The Biggest SNL Controversies Of All Time

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"Saturday Night Live" has been a weekend TV institution for decades, and the sketch comedy juggernaut is showing no signs of letting up. This doesn't mean SNL's ride has always been a smooth one. With hundreds of cast members moving through the show over the years, and weekly hosts and musical performers to juggle, certain controversies are bound to emerge. And emerge they have. Sometimes SNL has given us sketches that are tone-deaf or blatantly offensive. Other times hosts and guests step out of line. In some cases, the audience even gets in on the pandemonium. There's a lot of awkward moments to cover, so strap in. Here are the biggest SNL controversies of all time.
#SNL #Controversy #SaturdayNightLive
Martin Lawrence | 0:00
"Word Association" | 1:26
Jimmy Fallon's blackface | 2:37
Wayne's World and Chelsea Clinton | 3:50
Pete Davidson and Dan Crenshaw | 4:49
Rage Against the Machine | 6:00
Donald Trump | 7:19
Kanye West | 8:40
Elon Musk | 9:49
Fear | 11:07
The Replacements | 12:30
Shane Gillis | 13:52
Chevy Chase and Bill Murray | 15:19
Ashlee Simpson | 16:16
Adrien Brody | 17:31
Kristen Stewart | 18:49
Louis C.K. | 20:13
Canteen Boy | 21:22
Sinead O'Connor | 22:35
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@NotIfWhen 2 жыл бұрын

Sinead was right. Look at all the abuse in the church. And two men coming out to say they would punch her… classy

@Kangaroocry1 2 жыл бұрын

The Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor word association was hilarious

@danmagoo 2 жыл бұрын

And I don't remember that it was controversial at all, at the time. Really. Just funny.

@ericmason349 2 жыл бұрын

I also thought it was funny has hell. So many black kids in high school used the N-word... but really Ricchard Prior's comeback to it was legendary.

@Gloria-ro4vn 2 жыл бұрын

Those were the days when people had a sense of humor.

@maureendavis9257 2 жыл бұрын

Chevy Chase is still funny unfortunately due to ageism and covert elder abuse... he only gets offered to play an old senile dude now.

@jmolvin9055 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is, I'm pretty sure SNL uploaded it to the YT channel.

@ericbannister1030 2 жыл бұрын

It's crazy to think there used to be a countdown website that counted down the days till the olsen twins turned 18

@mirandacompton1600 2 жыл бұрын

That is just sick.

@corejacehome 2 жыл бұрын

Boy Scouts were upset with the truth. That's the power of comedy.

@altohippiegabber 2 жыл бұрын

"Adam Sandler cultivated his Canteen Boy character" he must have stopped cultivating after because he plays the same character again and again in every role i have seen him

@lucyfuir6386 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much

@maureendavis9257 2 жыл бұрын

Yup!

@donHooligan Жыл бұрын

watch "Reign Over Me."

@girlcheck 2 жыл бұрын

In retrospect, turns out that Sinead wasn't far off the mark and literally the least crazy of all these incidents and the least petty of all issues voiced along with the other sexual abuse associations to CK Lewis, the boy scouts etc are true. So what's the controversy? The truth?

@edgooden7366 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sick of political correctness..I'm black and I'm tired of society and their pacification...We as humans are strong, and thick skinned..We are tired of other people deciding for us what we should be offended by or pleased with.. funny is funny...stop playing Superman for people who really aren't offended

@oliverjackson6992 2 жыл бұрын

Very well said Sir

@kerrybrown2890 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said. I agree 100 percent.

@inconnu4961 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@li22ylizard55 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah as long as it doesnt effect you you are fine until someone effects you and than its down hill from there.

@ingwis Жыл бұрын

Can I call you the n word then?

@haihechina 2 жыл бұрын

What I know is that the sketch with Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor was Pryor's death sentence for being on SNL. What gravitas Pryor had that buckled Lorne Michaels is just incredible. This was one of the best and hitting sketches of all time.

