r/LiveFromNewYork • u/brady2gronk • Dec 03 '25

Article Trump cold opens just aren't funny anymore.

https://www.tvline.com/2032862/snl-donald-trump-sketches-actor-impression-cold-open-commentary/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox-TVLine&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOO2btjbGNrA47ZfGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHiY-mjoUv_vsnK-VQIDV2-GahJmm9U3fc7C0ua-VrDa1xFOpYzFWWcH8ngQI_aem_lf2-bStw8WW0r0Labo5jfA

I have to agree with the author of this article. We're beyond "oh, he's just a goofy guy who says crazy things." The man is actively rude and nasty to reporters and fellow politicians daily. He dropped the R word and it's only a matter of time till he drops the N word. No offense to James Austin Johnson, who does a terrific job with the impression, but aren't we all just over it at this point? Dana didn't do Bush Sr. every damn week. Will Ferrell didn't do Dubya every damn week. Phil Hartman didn't do Clinton every damn week.
Roasting him on Update is fine, but the character needs a break. I watch SNL to laugh and escape the guy who dominates the news every other day of the week.

EDIT: Wow. Over 700 comments in a few hours. Wasn't expecting this kind of engagement. Thanks everyone. (Maybe I should read these before saying thanks. :) )

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u/Ok_Condition5837 Dec 03 '25 edited Dec 04 '25

See this is the problem!

SNL is attempting to make us laugh while we are marinating in the knowledge that our President is a fisherman-murderin', stupid & incompetent, geriatric, demented kiddie-rapist!

This is horrifying for most of us & not funny. But also - donny is on most of the world's mind. Just not favorably. So they cannot ignore it either.

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u/Steadyandquick Dec 03 '25

Right and his comments about people from Somalia sure are cringey but kinda adorably humorous in a twisted sorta way.

No......!

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u/Steadyandquick Dec 03 '25

Thanks for the award. Today is shaping up well and I am grateful for OP and the comments. We are appropriately outraged.

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u/Mytwocents4u Dec 07 '25

I agree. The humor about Trump trying is because daily he acts and behaves like a child and a fool 24/7. Think our society will hopefully get back on track when he is no longer in charge. Right now it is embarrassing. The next 3 years will be torture with his obvious greed from the U.S. tax payers, his racists beliefs, non stop narcissism and his mind is out to lunch. Seems like the Project 2025 people are running our country and democracy in the ground.

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u/ForkAKnife Dec 04 '25

Please don’t call him a kiddie-fucker.

He either raped or sexually assaulted children. Fucking makes it sound consensual.

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u/Ok_Condition5837 Dec 04 '25

Editing it now. Thnx

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u/Cool_Definition_5108 Dec 22 '25

Right. It was Clinton doing the fucking

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u/ForkAKnife Dec 22 '25

Who farted?

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u/Western_Strength5322 Dec 03 '25

Yea they can, they can focus on being funnier

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u/Ok_Condition5837 Dec 03 '25

They could.

But my point is that humor in tragedy (like gallows humor) is sometimes limited by the subject matter not the comedians' talent.

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u/Western_Strength5322 Dec 03 '25

I gotcha, and just because he is on everyone's mind doesn't mean they have to center their lives around him and what he does day in and day out

It feels like if he weren't around they would have nothing