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'''Saturday Night Live''' (often shortened to just SNL) was an immensely popular sketch-comedy show starting in 1975 on [[NBC]], but as it became more [[politically correct]], it predictably became less funny starting in the 2000s.  SNL's poor attempt to parody [[Sarah Palin]] was widely promoted by the remainder of the [[liberal media]]. Sometimes, SNL does make fun of liberals like Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, but it still attacks conservatives and their views. Indeed, after [[Donald Trump]] won the American presidency, SNL's writers began using staunch liberal actor [[Alec Baldwin]] to unfairly parody Trump whenever humanly possible.  In fact, the episode that aired after the 2016 Presidential Election featured a somber opening with cast member Kate McKinnon, dressed as Hillary Clinton, performing the Leonard Cohen song, Hallelujah, who had died earlier that week.  SNL continues to run weekly from fall to spring each year despite its lack of cultural influence and increase in liberal politicization. Despite this, however, there was at least one skit that actually does attempt to mock liberal values, where a business does mind-reading technology on a dog, Max the Pug, and Max turns out to be a Trump supporter and ends up refuting a whole lot of liberal arguments easily in a very humorous manner.<ref>http://100percentfedup.com/saturday-night-live-mocks-liberals-hilarious-spoof-using-pro-trump-pug-video/</ref>

'''Saturday Night Live''' (often shortened to just SNL) was an immensely popular sketch-comedy show starting in 1975 on [[NBC]], but as it became more [[politically correct]], it predictably became less funny starting in the 2000s.  SNL's poor attempt to parody [[Sarah Palin]] was widely promoted by the remainder of the [[liberal media]]. Rarely SNL did make fun of liberals like [[Barack Obama]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[Joe Biden]], yet, SNL has attacked [[conservative]]s and their views far more. '''After its 50th season, its [[liberal]] producer abruptly fired many performers and writers.'''

 

Indeed, after [[Donald Trump]] won the American presidency, SNL's writers began using staunch liberal actor [[Alec Baldwin]] to unfairly parody Trump whenever humanly possible.  In fact, the episode that aired after the 2016 Presidential Election featured a somber opening with cast member Kate McKinnon, dressed as Hillary Clinton, performing the Leonard Cohen song, Hallelujah, who had died earlier that week.  SNL continues to run weekly from fall to spring each year despite its lack of cultural influence and increase in liberal politicization. Despite this, however, there was at least one skit that actually does attempt to mock liberal values, where a business does mind-reading technology on a dog, Max the Pug, and Max turns out to be a Trump supporter and ends up refuting a whole lot of liberal arguments easily in a very humorous manner.<ref>http://100percentfedup.com/saturday-night-live-mocks-liberals-hilarious-spoof-using-pro-trump-pug-video/</ref>

In the past, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, the show turned some of its minor players into feature film actors including:

In the past, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, the show turned some of its minor players into feature film actors including:

*Mikey Day

*Mikey Day

*Andrew Dismukes

*Andrew Dismukes

*Heidi Gardner

*Marcello Hernandez

*Punkie Johnson

*James Austin Johnson

*'''Colin Jost'''

*'''Colin Jost'''

*Ego Nwodim

*Ashley Padilla

*Kenan Thompson

*Kenan Thompson

*Bowen Yang

*Jane Wickline

'''Featured Players'''

'''Featured Players'''

 

*Marcello Hernandez

*Tommy Brennan

*James Austin Johnson

*Jeremy Culhane

*Molly Kearney

*Ben Marshall

*Michael Longfellow

*Kam Patterson

*Sarah Sherman

*Grace Reiter

*Devon Walker

*Veronika Slowikowska

'''Bold''' denotes Weekend Update anchor.

'''Bold''' denotes Weekend Update anchor.