'SNL' openly mocks gay surrogacy — what is happening?



Over the past decade, the once universally loved “Saturday Night Live” has become a clear propaganda tool of the left — consistently pushing left-wing issues while poking fun at the right.

However, that may be changing after one April 12 "SNL" skit shockingly mocked gay surrogacy.

The sketch took place at a chaotic dinner party where guests shared bizarre personal updates. One gay couple at the dinner party had a newborn baby, and the other guests then begin asking questions as to where and how they acquired a baby — even asking if they stole it.


The skit took it so far as to ask the gay couple how just the other night they were going to a gay rave called “Bulge Dungeon” when there was a baby on the way.

“There are two different ways to see this,” Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” says. “Either you can see it as using comedy to normalize two men purchasing a baby, or you can see it as a big vibe shift that we are actually starting to mock and deride something that deserves our mockery and derision.”

“Because it is a legitimate question. How could two men, who do not have the genetic material nor the wombs to create and bear children, have a child?” Stuckey asks.

While Stuckey is skeptical that the skit was pointing out the gay couple’s purchase of a baby as a bad thing, she did think one line from the skit was a home run.

“That line about ‘last night you were talking about going to Bulge Dungeon and now you have a baby and we’re just wondering how to square that circle,’ that was a good one. That was the best line, because if you see a lot of these men who are purchasing children, you do have some questions, like, ‘Do you know the first thing about raising a child?’” Stuckey says.

“And so I appreciate that whatever the motive is, that we are in the mode right now of mocking something that is absolutely depraved and destructive,” she adds.

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Liberals outraged at gay dad adoption sketch on 'SNL,' but many on the right love it



A sketch on "Saturday Night Live" about a gay couple adopting a child is getting some praise from many on the right, but liberals are outraged over it.

The sketch stars guest Jon Hamm as part of a homosexual couple visiting a group of friends, and they unexpectedly bring their newborn child. The friends are bewildered as they try to understand how the couple was able to obtain a child.

'The culture is shifting. This is hilarious and promising.'

Some viewers expressed their outrage on social media that "SNL" broadcast a sketch that appeared to be politically incorrect.

"So SNL, widely disdained among conservatives, is now alienating it's (sic) liberal core fans - because, why? I've never seen a TV show commit suicide before," responded one critic.

"Snl gay dad with baby sketch is awful. putting us back years," replied one account with pronouns in its profile.

"The people that want queer people dead already won, must you also validate them by trying to curry their favor? what are you doing. really," said writer Ayesha Siddiqi.

Video of the sketch on the show's account went viral with millions of views.

Many on the right were shocked that "SNL" would promote a sketch they found hilarious.

"At this rate I might watch SNL again. The culture is shifting. This is hilarious and promising. First time in 15 years I’ve seen the LGBT third rail be mocked on TV," responded Charlie Kirk of TPUSA.

"We’re so back and I don’t even watch SNL. Thank God the tides are turning so we can make fun of the insanity in our world again," read another comment.

"Hey! SNL is getting kinda funny again! I hope this keeps up. It's been DECADES of super not funny," read an account identifying as libertarian.

Others, like Allie Beth Stuckey, host of BlazeTV's "Relatable," found an important lesson in the sketch.

"Oh my gosh. 'You guys said that after dinner you were going to go to a rave called 'bulge dungeon'—and now today you have a baby?' The purchasing of children deserves mockery and derision," she wrote.

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Lorne’s Prime Time

In a season five episode of the estimable sitcom 30 Rock, itself based on the goings-on of a network television show closely modeled on Saturday Night Live, the writer and producer Aaron Sorkin makes a cameo as himself. Introduced to Tina Fey’s ever-acerbic head writer Liz Lemon, Sorkin demands they execute his signature walk-and-talk power move, as she excitedly lists the various award-winning films and television shows that he has been involved in. There is, however, one exception. When she mentions the name of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, a Sorkin-created drama that purported to go behind the scenes on a show equally closely modeled on SNL, Sorkin simply says, “Shut up”—a nod to the series’s swift cancellation after a single season, Sorkin’s sole show not to be renewed.

