Saturday Night Live's "Public Employee of the Year"

Matt Welch | 4.26.2010 11:25 AM

It ain't funny, but it's a sign of the times:

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BakedPenguin 16 years ago

Once you introduce something being from Saturday Night Live, this:

It ain't funny...

is understood.
1. BakedPenguin 16 years ago
  
  I do have to admit that it was decent satire, though.
SIV 16 years ago

I'm pleasantly surprised they did that sketch. Is anything on SNL funny ?
1. Scotticus Finch 16 years ago
  
  Ke$ha's dancing was pretty hilarious last week.
  
  It was like a middle-school cheerleading routine. Not that I hang out at those...
Lester Hunt 16 years ago

They are truly, and quite literally, the ruling class.
. 16 years ago

It's nice that the entertainment industry is free of abusive unions.
1. sage 16 years ago
  
  Such as the Film Actors Guild?
  1. SAG 16 years ago
    
    Don't forget us!
    1. sage 16 years ago
      
      I like my acronym better.
      1. So does... 16 years ago
        
        Matt Damon!
        
        SAG 16 years ago
        
        Yeah, but now that boob implants are on the way out...
Ernie the Bear 16 years ago

Wait, SNL is still on?
Tim Cavanaugh 16 years ago

That routine really died. If you filter out the fake-audience responses, it sounds like they got almost no response at all. Still, I'm glad they did it.
Randy 16 years ago

Pretty good satire about gov't waste and fraud performed in front of a studio audience of mostly doctrinaire liberals. No wonder it didn't get many laughs.
Christopher Monnier 16 years ago

People love to hate on Saturday Night Live. I like it.
1. Billy! 16 years ago
  
  It was always more hit and miss than people want to remember. Even during whatever age one thinks was the golden age.
  1. Tulpa 16 years ago
    
    Yes, but it's almost all miss at this point.
James Anderson Merritt 16 years ago

I think it was a gutsy move for SNL. But Reason, was your move as gutsy? Do you get a kickback for the Colgatge advertisement that people must get through if they click the video link? This is almost as bad as clicking through to a registration/subscription site.
capitalistrunningdog 16 years ago

Well, it was not totally unfunny . . .

But things must be serious if even SNL notices.

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