemed like a harmless indulgence of a candidate who was bound to lose. Unfortunately, the humanisation that Donald Trump got in both this SNL episode and the Fallon interview, probably planted a seed in a lot of people's heads to give him the benefit of the doubt. He was no longer just an obnoxious, narcissistic racist, but he was now an obnoxious, narcissistic racist who was willing to make fun of himself and engage with a show that had repeatedly mocked him for decades, showing a humility and graciousness that he could not have got through other routes.
Oh god that “real man” “joke” actually almost made me sick. That’s just terrible in every sense of the word.
it's so bad I don't understand how anyone on any side of the political spectrum would find it funny
SNL and Trump are like that couple kissing in a High School Drama that the Main Character walks past while lamenting how everything sucks.
The reason why their eye lines are on the queue cards are because sometimes the writers change everything all the way up to the commercial breaks. As the sketches are happening they are cutting & changing lines.
Maybe that's not an ideal way to run a comedy show
@@rattyeely They kind of have to given the live nature of the show. Things can run long so they might have to change things last-minute to fit it into the 90-minute block.
@@rattyeely it's worked since the 70s. It's similar to a sport. They learn as much as they can after they make the show in a week. It's meant to be fast paced and the fuck ups are funny
@@snoozley853 you
@@snoozley853 ahah there are a lot of bad ones, but the really funny ones aren't hard to find!
I remember hearing that Trump's team revised every single sketch to make sure Trump looked good in all of them. Also i believe a cast member said that almost everyone felt incredibly uncomfortable filming this episode given that it had been so twisted out that it just felt like one big ad for trump, and that most cue cards were changed last minute so they had no idea what they we're saying for the most part, and they had no other choice than to go with whatever was written on them, because they couldn't just refuse to deliver their line.
@thedarkerknight2188 they are employees and have very little say, they arent the ones to make the calls
@thedarkerknight2188snl is a show where its filmed nearlylive weekly so a lot of set decisions are about incredibly annoying workplace politics, if you dont show up you wont get speakimg roles next week/you wont get that meeting with hulu bs. Also ofc most if the improv actors are not executive producers (who make the big financial decisions)
6:32 "It's the exact same as the Fallon bit. Just a laugh track laid over actual campaign talking points". Too be fair to Jimmy Fallon that guy is a sentient laugh track. I wonder how many funerals he has been kicked out of for laughing throughout the service.
Bro, that is the funniest Jimmy Fallon diss I have ever heard. Congratulations.
Yeah dude don't let Fallon hear that diss. The recursive laugh wave could kill us all
Leo, you’re making the rest of TH-cam look bad by making these videos too good.
Also, I'm no SNL defender, but here's at least one good recent sketch that I like a lot. th-cam.com/video/jVhlJNJopOQ/w-d-xo.html
The write the show in about four days and have rewrites up to the last hour. The rule is if you are reading the cue cards dont pretend to not read the cue cards because it will make it more awkward.
That impresses me more - they're constantly rewriting it to hone the material, talented people are doing that. And it's still so fucking shit.
@@itsgeegra South Park episodes are done in a week also and they have a lot less people in the writers room and it's crazy how huge the quality gap is in regards of comedy
@@aleksisuuronen5969 both are shit so I don't see a gap
@@aleksisuuronen5969 South Park is as consistent unfunny as snl is, they both have pretty good highs and very low lows
@@aleksisuuronen5969 the writers said climate change isint real
Eesh, that promo for the episode is especially creepy given that like a year later the tape about him bragging about sexual assault came out.
He said they let him do it. You know what that's called? It's called consent. The only people who cried and called it assault where morons who don't understand the definition of words.
@@TechMan042 20 women have accused trump of sexual assault. Trump has refused the DNA test for years. Now they will get the evidence.
@@TechMan042 I feel like someone needs to explain to you that "letting him do it" as he claims, even if it's true, is different than active consent. To draw a very dark but accurate parallel; a woman laying still and quiet while being sexually assaulted could be considered "letting it happen" but this does not mean consent was given.
@@justintomer2567my guy it was locker room talk.
@@nodensbertilak6855 those are allegations.