@Libra_Strings 2 жыл бұрын

Who hired Richard Pryor and then was surprised with ANYTHING that goes down? ALSO this is my first time hearing about Rage Against the Machine and I love them lol

@carricicchino5127 2 жыл бұрын

Richard other was never on SNL

@haihechina 2 жыл бұрын

@@carricicchino5127 What?

@rainerpierre 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot Gwyneth Paltrow’s parody of Sharon Stone. Stone was pissed at Paltrow.

@bboutwell69 2 жыл бұрын

Tom Morello is my hero

@inconnu4961 2 жыл бұрын

He is a clown! They are such a bunch of hypocrites!

@donHooligan Жыл бұрын

Tom Morello is a Wobbly. Are you? $11/month, man. workers of the world, unite.

@warehousedave7937 2 жыл бұрын

Baldwin + Canteen Boy is an absolutely hilarious sketch.

@orno8906 2 жыл бұрын

You left out Elvis Costello switching songs mid-set.

@stixx3969 2 жыл бұрын

oh....the horror.

@mj6962 2 жыл бұрын

As for Rage Against the Machine… having Forbes host was just a really stupid decision.

@haihechina 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, what did you think of Morello's guitar, that of course echos Woody Guthrie's "This land is our land..." and this guitar kills Fascists."

@kaskus7147 2 жыл бұрын

Sinead O'Connor did what she did because battle that was going on in Ireland (where she was from) between the Catholics and the Protestants. The song Zombie by the Cranberries is about the same thing.

@howey935 2 жыл бұрын

Sinews tore his picture up because of all the abuse by the Catholic Church it had nothing to do with the troubles. Why else would a Catholic (Sinead was a Catholic) tear up a picture of the pope? It was because of the Catholic church’s power and abusing kids.

@SheilaR.08 2 жыл бұрын

@@howey935 Yep. And she was right.

@sheenalaplante4585 2 жыл бұрын

Geeesh... So tired of constantly seeing a bunch of adults acting like lil cry babies ... Get over it and move on 🤣🤣🤣

@COMPFUNK2 2 жыл бұрын

Three things: 1) Darrell Hammond wore blackface when he portrayed Jesse Jackson. 2) The Replacements haven’t been back on the show as a whole, but Paul Westerberg returned as musical guest by himself in 1993. 3) How about the sketch with Dwayne Johnson’s character inventing the child molesting robot?

@fredererpower 2 жыл бұрын

For the third one, it was a good sketch.

@COMPFUNK2 2 жыл бұрын

@@fredererpower I disagree. Even though the other characters in the sketch were disgusted by the whole thing, it was in extremely poor taste.

@sanglunvaiphei9909 2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand why Kristen Stewart's monologue where she talks about and take shots at Donald Trump is controversial. She did it 3 times during one monologue. What about Alec Baldwin impersonating Donald Trump? Or the many time they joke about him? Those aren't controversial?

@ingwis Жыл бұрын

ITs much more "fun: to try and take down an attractive and successful woman

@strawcatz 2 жыл бұрын

Naw, Louis CK's SNL monologue was among the freshest and funniest monologues in recent SNL memory. Don't quote me on that, though ;D

@SheilaR.08 2 жыл бұрын

I used to love him. Now he's just gross.

@strawcatz 2 жыл бұрын

@@SheilaR.08 It's true that he's really doubled down on the nasty in recent years. As if to maintain that he can't help who he is.

@Blunt_Man 2 жыл бұрын

@@strawcatz He's still around? I haven't heard anything since the accusations. I'm a huge fan so would be nice to see new stand up even if it's not as good

@strawcatz 2 жыл бұрын

@@Blunt_Man I heard he's been hitting smaller venues, just getting by however he can. His routines now tend to OWN his "dirty old man" reputation so he doubles down on the shock value of his comedy, for better or worse. And the thing is, he never denied the accusations and apologized immediately, but this was insufficient in our age of cancel culture where all sins are of equal measure and consequence. For how badly this has effected him, you'd think he'd done something outrageously illegal and then said "so what?" like Cosby.

