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Posted: 4/6/09 at 2:52am
Why I'll never watch SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE again!
When home late Saturday evenings my television viewing habit has always been to watch SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. Always have - since the inception of the show. All these many years. Continued watching time and time again even when I didn't find much of the show funny. I stuck it out. I knew some shows where better than others. Felt some seasons found their footing better than others. Some talent used well, other talent wasted. Realized often a flat episode could redeem itself with at least one prized glimmer of creativity and humor. But I'll watch no more. Never again. My decision to seek alternate entertainment was determined during this past April 4th episode.
See, there was this skit. A skit with several Muppet characters. A skit where these several Muppet characters where depicted riding in a car. A skit where these several Muppet characters riding in a car were stopped by a uniformed police officer. A skit where this uniformed police officer was identified as Nipsy Russell. (How funny was that? And still, it gets even better.) A skit in which a shot rang out and one of the Muppet characters in the rear seat appeared to be holding a shotgun pointed in the direction where the uniform officer had been standing.
Now I can't tell you how the skit ended. At the point the shot was heard I reached for my remote. Turned off the television set. Walked out of the room. Vowed never to watch the show again. I can not fathom anything that could have possibly followed in the skit that would mitigate my disgust towards SNL's open season on police.
I don't find the gunning down of anyone to be funny. I especially don't find the shooting of any police officer to be a source of humor. I don't find any levity in the brandishing of a firearm towards any public servants who, by occupation and in service to their community, took a vow to time and again risk their safety to assist strangers. Most officers enter the profession because they possess a compulsion to better that community and help others. When you shoot at a police officer, you are pissing on an authority figure sanctioned your government. I think you're pissing on your government and all its residents. I think if you kill a cop, you'll kill anyone. The public becomes a little less safe.
I find any shooting to be a serious, somber, and weighty occurrence. Not funny, not cute, not to me.
Now it appears that SNL has always kept abreast of current events. So were they ignorant, imperceptive, or just indifferent to the traffic stop slaying of four Oakland, CA police officers just two weeks ago? Had they not heard that day's national news where a mere seventeen hours prior to their show airing three Pittsburgh police officers where gunned down, assassinated, executed, fatally killed by a devil who fired hundreds of rounds at additional responding law enforcement and who later stated he wished he had killed more?
I'm disturbed that SNL was that callous and insensitive in airing that skit. Do they just think the shooting of police is fodder for pop culture sport? Perhaps it's just my sensitivities that are out of whack, but I say shame on you SNL. Shame on you. Shame.
Condolences go out to all loved ones, family, and friends of the far too many victims of the past few weeks.
My views were already made known to NBC. When I determine their advertising sponsors, I'll tell them the same.
When home late Saturday evenings my television viewing habit has always been to watch SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. Always have - since the inception of the show. All these many years. Continued watching time and time again even when I didn't find much of the show funny. I stuck it out. I knew some shows where better than others. Felt some seasons found their footing better than others. Some talent used well, other talent wasted. Realized often a flat episode could redeem itself with at least one prized glimmer of creativity and humor. But I'll watch no more. Never again. My decision to seek alternate entertainment was determined during this past April 4th episode.
See, there was this skit. A skit with several Muppet characters. A skit where these several Muppet characters where depicted riding in a car. A skit where these several Muppet characters riding in a car were stopped by a uniformed police officer. A skit where this uniformed police officer was identified as Nipsy Russell. (How funny was that? And still, it gets even better.) A skit in which a shot rang out and one of the Muppet characters in the rear seat appeared to be holding a shotgun pointed in the direction where the uniform officer had been standing.
Now I can't tell you how the skit ended. At the point the shot was heard I reached for my remote. Turned off the television set. Walked out of the room. Vowed never to watch the show again. I can not fathom anything that could have possibly followed in the skit that would mitigate my disgust towards SNL's open season on police.
I don't find the gunning down of anyone to be funny. I especially don't find the shooting of any police officer to be a source of humor. I don't find any levity in the brandishing of a firearm towards any public servants who, by occupation and in service to their community, took a vow to time and again risk their safety to assist strangers. Most officers enter the profession because they possess a compulsion to better that community and help others. When you shoot at a police officer, you are pissing on an authority figure sanctioned your government. I think you're pissing on your government and all its residents. I think if you kill a cop, you'll kill anyone. The public becomes a little less safe.
I find any shooting to be a serious, somber, and weighty occurrence. Not funny, not cute, not to me.
Now it appears that SNL has always kept abreast of current events. So were they ignorant, imperceptive, or just indifferent to the traffic stop slaying of four Oakland, CA police officers just two weeks ago? Had they not heard that day's national news where a mere seventeen hours prior to their show airing three Pittsburgh police officers where gunned down, assassinated, executed, fatally killed by a devil who fired hundreds of rounds at additional responding law enforcement and who later stated he wished he had killed more?
I'm disturbed that SNL was that callous and insensitive in airing that skit. Do they just think the shooting of police is fodder for pop culture sport? Perhaps it's just my sensitivities that are out of whack, but I say shame on you SNL. Shame on you. Shame.
Condolences go out to all loved ones, family, and friends of the far too many victims of the past few weeks.
My views were already made known to NBC. When I determine their advertising sponsors, I'll tell them the same.
Rest in peace, Iflitifloat.
Updated On: 4/6/09 at 02:52 AM