The accidental self satire of Trump presented as strength is hilarious, even without the context of the following two plus years
Love u leo
thanks
@@davinci3478 Sure thing☺️
Whoa I knew this guy was a comrade
thank you for commenting on every single Leo video so that I eventually got fed up and clicked over to your channel because wow yours is amazing too
Seeing that you're a Leo fan, I've subscribed to your channel. Looking forward to your videos. 👍🏾
Wait he’s actually aged so much in 4 years wtf
Presidencies age people a ton, look at Obama before and after, he looks like he’s aged 30 years in just 8
@@mcmb8254 true the stress of managing 300 million people is quite astounding but hey look on the bright side biden won't age one bit because he'll probably die in a month.
@@Donfryesmustache 😂
@@Donfryesmustache It's weird that he's only 4 years older than Trump but seems ancient. Although Trump probably would look worse if he didn't do the tanning and bronzer, look at the color of his ears and hairline sometime it gives off very "fetal pig you dissect in science class" vibes
Say what you want about trump he’s got a huge dumper
i honestly didnt know this happened like why wasn't this talked about??
Here's another video talking about it:
th-cam.com/video/7gQFvf19Jec/w-d-xo.html
Because nobody cares left or right
i'm sorry if you like Saturday Night Live, i'm sure there are good sketches and cast configurations.
Nice to see you post leo!
I do like it but this vid was great and I agree with you 100%. Although it makes me curious about your opinion on late-night comedy shows like colbert, fallon, Mayers (might be spelled wrong I don't watch it). They all love to talk about Trump but never go the full distance. When he does something silly like the beans thing or a weird tweet, these moralizing comedian jump on it immediately and forget the war crimes and election fraud just like that. Just when I believe these people take politics seriously, they go along with Trump's stunts to turn it into a big joke.
NBC enabled him from the start with the apprentice. So I can’t say I’m surprised about this episode. I feel they are complicit. Love the new channel though and great posts so far!
Yeah, I also feel sorry for people who like Saturday Night Live.
Well I don't like SNL and there are no good casts. At least not since Kaufman died.
Is this channel from an alternate univesrse where chris pratt failed at acting and became a youtuber?
No, Chris Pratt is from the universe where this guy failed at being a youtuber.
Hes like if chris pratt and mark normand had a baby
It’s from the universe Chris Pratt had that one extra sandwich.
An alternative universe where Chris Pratt isn't a Christian extremist
alternative universe where chris pratt is actually a nice person
I think it's supposed to be funny in the 50s Tv kind of way. You know the ones:
-"Honey, are you back from work yet?"
-"How did you know it was me and not one of our many beautiful children, my dear?"
-"Oh sweetie, I heard you pulling into the garage in our new Volkswagen '52."
Cue the laugh track.
"Honey is that you?"
"There'd better be a martini in your hand if you dont wanna get slapped across the mouth!"
*cue boomers busting a gut*
And then they'll tell you to lighten up because it's "just a joke."
@@ND-nr6mx Dude how recent do you think the 50s were
this good
Yah my boy razzzzz
OK for a sec I actually thought it was you because of the box-like profile pic
So weird seeing people you sub to in the wild..
Man, this sketch wasn’t that funny to begin with, but it’s _really_ aged poorly since the host tried to overthrow democracy that one time.
When did Biden host?
Redneck Reviews, I don’t recall Biden storming the capitol but maybe I’m just an uninformed foreigner 🤔
(Btw you literally just said ‘no u’ and if you can’t see the problem there you’re even further gone than I thought)
@@Barely_Edited I am also not American. But he didn't try to over throw democracy. I mean that last few days have shown that Biden is and will be a bad choice.
Redneck Reviews Both Biden and Trump were bad choices. Biden was very clearly the less bad choice though, especially given the state of the pandemic and Trump’s lack of action towards it.
@@kebbinator no. You are very wrong. It's not an opinion. Biden was the worst choice. And you are currently already seeing how bad that choice was.
I'm very happy you showed up in my recommended. Super underrated channel
11:57 holy hell! that cringe was so powerful my soul is shivering!