@Blunt_Man 2 жыл бұрын

@@strawcatz I just don't get it. I'm not a lawyer but I don't think him asking permission to do something creepy is a crime. Weird, yes, illegal, I don't think so. I like what Sarah Silverman said, "that was just Louie, never made anyone do anything, just a weird thing that he enjoyed if someone said yes. I had to tell him no a few times, other times I'd say yes cuz I thought it was funny." We're told all women are strong and independent yet apparently not being able to say no and him being a big name in the industry suddenly made him some horrible monster smh. Uhh, how about they learn to say no instead of blaming him for them being shy! I'll have to see if I can find some of his new stand up cuz I love the dirty Louis CK! I'm glad to hear he didn't cave into the hype and start doing some lame PG-13 type material or something! Doubling down was probably the best choice honestly.

@joanwappes3557 2 жыл бұрын

Cant anyone take a joke from jokesters ? ! Anymore....?

@Libra_Strings 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@inconnu4961 2 жыл бұрын

Nope! we are all crybaby victims now!

@thespicemelange.1 2 жыл бұрын

200 people complained? Ooo...

@XenoLife 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah … being offended doesn’t make you right

@SheilaR.08 2 жыл бұрын

Late on a Saturday night, in the time before the internet, where you had to lug out the gigantic phone book, find the number, and then call the network switchboard, that's a fair number of complaints coming in before west coast starting time.

@storiesforyou97 2 жыл бұрын

All respects for RATM

@aretnap3653 2 жыл бұрын

During a PearlJam Song on SNL, One of TheGuitarists Smacks Eddy Vedder in TheHead, with The Tuning "Head" of TheGuitar, While Jumping Like a MadMan, & Vedder Kept Rockin'!

@mamashiraz 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe I missed seeing it but where’s the time when Norm MacDonald said “f.ck” LIVE on snl?? I was watching that show and was yelling at the TV!!! 🤷🏻‍♀️

@rhondag3354 2 жыл бұрын

I remember Charles Rocket dropping the eff bomb in the 80s and getting fired but not Norm.

@COMPFUNK2 2 жыл бұрын

@@rhondag3354 Probably because Norm’s was accidental while Charles’ was intentional.

@iloveyourunclebob 2 жыл бұрын

In all fairness to Ashlee Simpson, if she wasn't lying, I totally understand the acid reflux she's talking about. It seems like a dumb excuse unless you've experienced it.

@FoxyPinkGirl 2 жыл бұрын

It was also documented on her reality show at the time which the public (most of them) still refused to see or believe. Such a shame. She didn’t deserve any of that heartache.

@GooglSucksDisk 9 ай бұрын

The first and only singer to run off stage and cry ACID REFLUX in the entire history of music!!! Yeah it was the acid reflux and not the lip syncing.

@tylergrieves7293 2 жыл бұрын

The rage against the machine bassist name is Tim commerford, not Tim bob.

@sammycaldwell2385 2 жыл бұрын

I honestly feel like anyone who takes these sketches offensively needs a time out.

@haihechina 2 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@kawh8719 2 жыл бұрын

Idk why Sinead O'Connor was eviscerated. I'm of the opinion that Most of the evil done in this world has been perpetrated by religion.

@Starlababy 2 жыл бұрын

You can't joke about anything or anybody any more. People are taking to much offence now. It's all in fun. Just have fun people.

@henryjonesjr.3245 2 жыл бұрын

Lol Dan Crenshaw...hard to see why I’d care about dude’s feelings.

@donHooligan Жыл бұрын

G.I. Joe Dan "Hawk" Crenshaw

@Boomer_Johnson 2 жыл бұрын

It's unfortunate that these list are entertaining but it also gives "Karens" ideas of what to be outraged about. I have an aunt that shared this with me because she doesnt want me to work for NBC because of the "deviants and trash" that work there. I would fit right in and they would make me their muse. I think I'm gonna try harder now. I just want to see my aunt's reaction if I ever started writing for NBC.

