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SNL Banned This “Media-Conspiracy Theory Rock” Segment In 1998

Splitsider calls our attention to this never-before-seen clip that was created to run on an episode of “Saturday Night Live” in 1998. It’s an episode of “TV Funhouse,” the popular Robert Smigel cartoon, that happens to crap all over the likes of Fox, ABC, Time Warner, CBS, and — uh oh — General Electric through a song called “Media-opoly.” No wonder it never saw the light of day.

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    • Brendan K. a year ago

      For the record, Robert Smigel has been said to remark it didn’t re-air because it just wasn’t funny, not because it was “banned” or “controversial”. Notice how almost nobody laughs until the “please stand by” joke at the end.
      It’s pretty common for SNL to cut out skits for syndication. It’s an hour and a half when it first airs, but is cut down to an hour for most re-airings.

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    • curtisk2 a year ago

      Just because this didn’t air doesn’t mean it was “banned”. That’s a really harsh word. Skits get cut every week after dress rehearsal and it is just as likely, or more likely that was what sealed the fate of this unaired clip.

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    • MrAwesome a year ago

      This clip has been around for awhile and it definitely did air on the first run of the episode it was made for, just never in the reruns.

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