{"id":1012116,"date":"2021-11-14T17:59:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T22:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1012116"},"modified":"2021-11-14T17:59:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T22:59:14","slug":"snl-faces-calls-to-be-canceled-because-its-awful-after-mocking-rogan-cruz-embarrassing-and-sad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-faces-calls-to-be-canceled-because-its-awful-after-mocking-rogan-cruz-embarrassing-and-sad\/","title":{"rendered":"SNL Faces Calls To Be Canceled \u2018Because It\u2019s Awful\u2019 After Mocking Rogan, Cruz: \u2018Embarrassing And Sad\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsnl-faces-calls-to-be-canceled-because-its-awful-after-mocking-rogan-cruz-embarrassing-and-sad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1012116&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d is facing calls to be taken off the air by critics who charge that the show has fallen so much from where it once was that pulling it off the air might be the most compassionate move.<\/p>\n<p>The calls for the show to be taken off the air and the mockery that it received over the weekend came in response to the show\u2019s cold open, which mocked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and famed podcast host Joe Rogan.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Davidson, who played Rogan, was at the center of the backlash over the following interaction that he had with Big Bird:<\/p>\n<p><em>DAVIDSON: [Inaudible] I used to host Fear Factor and now doctors fear me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BIG BIRD: Can you help me, Joe?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DAVIDSON: Oh, sure thing, Big Bird. You see, I took Carlos Mencia down, I can take COVID. Here\u2019s some zinc and ayahuasca and some horse medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BIG BIRD: Well, why would a bird take horse medicine?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DAVIDSON: I\u2019m a human and I took horse medicine and I\u2019m speaking of things that are horse-like.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Rogan stopped by Cruz Street\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YAaadm2reH\">pic.twitter.com\/YAaadm2reH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saturday Night Live \u2013 SNL (@nbcsnl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcsnl\/status\/1459745432922374150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below are just a few of the most notable responses to the clip:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Shapiro<\/strong>, The Daily Wire: \u201cEvery time I think the comedic community has hit the bottom of the comedy barrel, they somehow find a new level of unfunniness.\u201d<strong>Tim Dillon<\/strong>, comedian: \u201cPeople saying SNL hasn\u2019t been funny since the 70s are wrong. Farley, Rock, Sandler, Meyers, Norm.. Cheri Oteri and Molly Shannon were brilliant. Tracey Morgan! Also the Hader\/McKinnon era was funny. It\u2019s maybe the singular greatest US comedy platform. But this sketch was BAD. And not bad because of made fun of Joe or Ivermectin. But it did it in the laziest way possible. It was talking points and not jokes. Comedy shows can have a point of view: mine does. But it should also occasionally have comedy.\u201d<strong>Lisa De Pasquale<\/strong>, author: \u201cJoe Rogan talking about this sketch will be funnier than anything on SNL in the last 10 years \u2014 and be to a bigger audience.\u201d<strong>Eric July<\/strong>, rapper: \u201cWho the f*** is even laughing at this s**t, aside from how terrible it is?\u201d<strong>Matt Whitlock<\/strong>, political strategist: \u201cSNL thought they had a hit with female cast members dressed as Republicans with Melissa McCarthy so they\u2019ve done it several more times and none have been close to the first. Now it\u2019s just for claps, not laughs.\u201d<strong>Kyle Mann<\/strong>, The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d is facing calls to be taken off the air by critics who charge that the show has fallen so much from where it once was that pulling it off the air might be the most compassionate move.The calls for the show to be taken off the air and the mockery that it received over the weekend came in response to the show\u2019s cold open, which mocked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and famed podcast host Joe Rogan.Pete Davidson, who played Rogan, was at the center of the backlash over the following interaction that he had with Big Bird:DAVIDSON: [Inaudible] I used to host Fear Factor and now doctors fear me.BIG BIRD: Can you help me, Joe?DAVIDSON: Oh, sure thing, Big Bird. You see, I took Carlos Mencia down, I can take COVID. Here\u2019s some zinc and ayahuasca and some horse medicine.BIG BIRD: Well, why would a bird take horse medicine?DAVIDSON: I\u2019m a human and I took horse medicine and I\u2019m speaking of things that are horse-like.WATCH:Joe Rogan stopped by Cruz Street\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/YAaadm2reH\u2014 Saturday Night Live \u2013 SNL (@nbcsnl) November 14, 2021Below are just a few of the most notable responses to the clip:Ben Shapiro, The Daily Wire: \u201cEvery time I think the comedic community has hit the bottom of the comedy barrel, they somehow find a new level of unfunniness.\u201dTim Dillon, comedian: \u201cPeople saying SNL hasn\u2019t been funny since the 70s are wrong. Farley, Rock, Sandler, Meyers, Norm.. Cheri Oteri and Molly Shannon were brilliant. Tracey Morgan! Also the Hader\/McKinnon era was funny. It\u2019s maybe the singular greatest US comedy platform. But this sketch was BAD. And not bad because of made fun of Joe or Ivermectin. But it did it in the laziest way possible. It was talking points and not jokes. Comedy shows can have a point of view: mine does. But it should also occasionally have comedy.\u201dLisa De Pasquale, author: \u201cJoe Rogan talking about this sketch will be funnier than anything on SNL in the last 10 years \u2014 and be to a bigger audience.\u201dEric July, rapper: \u201cWho the f*** is even laughing at this s**t, aside from how terrible it is?\u201dMatt Whitlock, political strategist: \u201cSNL thought they had a hit with female cast members dressed as Republicans with Melissa McCarthy so they\u2019ve done it several more times and none have been close to the first. Now it\u2019s just for claps, not laughs.\u201dKyle Mann, The Babylon Bee: \u201cWhy are liberals so bad at comedy.\u201dFrank Fleming, The Babylon Bee: \u201cIf they have to come up with a sketch a day and are part-timers \u2014 only have an hour or less to come up with something \u2014 this is acceptable.\u201dChad Zumock, comedian: \u201cShane Gillis dodged a bullet. This was embarrassing.\u201dRyan Hanley, businessman: \u201cThis is sad\u2026 Even if you hate @joerogan \u2026ugh\u2026this is embarrassing and sad.\u201dPat Dixon, comedian: \u201cSaid this two yrs ago but @Shanemgillis dodged a bullet.\u201dJohnny Bell, comedian: \u201cCancel SNL. Not because of their obvious political agenda, but because it\u2019s awful now. So sad.\u201dAndrew Kloster, attorney: \u201cThey have to self-consciously be seeking cringe views. there has to be a point in a market economy where self-parody is a strategy.\u201dPaul Thacker, athlete: \u201cGod this is just awful. Wow.\u201dKatherine Brodsky, writer: \u201cAs you know, I\u2019m generally against cancelling things &#038; I used to love SNL. But if this is it, if this is something they feel proud to put out\u2026pulling the plug might be the most kind thing to do.\u201dZaid Jilani, writer: \u201cIf you go to any improv theater in America you\u2019ll find much funnier stuff than what\u2019s on SNL. Support your local improv scene!\u201dHodgetwins, comedians: \u201cThis is cringy even for SNL.\u201dChris Wilson, political strategist: \u201cWhat\u2019s really stunning is some people wrote this and thought it was funny. And then, presumably, read it to people who also thought it was funny.\u201dIan Miles Cheong, writer: \u201cState-sanctioned comedy. This is what passes under the establishment now. You\u2019re permitted to laugh at this. You\u2019re not permitted to laugh at Dave Chappelle\u2019s jokes about trans people.\u201dBuck Sexton, radio host: \u201cIt\u2019s not fair to compare this to Pravda. Pravda was much funnier than this.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1012116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}