I yearn for the days SNL and comedians were not political hacks in disguise.

[Dill]

(03-26-2024, 12:12 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Side note, hasn't Trump floated the idea out there that people who make fun of him when he's president should face consequences?  I can only assume late night shows in North Korea and Russia aren't making fun of Kim Jong whatever and Putin.  Maybe the late night folks are getting their jabs in while they still can.  Maybe if Jimmy Kimmel laced into Biden ol Ice Cream Joe would start tossing the idea out there that Jimmy Kimmel should fall out of a window.

In the '90s, Russia had a great comedy show based on puppets, called Kukli, which did make fun of Putin and all politicians. About month after Putin came to power the oligarch who owned the tv channel which produced it was arrested and forced to sell his media assets and leave Russia. End of Kukli.


I used to watch the show on late night tv in the U.S. It was hilarious.