They have to live off the cue cards as the script can change literally right before the skit. But yeah they could easily look at the card. Read there line and then say it to the person there talking to
"download it and scan the waveforms" took me out like nothing else in my life ever before
Oof . Those SNL sketches have not age well. Good job on the video Leo. Keep them coming.
I've never noticed the cue card-no eye contact thing, and I was watch every week. I'm pretty sure that it's usually less obvious though, so it could've just been that the sketches were written that night, so no one had time to memorize them. They usually wait until the last minute to write the cold open, since it's more topical. Also when the host is super famous (like a presidential candidate) they get to be more particular about things, so Trump could've made them change it at the last second.
I always felt bad for the actors and writers on that episode because you know they didn't want him there and that he was a nightmare who didn't get any of the jokes and is incapable of actually poking fun at himself. It'd be hard to make actual comedy with a presence like that around... Also they live off the cue cards because the script is being changed right up until airtime, so they need to all be on the same page.
yeah, very fair point about the cue cards. just hard to not think about it while watching...
@@LeoVader Totally. It’s distracting and feels like anyone could do it. There’s got to be a better way!
When people discover this page you will be huge.
God, I hope not.
@@mfmageiwatch Why?
@@shewert because the dancing trump memes we got from this are too powerful.
I forgot when the whole trope of "A candidate you can have a beer with" started, but I'm glad that has stopped. I'm not looking for a friend to become commander and chief, I'm looking for a boss.
Wow! I can’t believe you were able to film at the White House for the video! Now that’s dedication.
I know this came out six months ago but as a casual fan of SNL (comedy being highly subjective makes a show like SNL, being also on a tight writing schedule and working around host abilities/ideas, means the shows are hits and misses), you hit the nail on the head. I've only seen a couple sketches from this episode (I, like many Americans, cannot stand to hear Trump's voice) and all of them have been absolutely devoid of comedy, or joy, or interest. Allowing Trump to host was a great disappointment and from both a political and comedic standpoint, the episode was a colossal failure. I expect the writers were told that they could not write anything outright critical of Trump and that the sketches were vetted heavily before rehearsal by his people, because I cannot imagine a single human being who would be proud to put their name on those scripts.
The cue cards issues change depending on the sketch, some sketches are switched in at the last minute (usually after the noon dress rehearsal when test audiences see the show), so a really strong sketch that has had few rewrites over the week will usually do pretty well versus a sketch that was brought in at the last moment after a worse idea was struck.
If you put Simpson's Hit & Run music in your videos, you're gonna get a like.
I knew that sounded familiar lol
This was honestly one of the worst SNL sketches in history and I have nothing else to say about it
Bobby Moynihan looked so horrified lied for a moment he glimpsed a vision of the future and it scared the permanent look of a man who's eyes have seen too much
As a Canadian who's never watched SNL, I am astounded that Trump actually "played" in any sketch...
2 years later, we had Elon Musk do an episode
SNL is a great show but they kind of suck at making fun of these kinds of people, because they’re still giving them a platform
But we did get the Wario sketch out of this… ok yeah it was pretty bad
Like Cody Johnston’s politics meet Michael Swaim’s appearance/presentation - 10/10.
Oh! You're totally right about Michael Swaim! I never connected that, but yeah, I could totally see that.
I've just discovered this channel and I've been thinking this the whole time. I really missed Cracked's style of humor and man does this guy scratch that itch.
Wow. I can't unsee the Michael Swaim now, nut that's not a bad thing.
Yes. Fuck yes.
TH-cam finally did something right by recommending you to me :,)
this made me mad and sad...like a lot of entainment it'll do the 'right' thing as long as its in line with profit
I love that at 5:40 you're really trying to not laugh at your own joke.
Somehow I'd never known about this until now. This really sucks.
Give the SNL guys a break, they a re well trained improv actors, but everyone who worked with trump tells you its like a talking to a bag of cats on crack. Very hard to work with, you can be sure that Trump needed the cards and if he has to use them, everybody needs to use them.
Look at the old episodes of SNL and how they worked with the cue cards. Huge difference.
