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Related: About this forumConspiracy Theory Rock - A Banned Segment from Saturday Night Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=79&v=z3JLKw0q4kYThe 1998 Robert Smigel animated short film "Conspiracy Theory Rock", part of a March 1998 "TV Funhouse" segment, has been removed from all subsequent airings of the Saturday Night Live episode where it originally appeared. Michaels claimed the edit was done because it "wasn't funny". The film is a scathing critique of corporate media ownership, including NBC's ownership by General Electric/Westinghouse.
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Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)riiiiight
This from a guy who employed Victoria Jackson and Dennis Miller
This was done during a year when NBC executives were meddling with the show extensively. Norm MacDonald was fired by exec Don Olhmeyer for making one too many jokes about his pal OJ around this time. Corporate mandated all kinds of weird stuff for the show around this time, like a giant video wall and Leno-esque monologue for Update, etc.
PatrickforO
(14,556 posts)No, it wasn't funny, but oh-so-true.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,703 posts)had been a taped show.
world wide wally
(21,734 posts)Z_California
(650 posts)WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)No wonder they would be pissed off.
I think it's freakin hilarious!
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)and Freakin TRUE.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)I don't know.. The shot of the peacock trying to hide the bomber was pretty funny. . .
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)lame54
(35,259 posts)Saturday night live would be about 18 minutes each week if it worked like that
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)Don't know how I've never seen this before.