SNL Tries Penile Implant

[OneFinger]

It’s been a while since Saturday Night Live regularly inspired an “I can’t believe they did that!” reaction in viewers, but the March 12 show came pretty close.

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Keen observers of a sketch about a celebrity roast of Clint Eastwood might have noticed something peculiar about how the show’s host, David Spade, was made up to look like Owen Wilson.

 

His nose looked like a penis. Not 'kind of like a penis'; it looked like a urologically-correct appendage, right down to what we believe is called the dorsal vein.

 

We took a digital photo of the screen image (posted above), and showed it to an NBC spokesman, who said, “I don’t see what you’re seeing,” which made us wonder if we just had a dirty mind. But, no: A source at the show confirms that Spade was indeed fitted with a penile proboscis.

 

“It was hilarious,” says the source. “Owen Wilson has a bad nose, but not that bad.” Our SNLer was surprised that we had detected what amounted to an inside joke.

 

Indeed, when viewed on a medium-sized TV, Spade’s customized schnozz is not that obvious. But in this case, size does matter: On the large-screen TV we happened to be watching, it was as plain as the whatever that is on your face.

 

All of which may help explain why the FCC reports that they have not received any complaints about the sketch. Not even from Owen Wilson, whose publicist declined to comment. Mr. Spade’s rep did not return a request for comment.

 

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/CA511859.html

[joel304]

They're definitely trying to push the edges a little more, kinda? But, has anyone else found the show to be less funny lately, even according to SNL standards?

 

The Paris Hilton episode was embarrassing to watch.

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

Gays In Space

 

>But, has anyone else found the show to be less funny

>lately, even according to SNL standards?

>

>The Paris Hilton episode was embarrassing to watch.

 

Frankly, many of the programs have been embarrassing to watch in the last few years. A friend breathlessly phoned me on Saturday to turn it on during their re-do of Gays in Space, which they apparently also did for the Jason Bateman episode, but rather than be particularly offended because it was homophobic, I simply found it sad and pathetic.

 

It certainly does not have the stupid wit that something like the Ambigiously Gay Duo cartoons can have....

[JamesK840]

Meh. The SNL that was pushed more then sexual censorship boundaries. Political, network, racial, social, the best SNL made you laugh AND occasionally consider something.

 

Now: dick, fart and tit jokes. At best a couple good zingers in the news update, but its rarely even in the same ballpark as the Daily Show.

 

God I miss satire.