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Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis

Bill O'Reilly on Saturday Night Live's Legacy and 50th Special

Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis

Bill O'Reilly

News, News Commentary, Politics

3.712K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Saturday Night Live. So a big three and a half hour special, 50th anniversary, and I've got some thoughts.

0:39.0

So Saturday Night Live came on just when I was starting my career.

0:44.8

So I've been 50 years in the journalism business, and SNL has been 50 years in the satire

0:50.6

business.

0:52.2

And I always admired people who could make me laugh, particularly talking

0:59.2

about current events. I think that's so important that satire is such a great talent,

1:08.7

skill. You know, we got to make fun of fun of ourselves sometimes get to overdo it

1:14.7

so in the beginning uh... they're all unbelievable belushi and acroyd and and

1:20.5

gilda radner and uh... garrott morris lorine newman

1:24.9

uh... Chevy chase

1:27.0

chases problematic uh... not a nice guy at all, but skilled.

1:33.5

And it sure just took off. You know the history of it. And then it went up and down, in and out,

1:38.5

up and down, in and out. It got into a lot of trouble when Donald Trump got into politics because it took a very hateful approach toward Donald Trump where it hadn't in the past.

1:52.7

So they mocked Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, the Bushes, even Barack Obama.

1:57.9

They were gentle on Obama.

2:00.3

But it wasn't hateful.

2:03.6

But Trump got hateful.

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