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'SNL' blasted for 'absolutely disgusting' jokes on 'Weekend Update' in relation to fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO



"Saturday Night Live" took a beating for "absolutely disgusting" jokes — as one commenter put it — on its latest "Weekend Update" segment in relation to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week.

"Weekend Update" led its segment Saturday with jokes in connection with the fatal shooting in Manhattan.

'Disgusting. I couldn’t watch this segment. The victim’s family and friends are very much grieving right now.'

“This week, New York City officials sent a tough message on crime: ‘If you shoot somebody in the middle of the street, you better get on your bike, hop on a bus, and get the heck out of here, mister,’” co-host Colin Jost quipped to begin the segment — to quite a bit of laughter.

Jost continued: “The manhunt continues for the assassin who gunned down the CEO of UnitedHealthcare on Wednesday, and it really says something about America that a guy was murdered in cold blood and the two main reactions were, ‘Yeah, well, health care stinks!’ And also, ‘Girl, that shooter hot.'”

Jost added with an incredulous giggle that the suspect "just bicycled away" after the shooting: "Probably because they have every cop in the city guarding our Christmas tree." The Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Plaza took place hours after the shooting.

“The NYPD now believes the suspect left the city on a bus from Port Authority," Jost also said. "Uh, thanks, but a Port Authority passenger who looks like a murderer actually widens the search."

With that, Michael Che took over and said, “New York City police say that they were able to get the smiling picture of the suspect after the man apparently was caught on camera at a local hostel flirting with a female employee, whose name has been reported as, ‘Lucky S. Bechalive.'"

Despite the consistent laughter the co-hosts' jokes elicited, a number of other folks didn't take kindly to their humor.

“Disgusting. I couldn’t watch this segment. The victim’s family and friends are very much grieving right now,” one observer wrote beneath a YouTube video of the segment, according to the New York Post.

“Agreed," another commenter responded, the Post noted. "I don’t usually watch SNL, and I can see by the segment and comments supporting it that I will no longer be watching it. Joking about someone’s murder like that is absolutely disgusting… a family is grieving right now."

The paper added that a X user wrote, “Classless."

You can view the "Weekend Update" segment here.

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Trump’s FCC Must Smash Corporate Media’s ‘Censorship Cartel’

FCC chairman nominee Brendan Carr sounds like he means business in his vows to 'reinvigorate' broadcast TV and 'smash the censorship cartel.'

'There's supposed to be freedom of speech': 'Saturday Night Live's' Kenan Thompson says movie studios suppress edgy comedians



Veteran "Saturday Night Live" cast member Kenan Thompson said actors and comedians no longer have the freedom to write edgy material, and those who do are "suppressed."

Thompson, who has starred in movies like "Good Burger" and "D2: The Mighty Ducks," said that comedians sometimes struggle to align their comedy to public "sensibilities," especially when they are used to speaking a certain way in their private lives.

The 46-year-old noted that while some comedians can emerge out of the industry's blanket censorship, most edgy comedy is shut down by film studios.

"There's supposed to be freedom of speech. They keep trying to suppress, but then you have the [comedians] that pop up out of that suppression," Thompson revealed.

'That's where it felt like was the end of the road for the freedom of wanting to be funny.'

During an interview with comedians Mark Normand and Sam Morril, Thompson said it was disheartening to see how few comedies get a green light in modern Hollywood.

"There's not enough comedies anymore. There's no comedies to be seen right now. It's so sad."

"Of course the classics like the 'Tropic Thunders' of it all, but that's where it felt like was the end of the road for the freedom of wanting to be funny kind of thing. ... I'm looking for that era," Thompson explained.