@COMPFUNK2 Жыл бұрын

Was it ever explained why Jeff Richards got fired in the middle of the 2003-2004 season? I have heard conflicting stories but nothing official.

@kkandsims4612 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think Kirsten is bad at all

@heather000burton 2 жыл бұрын

Could you imagine how many awesome cast members would or could have been fired in the early years if they had the technology we do today? Nowadays people who don’t like you spend all their time digging into your past trying to find something you did that offends them so they can use it against you. It’s really to bad people get so offended instead of laughing at things. I love how Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney used humor to break through racial barriers.

@MONKEYDZETS 8 ай бұрын

I found the Martian Lawrence unedited video lol

@robfdavis 5 күн бұрын

Waaay too many ad breaks . KZfaq is worse than regular programming now .

@warehousedave7937 2 жыл бұрын

Well played, Rage Against the Machine

@donHooligan Жыл бұрын

"Godzilla, pure mutha-fu*kin filler. Put your eyes on the real killer. Cinema, simulated life, ill drama 4th Reich culture, Americana" -RATM (on the Godzilla Soundtrack)

@briancannon3987 2 жыл бұрын

The Clintons getting mad about a joke on their 12 year old daughter. Imagine that. Lol

@servraghgiorsal7382 2 жыл бұрын

Of all of these, I think the response to Sinead O,'Conner was the most unfair. She was right, but people acted like she was Bob Dylan going electric at,. Where was it?? Monterrey?? Newport?? You know what I mean.. if any of you had spent time in parochial schools or were in choir or youth groups etc, you'd have understood.

@donHooligan Жыл бұрын

you got two new updates, now that Chappelle and Harrelson had their fun.

@aretnap3653 2 жыл бұрын

I Remember Distinctly Watching that "Rage Against TheMachine" Musical Guest Episode of SNL. (I Was Shocked NBC or SNL had Even Invited Them to TheShow! NBC Apparently Hadn't Listened to Rage's Latest CD, at TheTime!) 🎶And NBC is Gonna Flex, & Try & Annex TheTruth!🎶

@forty_two42 2 жыл бұрын

Fear was 100% Belushis fault. He got a bunch of coked up punks to wreck the studio while Fear played. I love Fear. They're definitely in my top 5 punk bands. Germs, Circle Jerks, Bad Brains, Fear, and Dead Milkmen.

@louieo.blevinsmusic4197 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like every comedian has used the “why not me” joke when referring to being molested by a catholic priest. Like….. all of them…

@feck2594 2 жыл бұрын

Strange how Fallon's only punishment was a week off and wasn't made to he did himself. Most people call that taking a vacation.

@SheilaR.08 2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't a punishment. He took time off to gather his thoughts and decide how to proceed.

@johnny316b Жыл бұрын

awe yes, to perpetuate the all too familiar perpetuating of the continual perpetuation of racism. keeping it alive and well

@Evocati-Augusti 2 жыл бұрын

And keep in mind the hosts dont write skits normally or their monologue, if the writers don't like you, they'll can and bomb the show on purpose...on SNL you're only as funny as the skits they give or write for you..

@sabrinacudney3697 2 жыл бұрын

It's okay if Eddie Murphy does white face . And the waynes brothers can do a movie like white chick's. It's a dubble standard. Its bullshit. And tom morello. You are a brutal ass guitar player.

@Cash42 2 жыл бұрын

As much shit as Jimmy Fallon gets, I genuinely think he’s a good guy

@Namastephie 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! It’s funny that everyone calls out people the every questionable thing they do, but he is genuinely nice and laughs (maybe not so genuinely, who knows) and he gets as much shit.

