Make America Funny Again? ‘SNL’ Unleashes Dave Chappelle, Mocks MSNBC

We’re also a few hours apart from Donald Trump publicly being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, but so much is happening now. Among the changes we’ve experienced in recent weeks, system broadcast seems to kind of remember that most of the region only wants good quality programming, hardly democratic propaganda and woke, ugly garbage that dances around everyone’s feelings.  

Oddly, yet” Saturday Night Live” has even been toying with the idea of being provocative and humorous once since, rather than simply kissing up to whatever prominent Democrat is in the media cycle each year. Whether it’ll keep remains to be seen, but we’re seeing evidence anyway. Last month, Chris Rock hosted the present and led with a very interesting talk that poked fun at both sides of the social hall, but this time, “SNL” brought on the prince of funny himself, Dave Chappelle, to get things rolling. He did not disappoint.  

Okay, that’s not true. He disappointed me a little. I could have done without the Jimmy Carter/Donald Trump comparison-turned-virtue signaling bit at the end, in which he tells Trump to “do better” this time around, but I know Chappelle is a liberal. I know he’s not a Trump fan. And I’m okay with that. Unlike many on the left, I don’t think someone should be canceled because I don’t agree with their politics. And I can even enjoy someone who doesn’t align with my beliefs, especially when they’re as funny and talented as Chappelle.  

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So, politics aside, Chappelle came out on stage and gave an almost 17-minute monologue on everything from Diddy to the fires in Los Angeles to the Haitians in Ohio, and he didn’t hold back. In typical fashion, there was no censoring himself or avoiding controversial topics.  

He started out by talking about how Lorne Michaels has been trying to get him to host the show since October, but he’s turned him down until he finally agreed to host this past week. ” The moment I said yes, L. A. burst into flames,” he said, adding,” It’s a tough one… I’m tired of being controversial. I’m trying to turn over a new leaf, and it is way too soon to do jokes about a catastrophe like that” before he goes on to make jokes about the fires for several minutes.  

Those jokes included a list of potential reasons why the fires started, followed by the line,” If you were a rational thinking person, you have to at least consider the possibility that God hates these people. Sodomites. That’s not true because West Hollywood was unscathed. Because how can you burn when it’s already flaming? ”  

I’ll let the rest of the monologue speak for itself. If you’re typically a fan of Chappelle’s, you’ll enjoy it. Just be aware that it does contain offensive language :   

In addition to letting Dave be Dave, “SNL” actually opened the show by mocking MSNBC’s top hosts and the way the network covers Donald Trump— like it’s breaking news every time he sneezes. It’s pretty funny, and as a bonus, we no longer have to suffer through Alec Baldwin playing Trump!  

Anyway, I’m not holding my breath for “SNL” to become some kind of beacon of hilarity that actually pokes fun at liberals as much as it does conservatives anytime soon, but it’s fun while it lasts. I’ll take the small W for now.  

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