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Worthless SNL Bit

There are lots of reasons not to like a comedy bit. But one of the easiest reasons is because it's not funny. But unfunny bits that have the added effect of also being offensive? Terrible combination.br /br /What about an offensive, unfunny bit that also takes place during the farewell message of one of the most talented and clever members of the comedy group? Seems like a triple threat of badness.br /br /But that's what happened with a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/392275_tvsnl16.html"this sketch/a last weekend parodying Governor David Patterson's blindness by making har har jokes about how blind people can't see. Groups for the blind are understandbly upset.br /br /Here's the a href="http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-gov-paterson/881501/"online video/a. I recommend you not waste your time with it, and just lament that the time wasn't filled with an extra a href="http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/The-Schoeners"Noonies sketch/a or something.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on December 18, 2008 (boomark / email).