SNL’s C-SPAN Bailout Sketch CENSORED!!!!
Monday, October 6th, 2008UPDATE!!!!! It appears that Saturday night’s hysterical SNL C-Span bailout sketch has been unceremoniously deleted from the internet. Or at least someone is trying to delete it. After being uploaded over the weekend, it was removed from both NBC.com and Hulu.com on Monday. In this viral generation, its not as easy as some would like because it had already been downloaded. I have a .wmv of it in case it disappears again.
It was up on youtube Monday for a few hours… until someone had it deleted! Tuesday hulu.com grew a pair and put it back!!!!. But on Wednesday someone cut ‘em off as the sketch has been remove yet again. Then they put it back and its been there for at least a week.
It seems the side-splitting comedy sketch spoofing George Bush., Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, George Soros and Herbert and Marion Sandler is gone from NBC.com AND Hulu.com, which leads me (and a few other bloggers) to wonder where it went… and WHY?
After the FANTASTIC Sarah Palin sketches and now this, I’m starting to wish SNL would stick to political comedy. There is just no comparison between their C-Span Bailout sketch (from Saturdays Season 34 episode 4)… and their non-political fare.
I originally had an embeded version of the SNL sketch here, but NBC has removed it from the web for some reason. Which of course is sparking further debate.
The video may be gone, but thank MichelleMalkin for posting the complete transcript and screenshots.
Why was this sketch deleted? Was it political pressure (there is talk of the Soros connection being enough to make it go away)? Legal paranoia? I could imaging NBC legal having a problem with “people who should be shot” tagline under Herbert and Marion Sandler (who unlike the other interviewees are real people - they profited heavily from the current financial scandal). People have killed for less and I’m sure NBC doesn’t want to hear they gave anyone an idea of bumping off the evil old farts.
Do YOU have a theory as to why it was deleted?
update via HotAir and theUnfocussed
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