Donald Trump’s “Saturday Night Live” monologue brought the Republican front-runner in contact with a few familiar faces – and a heckler. Their previous high was an episode in January 2012 hosted by Charles Barkley with musical guest Kelly Clarkson.
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Official numbers will be released by Nielsen later in the week.
This was also the general consensus of those watching at home on social media with many tweeting out that Trump on “SNL” was an easygoing affair. “No fireworks; only glancing satire directed at or from [Donald Trump]”.
DeportRacism.com made the offer to protest Trump’s comments in August that many Mexican immigrants are criminals and rapists. The show took its shots at Trump in the first sketch after the monologue, which imagined the year as 2018, Trump in the White House, and the many unlikely things he’s promised on the campaign trail having come true.
When the camera zoomed in to the person who disrupted the show, it revealed that it was none other than SNL cast Larry David and it was all part of an act.
David said he was told he’d get $5,000 from an immigration activist group for interrupting the show.
Saturday Night Live acknowledged a group of protesters outside of its studios with a bit of comedy last night.
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“Even with expectations lowered to bargain-basement level, this week’s show was a dumpster fire… there have been reports that Trump vetoed skits for being too ‘risque, ‘ but the problem with this episode wasn’t a failure to push boundaries, but rather a failure to craft skits with punchlines” Daniel Fienberg wrote. He poked just enough fun his own way to seem a good sport but, whether playing the laser harpist in a low-rent band or a sleazy record producer, he stayed mostly above the proceedings, reading his lines with a smirk that suggested he thought he was getting the better of this deal.