@jackfiorelli7578 2 жыл бұрын

He is 😁

@Cash42 2 жыл бұрын

@@Namastephie right I don’t know if he’s actually genuinely having that great of a time on the tonight show, but I mean, his job is to keep the crowd entertained and make the guests seem as entertaining too, and we also don’t know what all the producers actually require him to do. Outside of all of that and critiques for the show, I think he’s a great guy, he doesn’t seem like a bad guy at all and people are always trashing on him in the comments bc of how they feel towards the show lol most of the time what makes that show’s segments work at all in the first place is him lol

@howey935 2 жыл бұрын

So your idea of of good guy ignores child abuse?

@oldmcdonald9582 2 жыл бұрын

@@Cash42 wouldnt watch fallon do anything. hes such an ass kisser for the left. only host i hate worse is the redheaded guy. cant even remember his name

@jesperjee Жыл бұрын

Controversial statement: Black face and dressing up as a black man and making an impression on a comedy show is NOT the same thing. It is still making people think of us all as separate when we are just human, all of us. Men can impersonate women, women can impersonate men, black dress up as white and vice versa. It's not controversial just because back in the day things where done because of racism. I understand. I do. But people need to let it go.

@michaelowino228 2 жыл бұрын

Hello

@ChaseTheHeat 2 жыл бұрын

Old SNL was worth watching. Today it is merely an embarrassment

@donHooligan Жыл бұрын

"Woody Harrelson SNL monologue"

@Evocati-Augusti 2 жыл бұрын

The west story is untrue,ive seen it, he(and rightfully so)complains that he was bullied by the cast and staff for wearing the hat...and telling him to take it off,I would have said FU,and so did he

@blackpeter70 2 жыл бұрын

RATM didn't know SNL were "corporate bootlickers" before they agreed to appear? Hmmm... Great band, though.

@inconnu4961 2 жыл бұрын

They had NO clue! LOL Not the sharpest, are they! Cant stand RATM!

@briezzy365 2 жыл бұрын

Predatory over all but CANCELLED for enabling Boy Elon

@li22ylizard55 2 жыл бұрын

Some of these comments are a reason comedy has gone down the toilet.

@jasonlindsey9946 2 жыл бұрын

Alec Baldwin Is the Controversy!

@danielledocherty2058 2 жыл бұрын

I thought kirsten was good. Think she was funny. Also elon yeah i get that but that gen hospital and wario was funny too

@MadamElease 2 жыл бұрын

@JM-ft5ip 2 жыл бұрын

Offend Democrats? Bad! Offend Republicans? Yeah, sorry, not sorry.

@donHooligan Жыл бұрын

D/R is one team.

@kristiin194 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew how incredibly soft the American media/public are when it comes to comedy - it is an incredibly confusing and contradictory place. Much like erm everywhere on earth! Hope you're all well and good.

@inconnu4961 2 жыл бұрын

Funny thing is: most people still arent! It is being forced upon us, and most people are too afraid to push back! Just read arguments on FB and YT, and those who call out others hate, will say the most horrible things about people! So they dont have a problem with hate and intolerance they only have a problem with whom its directed at!

@Evocati-Augusti 2 жыл бұрын

People dont know how SNL works during the week, Fallen didn't write the script and didn't choose it for the show..,

@420Yako 2 жыл бұрын

"No man is good only God"...

@forty_two42 2 жыл бұрын

Alot of these egotistical host actually have really boring episodes. Trump, Musk, Segall all super unmemorable

@92skeet49 2 жыл бұрын

Musk is awesome

@420idodabs9 2 жыл бұрын

SNL sucks. It's not like it was in the 70's and 80's. They are too political anymore. It used to be all jokes and fun. Now it's too woke political. DO A DAB

@chrisdexheimer2470 2 жыл бұрын

Does yeeze need help pcking to leave the USA there are plenty of volunteers to help!!!