Ben Stiller's "Tropic Thunder" received very little backlash when it was released in 2008 despite its frequent use of the word "retard" and the simple fact that actor Robert Downey Jr. was in blackface for nearly the entire film.

Thompson also cited movies like Mike Myers' "Austin Powers" and "Baseketball" as edgy movies that likely couldn't be made today.

"It should be allowed to be done!" Thompson declared.

Host Normand then asked Thompson about recent episodes of "Saturday Night Live" in which comedians Bill Burr and Dave Chappelle took a moment to acknowledge how sensitive the show's audience has become.

"Everybody was like, 'This is crazy; this is so offensive,'" Normand recalled. "Did you find it was a little touchy over there?" he asked the cast member.

"It's touchy everywhere," Thompson replied. "That audience comes in and like, there is some clutching of the pearls."

Thompson implied that the studio audience at SNL is usually on edge and afraid to laugh at anything that could be deemed offensive. This results in comedians often receiving little "support" from the live viewers when they perform stand-up comedy on the show.

Despite this, the actor claimed the executive producer of SNL, Lorne Michaels, is reasonable in his approach about what can or cannot be said by performers. He said Michaels will simply say "good luck" to a comedian and let the audience reaction do the talking.

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‘Saturday Night’ Reminds Us How Far The Unfunny Partisans At SNL Have Fallen

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Trump scores free prime-time ad slot after NBC's 'SNL' skit scandal with Harris



Former President Donald Trump secured a free election promotion on NBC following complaints that the network attempted to give opponent Kamala Harris a boost with voters by featuring her on "Saturday Night Live." The network was accused of violating the Federal Communications Commission's "equal time" rule.

Trump's advertisement aired on Sunday evening after NASCAR's Xfinity 500 and the NFL's Minnesota Vikings-Indianapolis Colts football game.

'Just remember, Kamala and her friends broke it.'

The ad featured a "special message" from Trump to sports fans.

"We're two days away from the most important election in the history of our country. We've got to save our country, and it needs saving — it's in very bad shape," Trump stated. "The worst economic numbers in generations were just announced two days ago. We're losing jobs; we're losing everything, including viability."

Trump warned viewers that America is currently headed toward an economic depression.

"We've never seen anything like it, at least for the last 40 years," he continued.

Trump called for closing the borders, lowering taxes, and eliminating inflation.

"Just remember, Kamala and her friends broke it," he added. "I'll fix it."

"Go and vote," Trump concluded.

The ad directed viewers to a webpage with a form to obtain voter location and registration information.

NBC was forced to give Trump the free airtime after featuring Harris for a minute and a half in a cold open sketch for "SNL," the show's final episode before Election Day, Blaze News reported.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr called the skit "a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC's Equal Time rule."

"The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct - a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence for one candidate on the eve of an election," Carr continued. "Unless the broadcaster offered Equal Time to other qualifying campaigns."

NBC filed an Equal Time notice with the FCC late Sunday after the pushback.

Carr told Fox News Digital that the network's filing confirms that it "views the Harris 'SNL' appearance as a free use of their facilities and airwaves within the meaning of the federal Equal Time rule."

Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital that Harris' cringeworthy sketch indicated her campaign is desperate to appeal to voters.

"Kamala Harris has nothing substantive to offer the American people, so that's why she's living out her warped fantasy cosplaying with her elitist friends on 'Saturday Night Leftists' as her campaign spirals down the drain into obscurity. For the last four years, Kamala's destructive policies have led to untold misery and hurt for all Americans. She broke it, and President Trump will fix it," Cheung told the news outlet.

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NBC Forced To Give Trump Airtime After Violating FCC Rules With Harris SNL Spot

Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said in a thread on X that Harris’ appearance on SNL ran afoul of the FCC’s 'Equal Time' rule.

FCC Commissioner Calls Out Kamala Harris’s ‘Biased And Partisan’ SNL Appearance

'This is a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC's Equal Time rule'