@@mr.uncleg5307 you mean HUUUGE
@@mr.uncleg5307 Look at the DT they have to work with, huge difference, biggest I've ever seen
@@CaptainFirefred LOL, the bigly-est
@@hamburger4635 Excuse me..." HUUUGE decline. HUUUGE. The HUGEST. HUGER than the Great Wall of Jy-na"
Leo referring to trump as a Cheeto isn’t original, but I just find his use of “dastardly” and “orange” so funny. 1 the delivery is pretty good, 2 dastardly is funny word, and 3 all Cheetos are orange
It's funny how all the people who gave him a platform and definitely helped him win the election turned to shitting on him every second they could
Even at that, they're not even trying
“..I don’t know if that was an apology but i would like an apology for that..”
GOLD Lmao 😂
“i know it happens all the time but that’s my point” god damn ur just a straight talented writer.
All the people in this sketch looks like they have guns to their head
SNL is no longer funny anymore. The guys who host weekend update are literally the only good part
Lmao so true
Michael Che and Colin Jost are tbe only good part of SNL
I expect a part 2, now that Elon Musk is gonna host. I’m expecting the exact same kind of energy with Musk.
I really wish both this and them recently ripping off a Joel Haver sketch would be the final nails in this shows coffin.
Bringing back the microphone hitting meme I see you Leo lol. Also jeez that SNL promo could not have looked more predatory
The Hallelujah Hilary thing wasn't even in response to her losing, it was a tribute to someone who died recently. They weirdly like to have Kate do weird tributes to the recently deceased for some reason.
I wish I could have had this conversation with my family a long time ago.
I am so enjoying this channel. first 2 (and a half) videos have been fantastic! Keep it upppppppp!!!
You probably weren't asking for realsies BUT just in case - the cue card reliance is supposed to be part of the "scrappy, last-minute appeal of the show" that Lorne Michaels champions for SNL. Could be misremembering. It has been a bit since I've watched the show or read up on its history (and I think the sketch you're talking about was the sketch I decided to stop watching the show on). Awesome video as always Leo!
They always stare out into the audience and at the cue cards, they never look at eachother naturally and perform like with the time with will Farrell performed and Chris Farley.
Chris Farley and Will Farrell would look a que cards everyone did, Chris was so nervous he would look to remember a line, unless it was a character he knew, alot of the cast are good in their own respective ways, but sometimes you need a que card to just remember where you're at, sketches are written at the beginning of the week and work on It form there, and with every actors different life styles it would be assumed not everyone would remember your lines, even Dana Carvey and Mike Myers read their cards once in a while, but one of the best for not reading their cards was Phil Hartman, he was a legend in his own right.
"Most people didn't take him seriously until election night."
My Black ass was not surprised at all on election night. A lot of us weren't 😐
He signed the first step act so it was good for you guys.
@@Donfryesmustache You won the Dumbest Comment I’ve Seen Today award. Kudos, clown.
@@TheVoidisEternal how was what I said dumb.
@@Donfryesmustache I’ll give you one shot. Your statement implies that releasing non-violent criminals directly or predominantly helps blacks.
It helps non violent offenders.
@@TheVoidisEternal the act allows non violent offenders to get out early if they have good behavior and since there are bad drug problems in poor communities in general it does help black people quite alot and he also refunded the hbcu so the good things trump has done for the black community should not be overlooked.
Honestly insane how such blatant propaganda was allowed
Hahahahahahaha.... Please tell me you see it on the other side too, and you aren't just blind to anything you agree with.
Idiot
@@mfmageiwatch 🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♂️ self-proclaimed centrists running toward criticism of the alt-right so they can comment "both sides bad"
@@ND-nr6mx not sure who you are calling a centrist?
This is the most hilarious youtuber i found in a while, love you!
Just clarifying the reason they haven’t memorised line is because for a good chunk of dialogue of the show they are reading for the first time on the teleprompter.
The writers often change chunks of the script from the one rehearsal to the live show. To keep it fresh and to throw the actors off.
The only writer I’ve heard of deliberately trying to throw a cast member off is John Mulaney for Stefon. Yeah I agree that the scripts change and get edited before the show hence the need for cue cards in the first place but the performers typically get a heads up about that happening.