@servraghgiorsal7382 2 жыл бұрын

Trash and don't see what his slavish " spiritual followers " see in him

@stevengriffith436 2 жыл бұрын

The Wayne's world sketch was funny because Chelsea was known as the Whitehouse dog at the time. Also she never grew to look like babe.

@PacoOtis 2 жыл бұрын

Weak and terribly discombobulated! Best of luck!

@laurarooney6030 2 жыл бұрын

Blackface is terrible, but what about white face aka Damon brothers White Chicks? Does it cut both ways?

@blondiestram9529 2 жыл бұрын

no it doesnt

@SheilaR.08 2 жыл бұрын

Nope. See: slavery, racism, blackface.

@sherrelly8845 2 жыл бұрын

Fallon Looked Better In Black Face!!! Hahaha!!!

@lindafurr2404 2 жыл бұрын

I thought ( wrongly) that I would see these monologues & sketches. I stopped watching immediately when it was all about talking.

@jacobstopper3804 2 жыл бұрын

First

@StephCurryMcFlurry96 2 жыл бұрын

What you want? A cookie?

@jacobstopper3804 2 жыл бұрын

@@StephCurryMcFlurry96 No

@algee8415 7 күн бұрын

ck-Unfunniest. No ,the funniest.

@ChiefSupreme6803 2 жыл бұрын

It's sad to see Jimmy feel so much shame and white guilt for something he did as a joke at a time before this type of thing was so widely frowned upon. Pulling up shit from the past and applying current standards to it and then crucifying that person is wrong, it's bullying, it's mindless cancel culture bullshit that needs to stop. But, I would have had so much more respect for Jimmy if he just owned it and said yeah I did it because it was hilarious and wasn't meant to be racially offensive. Intention matters. But I understand now that it is offensive so I won't be doing that again.

@sangeovr 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy fallon is a clown

@mikaelamanzue4675 2 жыл бұрын

I always knew he was a pathetic money grabber but BLACKFACE really??????

@justindenney-hall5875 2 жыл бұрын

San Geovr "He's gonna get caught just you wait and see !" "Why is everybody always pickin' on me ?"

@twoboysmom7423 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikaelamanzue4675 Like you know anything about him at all.

@mikaelamanzue4675 2 жыл бұрын

@@twoboysmom7423 lol you a Jimmy Fallon fan?

@hylianbatman3153 2 жыл бұрын

#1 the fact SNL has been allowed to continue despite the fact its been a pile of sh*t for 15yrs

@dskatyusha6282 2 жыл бұрын

I don't like snl never found snl funny

@donHooligan Жыл бұрын

k, dork. thanks.

@kifacorea 2 жыл бұрын

Nice clip. But please get it correct in 2021. Asian AMERICAN please.

@sanglunvaiphei9909 2 жыл бұрын

Sinead O'Connor's reasons for why she tore up that picture keeps changing. She should have mind her own business. Now everyone knows her as the bald chick who lost her career because she tore up a picture of the Pope on SNL.

@johnnysmith9155 2 жыл бұрын

But she was right though

@peteraleksandrovich5923 2 жыл бұрын

And Crenshaw is a crybaby. Well, he cries from one eye, anyway.

@COMPFUNK2 2 жыл бұрын

I’m not a big fan of the guy, but that’s not cool, man. Have _you_ ever lost any limbs while in combat?

@donHooligan Жыл бұрын

@@COMPFUNK2 never forced any foreigners to defend themselves from my violence....no.

@adamscease4126 2 жыл бұрын

This should just be called SNL. Honestly the show is about getting ratings. People want to watch Awful things. Like rubbernecking at automobile accident... like watching anything with Jimmy Fallon.

@mj6962 2 жыл бұрын

Playing a character, or doing an impression of someone who happens to be another color, or NOT racist! Only stupid ignorant people would think that! It is absolutely NO different that any other person or character portraying someone of the SAME color. Or even drag!! People need to understand what really hurts them and what is just something to make a big deal over for attention!

@SAMIELGERGISH 2 жыл бұрын

Are u black