How anyone could be offended by this is beyond me. I actually thought it was pretty funny. If you didn't think it was funny when they were patting their crotches, you probably need to pull the stick out of your ass. Lol
i thought the costumes were pretty great.
The most egregious thing about the skit was the anachronistic reference to Toy Story.
Other than that, it was just an SNL skit. I can't imagine how anyone could possibly get butt-hurt over it.
Wow... Love SNL much?
Yikes...and I was about to bring up other horrible tv institutions like the Simpsons and PBS! Bullet dodged!
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Wow... Love SNL much?
I don't think anyone here was offended by the skit, unless they're one of those He-Man.org crybabies.
Are you a freaking idiot? First of all, it's obviously supposed to be a kid in the sketch. Mother's don't tend to talk to grown children living in their homes that way. Secondly, if you identified AT ALL with the kid in that sketch I think you may need to examine your own life... not the sketch that caused you to feel so bad about yourself. When i first read the headline, I couldn't even fathom who might've been insulted by that sketch. Maybe Lion-O and He Man would be offended except they're fictional characters. This story is ridiculous.
...and SNL is still great. Stop comparing it to the past and just enjoy it for what it is now.
If you really look at the original episodes half the time we're supposed to laugh just because John Belushi showed up on screen in a samurai outfit... before he'd even done anything yet. They actually have to work much harder to make it funny these days and it's all lost on your dumb asses because you just want to see John Belushi in a Bee outfit or something. Get over it, the man is dead. It was hit and miss even back then too you know.
...and those of you who say it hasn't been funny since Mike Meyers clearly don't appreciate the genius of Will Ferrel.
Even today, the fake TV adds they do are awesome, weekend update is always funny, and there's even a good sketch here and there.
If you think you can do better then go ahead and make your own Fing sketch show except you won't because you can't and it would suck. Stop dogging the people who are actually trying to do one.
It's pretty obvious that the point of the skit was, "What if toys came to life, but they were mentally blank." The fact that there was only one kid at the party was a reason to have less people on the set at a time and streamline the skit.
I think if you're offended by this, you're probably being a bit too sensitive.
And wow, Lion-O's costume, makeup and hair were SPOT ON... gives the cosplayers something to live up to. If someone came to a Halloween party in that pitch-perfect getup, they'd win a costume contest for sure.
The really twisted part of all this is that the costumes, Ariana's big-ole '80's hair not withstanding, are actually pretty good.
My favorite era was that in the mid to late 80'a too early 90's
Well, Don Pardo passed away. so, yeah SNL is not doing so hot. When you had John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Bill Murry. Those were the greats. I even like Mike Meyers and Dan Carvey. After that it went down hill from there.
