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Sparkly

(24,827 posts) Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:41 PM Dec 20

SNL cold open: Is Trump funny anymore?

Is it just me? I don't find any amusement in impersonations, satire, ironic skits, or other 'humor' meant to make fun of that monster destroying people's lives.

Maybe it's just me. Or just me tonight. Or something.

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SNL cold open: Is Trump funny anymore? (Original Post) Sparkly Dec 20 OP

Trump isn't funny. Srkdqltr Dec 20 #1

and SNL hasn't been funny for about 40 years now. Conjuay Dec 20 #2

I disagree Skittles Dec 21 #9

SNL is between 20% and 30% funny. Intractable Dec 21 #14

Good point. yellow dahlia Dec 20 #3

He isn't funny, but glad SNL, late night shows, View, etc., keep pressure up. Silent Type Dec 20 #4

I've been saying this for years now. Initech Dec 20 #5

Nothing is funny about a President who contributed to the deaths of 200,000 lives OAITW r.2.0 Dec 20 #6

we don't have to go back that far Skittles Dec 21 #10

Hard to keep count. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 21 #11

But they are mostly ... wanderer54 Dec 21 #17

yeah i know they don't count Skittles Dec 21 #18

I hate his face, his voice, and his mannerisms. But I love the fact that he is watching people make fun of him. Whyisthisstillclose Dec 21 #7

My hope is that the SNL political sketches reach a lot of people who don't pay attention to the news like we do here. tanyev Dec 21 #8

I really wanted to like Cher, really i did, but no. Srkdqltr Dec 21 #12

Not just you.. here's another one... I Cha Dec 21 #13

With Trump the reality outpaces parody. The real world is weirder than anything Gaugamela Dec 21 #15

He's not funny, but laughing at him is winning. meadowlander Dec 21 #16

No malaise Dec 21 #19

SNL's Trump impersonation is a good one (although way too thin) but if it is not funny to us (and it is not)... hlthe2b Dec 21 #20

Making fun of a dictator, who ended our Democratic Republic, and turned Emile Dec 21 #21

I didn't find it funny either. Borogove Dec 21 #22

Srkdqltr

(9,382 posts)

1. Trump isn't funny.

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:43 PM

Dec 20

Conjuay

(2,903 posts)

2. and SNL hasn't been funny for about 40 years now.

Reply to Srkdqltr (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:44 PM

Dec 20

Skittles

(169,617 posts)

9. I disagree

Reply to Conjuay (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:28 AM

Dec 21

it may not be your cup of tea but I've seen plenty of great SNL clips during that time

Intractable

(1,653 posts)

14. SNL is between 20% and 30% funny.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #9)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:03 AM

Dec 21

Most of the sketches suck, but it has been that way for decades. Most sketch comedy sucks.

It's hard stuff to write. (I have tried. I suck at it, too.)

If it were written by AI, we'd call it slop.

I've seen lots over the years from SNL that was good, biting comedy. But, one can sit through a lot of acts until there's a real laugh.

yellow dahlia

(4,597 posts)

3. Good point.

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:45 PM

Dec 20

SNL could hold Congress's feet to the fire. They deserve scrutiny and ridicule.

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)

4. He isn't funny, but glad SNL, late night shows, View, etc., keep pressure up.

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:51 PM

Dec 20

Initech

(107,460 posts)

5. I've been saying this for years now.

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:51 PM

Dec 20

Satire ain't funny anymore when it's impossible to tell satire from reality, and reality is far more horrifying than any fictional scenarios you could come up with.

OAITW r.2.0

(31,501 posts)

6. Nothing is funny about a President who contributed to the deaths of 200,000 lives

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:58 PM

Dec 20

due to his inept response to the COVID 19 pandemic in his 1st term. He was stupid then....he hasn't got smarter now,

Skittles

(169,617 posts)

10. we don't have to go back that far

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:29 AM

Dec 21

look up how many people have died because of loss of USAID

OAITW r.2.0

(31,501 posts)

11. Hard to keep count.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #10)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:33 AM

Dec 21

But he clearly cares fuck-all about any of us. My question is, how is he selling us out now?

wanderer54

(98 posts)

17. But they are mostly ...

Reply to Skittles (Reply #10)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 02:52 AM

Dec 21

dark-complected FURRINERS. /s

Skittles

(169,617 posts)

18. yeah i know they don't count

Reply to wanderer54 (Reply #17)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 03:02 AM

Dec 21

but to be fair, Trump doesn't give a fucking about anyone he is killing

Whyisthisstillclose

(380 posts)

7. I hate his face, his voice, and his mannerisms. But I love the fact that he is watching people make fun of him.

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:08 AM

Dec 21

And knowing millions of people are laughing at him makes my Saturday nights livable.

tanyev

(48,672 posts)

8. My hope is that the SNL political sketches reach a lot of people who don't pay attention to the news like we do here.

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:17 AM

Dec 21

Srkdqltr

(9,382 posts)

12. I really wanted to like Cher, really i did, but no.

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:50 AM

Dec 21

Cha

(316,845 posts)

13. Not just you.. here's another one... I

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:56 AM

Dec 21

don't find one thing about him "funny".

The Opposite.

Gaugamela

(3,249 posts)

15. With Trump the reality outpaces parody. The real world is weirder than anything

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:17 AM

Dec 21

SNL can come up with, so parody falls flat.

meadowlander

(5,097 posts)

16. He's not funny, but laughing at him is winning.

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:24 AM

Dec 21

malaise

(292,884 posts)

19. No

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:13 AM

Dec 21

It’s not funny.
NBC can continue laughing their way into fascism.
They made him

hlthe2b

(112,835 posts)

20. SNL's Trump impersonation is a good one (although way too thin) but if it is not funny to us (and it is not)...

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:30 AM

Dec 21

it is truly a mirror to Trump- so imagine how he perceives it. Perhaps a tiny bit useful in that context--short of loading his diaper with porcupine quills.