Could These Skits Save ‘Saturday Night Live’ from Itself?
Hard-left show returns Oct. 4, and with it (likely) more anti-Trump comedy
“Saturday Night Live” is about to go where every comic institution has gone over the past decade.
Mission? Take down President Donald Trump.
Now, NBC’s aging sketch show should mock the president du jour. That’s what political satire is all about. Except the once-great show refused to do so during President Barack Obama’s two terms in office.
Or, as the comedian tasked with playing Obama on the series said, they “gave up on the Obama thing.”
Heck, the show literally serenaded Obama following his White House exit. Later, the show’s crack writing team begged for his return to politics.
Later, when faced with a dementia-addled president propped up by his party and corrupt reporters, “SNL” stood down. The show also refused to torch Vice President Kamala Harris, going so far as to invite her on the show weeks before election day to help seal the deal for her.
(How did that work out again?)
It doesn’t have to be this way.
“SNL” fans are legion, and many have the warmest memories of the show’s rich past. Some long for the days of unpredictable sketches and political smart bombs that skewered both sides. Sometimes the show caught everyone flatfooted, like this rebel sketch showing a very different side to President Ronald Reagan.
Now, we know all the anticipated targets. The only question remaining? The exact verbiage used to attack the show’s ideological foes.
What if Oct. 4’s season debut, featuring rabid anti-Trump musician Bad Bunny as host, did the unexpected? Imagine if the show’s writers turned to these outside-the-box sketch ideas to bring “SNL” back to its bipartisan roots?
The Legacy Media would howl in protest. Yet fans who gave up on the show years ago for its unrelenting bias, might consider revisiting the show once more.
It’s worthy a try.
Code-Switch Crockett: Representative Jasmine Crockett of Texas is the ultimate pander-queen. The fiery Democrat once spoke eloquently, phrasing that matched her expansive college background. More recently, she’s changed her speaking patterns … dramatically, often depending upon the audience in question.
You never know which Crockett will show up on a given day.
Pro-Crime Democrats: The show could take a page from CNN’s “fiery but mostly peaceful” meme and showcase Democratic mayors insisting their cities aren’t havens for repeat offenders. Imagine a press conference featuring Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson powering through a speech while thieves ransack every part of the stage save his podium and mic.
All the while he stares ahead, insisting his city doesn’t have a serious crime problem.
Cryin’ Jimmy: The host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” turns out the waterworks more than most former “Man Show” hosts. Kimmel sobbed on the first episode following President Donald Trump’s defeat of Harris last November. He cried again days ago upon his return from a one-week suspension.
The comic possibilities here are endless, assuming anyone on the “SNL” writers’ staff is open to the possibilities.
Trans Athletes: “South Park” beat “SNL” to the punch some time ago, but imagine a sketch skewering the notion that trans female athletes should be allowed to compete against biological women. The public has long since turned against this cruel reality, so “SNL” would have an 80/20 sketch on its hands.
Drunken Kamala: Harris hasn’t ruled out another presidential run, but after her calamitous 2020 campaign and last year’s torturous run it’s clear her political future is in ruins. So “SNL” can safely bring up what everyone is talking about these days.
Is Harris drunk or just inept? We’re all thinking it.
Kamala Announces She Will Step Away From Politics To Spend More Time With Vodka https://t.co/PFdtcRRBCK pic.twitter.com/6ekIijWzMd
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 30, 2025
The sketch in question wouldn’t even suggest Harris is a serial day drinker. It could tip-toe around the issue, which would make it even funnier…
Sadly, expect “SNL” to studiously avoid all of the above. There’s a better chance faux free speech hero Jimmy Kimmel will pop up to rapturous cheers from the New York audience.
And, staying on brand, he won’t make us laugh.
Would be great but they aren’t allowed to do anything but pander to the left. They’d rather be cancelled then consider anything else. Hollywood seems fine with destroying themselves if it means attacking the right.
In a few years all we will have is AI YouTube movies made by guys in their basements. And will probably be better written, better acted, & better production values then today’s fair. And made for next to nothing.