Why would they deliberately try and throw the cast off why would they actively try to make the show bad???
@@carysbebard3690 because it’s funny when they mess up
Pretty sure Lorne Michaels makes them do the card reading thing.
Awesome video Leo, can't wait to see what else you have in mind now that it seems like you have a bit more freedom!
It's really crazy how centrism used to seem logical
Putin did what now?
oh man this comment aged like piss didnt it
you are a cross between Chris Pratt and SirActionSlacks. This is a compliment.
This dude only has 10k subs???!!! Critically underrated! He’s gonna be 1.5 million before we can say cheese!
Your 10k subscriber comment is from 4 days ago & he now has 28.4k!
@@cnashford2 my man blowing up
Leo is the single trusted source of news in my life now
Oh god, literally every moment of that snl episode shown was so painful...can't believe that happened
*Hears the Simpsons Hit & Run menu music*
Ohhhh ok, that's why the algorithm sent this video to me.
i love the simpson's hit and run background music im excited to see more of your work leo
Glad this popped up in my recommended, Great video man!
I legit thought this was a deepfake at first...
I'd never heard of this snl episode til now. Holy Hell that was horrible.
That ending part with the cat and you just being like, "Fucking Terrible." That struck such a cord, and none of it was planned.
I watched a different one of yours yesterday and took note of your then subscriber count (that being related to the topic of that video). Quite the phenomenal growth rate you’ve got going there, pal. Well deserved, too.
I just noticed you use the Portal 2 Menu changing sound effect to change your photo. I'm new here and I think that's pretty cool considering portal is my favorite game.
Currently binging your videos after getting recommend the now you see me video. Great channel!
It's honestly hilarious that they had Donald Trump on snl now looking back
This sort of stuff is what gave Trump ammunition for his constant complaints about 'Hollywood hypocrisy' - all these performers were quite happy to partner up with him, no matter how repugnant his campaign statements, right up until whoops! he actually got elected, and suddenly they were copping flak for helping to make him more palatable to the electorate.
I used to watch SNL out of habit. When they announced Trump was going to host I knew it was time to stop watching.
I would like to announce I will be running for Provolone Of The United States
It’s nice that you take into account people like me who convert videos into audio files to find the funniest jokes. It really helps!
Donald Trump makes the cue card reading done by the cast look impressive and subtle
I never did see this episode, but have heard it was as awful as it sounds. I think that when they did this show, the idea of Trump being president seemed so outlandish, they never considered taking it seriously.
I know I didn't at the time.
I will say, having watched SNL many times, that the cast performance can really be thrown when dealing with a host like Trump. Trying to be funny while working with a such a belligerent and humorless person would suck. They really do seem to be phoning it in here, but I think I understand why.
This was my last straw with SNL when it aired. Great essay!
"medicare for no one" lmaooo this is great
I think the eye-line thing is less of a cue card issue and more of an issue of trying to make sure the performance looks good to the IRL audience alongside the TV audience.
It will always hurt my soul to know that Jimmy Fallon hosted Trump on his show
So... what I'm getting here is Leo Vader For President 2024?
I miss Donald trumps.......
Twitter page. It was fun to see the "most important man in america" had on his mind every morning...
that stopping russia invading ukraine joke... well that was an interesting one and didn't get much better now
Who the fuck is actually writing these skits? How can they accept money for those jokes?
While SNL never made an outright apology for the episode, their future episodes seemed so aggressively anti-Trump, that it kind of feels like they were trying to compensate for it.
Why should they have to apologize at all?
I don’t know why I’m still so confused about your stance on this. Maybe I’m just tired.
More like Donald Rump. More like Tronald Dump. More like Grondal Yumk.
This is just like the Elon musk thing where I don’t blame the cast cause it probably sucked for a lot of them too
Say what you will,
He is still a better host than Elon Musk.
i recognize that simpsons hit n run music anywhere
An actually funny version of that skit would be if the viewer slowly realises that the advisors are actually making it all up as they try to hide newspaper headlines saying that America has gone to shit
Lol, colbert’s “daught daught daught, DAUGHT daught.”
I'm just gonna go with OOF. That feels appropriate.