Current Events > Townhall: If Conservatives want to win the culture war, we need our own SNL

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https://townhall.com/columnists/mikelachance/2018/06/07/if-conservatives-want-to-win-the-culture-war-we-need-our-own-saturday-night-live-n2487982

First, dont try to hide what youre doing. Bill the show as the red state alternative to Saturday Night Live and broadcast it on the same night at the same time. Be a direct competitor and follow SNLs format with a regular cast, a celebrity host and a musical guest in front of a live studio audience.

Second, set it in Americas heartland. Omaha, Nebraska would be ideal. And give it a similar name and branding to SNL. Something along the lines of Live from Omaha! Its Another Saturday Night! would work. If lawyers say thats too close to SNL, get creative but make sure viewers know exactly what the show is intended to be.

Third, take advantage of all the comedic opportunities SNL passes over on a weekly basis for purely partisan reasons. Hammer Democratic leaders like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Parody CNN and MSNBC in the same way that SNL delights in making fun of FOX News. Chris Cuomo and Brian Stelter are walking comedy skits just waiting to happen. Have you ever wondered why theyre not an object of ridicule on SNL? There are countless other possibilities SNL regularly neglects which would send conservative Americans into fits of laughter.

Saturday Night Live typically does 21 episodes per season. Here are suggestions for hosts of the first five episodes of its new competitor Live from Omaha!

James Woods

Ann Coulter

Greg Gutfeld

Sarah Palin

Adam Baldwin

Future potential hosts could include Rush Limbaugh, Adam Carolla, Ben Shapiro, Joe Rogan, Michelle Malkin, Nick Searcy, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Jon Voight, Dennis Miller, Angie Harmon, Larry the Cable Guy, Dean Cain, Pat Sajak, Tucker Carlson and Mike Rowe, just to name a few.

How about musical guests? Again, here are your first five episodes:

Kanye West

Trace Adkins

Sammy Hagar

Charlie Daniels

Kid Rock

How about some sketch ideas? Here you go:

Very Deep Thoughts from Joe Biden

Tonight on CNN: Chris Cuomo Says the Darndest Things

A sketch featuring Sarah Palin playing Tina Fey upset about Hillary losing.

The Social Justice Warriors: A group of college undergrads who are trying to advance radical social change but cant get anywhere because theyre constantly at war with each other over pronouns.

Lifestyles of the Rich and Democrat

Mental health tips from Kathy Griffin and Jim Carrey

Bernie Sanders hosts a radio show where he cant explain the historical failures of socialism to a single caller.

There should also be sketches which make fun of liberal comedy heroes like Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee and Trevor Noah. Maybe this could take the place of SNLs Weekend Update. Make these hypocrites the butt of the joke for once and see how they like it.

Please make this show conservatives.

My favorite line not from the above:
Imagine the horror of media and Hollywood elitists the first time Live from Omaha! outpaces Live from New York! in the ratings.
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I feel like "conservative SNL" was already a thing people tried.
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On one hand, I wanna say that responding to pettiness with more pettiness is a bad idea.

On the other hand, it seems that pettiness of that kind is the best way to draw in younger people who actually have no idea what the hell they're supporting or voting for... if one side's doing that, let's at least have both doing it so it cancels out and the adults can be the ones whose votes make the difference again.
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other than the monologue and an alec baldwin impression its just a comedy skit show. jfc republicans so salty.
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spudger posted...

other than the monologue and an alec baldwin impression its just a comedy skit show

a pretty fucking boring one at that

Do young kids even watch SNL?
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Mad TV was far superior to SNL. I haven't watched SNL in over 10 years.
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Lmaoo at Rogan and even Carolla being mixed in with conservatives
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Anteaterking posted...

Very Deep Thoughts from Joe Biden

Tonight on CNN: Chris Cuomo Says the Darndest Things

A sketch featuring Sarah Palin playing Tina Fey upset about Hillary losing.

Joe Biden hasn't been in office for over a year

And the election was almost two years ago

Part of the draw of SNL is its usually current events
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I would like to see this if only for the trainwreck it would be

You know what's not funny? Copying other ideas and trying way too hard to put a political spin on it.

Was dick in a box poltical? Were Alec's Schweddy balls a leftist satire?
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Was dick in a box poltical?

dick in a box is a metaphor for the democratic majority in the house c. 2009
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Sadly conservatives are not funny.
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Doom_Art posted...

Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Was dick in a box poltical?

dick in a box is a metaphor for the democratic majority in the house c. 2009

lol.

Funny party is, the Schweddy one I mentioned (decided to pull it up) is mocking the shit out of NPR.
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I think this overestimate the cultural influence of Saturday Night Live in 2018
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I think it was better when SNL didn't have a partisan lean.

Make fun of both sides equally should be the solution.
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HypnoCoosh posted...

Make fun of both sides equally should be the solution.

Both sides aren't being equally ridiculous though lol
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One of the major problems here is that as much as people try to say that the Dems are the party of elites, this seems to be catered to a very slim set of conservatives. Honestly, how many people in the "heartland" even know or care enough about Brian Stelter to watch sketches mocking him?

Why would people who attend my hometown church get excited to see that list of co-hosts, most of whom I doubt they've even heard of? If you're trying to appeal to young people, why are you putting people like James Woods on your show?
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whats the deal with liberals?

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Anteaterking posted...

If you're trying to appeal to young people, why are you putting people like James Woods on your show?

1. Because they're not trying to appeal to young people.
2. Because he's one of the few celebrities legitimately crazy enough to believe the lies the right constantly pedals and then some.
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Wont work.

Conservatives don't understand comedy, add that to the huge list lol.

I want to see them try. Only because I know it'll end up being awful and I want to watch how salty they'll get when it doesn't work out.
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They do have the right to make a conservative version of SNL but will it get off the ground properly is another story.
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Who are half of the people that were listed
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Doom_Art posted...

HypnoCoosh posted...

Make fun of both sides equally should be the solution.

Both sides aren't being equally ridiculous though lol

You're right. One side is just kinda like "let us keep our values, you can have your own ones but you can't force them on us, not even ones that do kinda make sense to have as a standard, nation-wide thing". The other invents new genders on a daily basis, and calls you a disgusting bigot if you so much as haven't heard of their latest one yet.
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Doom_Art posted...

HypnoCoosh posted...

Make fun of both sides equally should be the solution.

Both sides aren't being equally ridiculous though lol

exactly...i'll never understand the conservative response of "MAKE FUN OF BOTH SIDES!"..they have made fun of people like hillary....the thing is the right tends to act far more outrageous which lends better to comedy, so its easier to make fun of people like Trump....don't want to be made fun of? Elect people who aren't as dumb..
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Also just glancing through that "host" list, I... don't think the guy that plays Larry the Cable Guy is actually conservative. I could be wrong.
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ledbowman posted...

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comedy gold
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Bloodychess posted...

spudger posted...

other than the monologue and an alec baldwin impression its just a comedy skit show

a pretty fucking boring one at that

Do young kids even watch SNL?

idk i stopped after fey and poehler left
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They do know Kayne West is a black rapper from Chicago?
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The only funny thing about a ConservaSNL would be the fact that it exists
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i fully support this idea
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Yup, what we need is another unfunny, garbage political show. SNL fucking sucks, we don't need another show like it.
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One of the many problems with this idea is that they basically can only be reactionary to liberals.
"Hahah 75 genders"
"Climate change? More like it snowed last night!"

Or use tired ass memes lifted from alt righters.

Although getting Sarah Palin to pretend to be Tina Fey would be so unintentionally meta I would lick my screen.

Edit; I also support them trying a black jeopardy skit.
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DarkTransient posted...

Doom_Art posted...

HypnoCoosh posted...

Make fun of both sides equally should be the solution.

Both sides aren't being equally ridiculous though lol

You're right. One side is just kinda like "let us keep our values, you can have your own ones but you can't force them on us, not even ones that do kinda make sense to have as a standard, nation-wide thing". The other invents new genders on a daily basis, and calls you a disgusting bigot if you so much as haven't heard of their latest one yet.

Lol. If you're trying to become another DE, you should try harder not to look fake.

Maybe if conservative humor wasn't racist as fuck and unfunny then it'd work?
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ReD_ToMaTo posted...

Yup, what we need is another unfunny, garbage political show. SNL fucking sucks, we don't need another show like it.

I agree, but what does SNL have to do with the first point?
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Let's have some more conservative "humor":

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Like we need another unfunny (besides the few and far between funny parts) sketch show out there anyway.
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LMAO imagine a conservative SNL with Ann Coulter... making N-word jokes and "jokingly" asking if hispanics count as people. Yeah that will go great (NOT!)

BLAKUboy posted...

Anteaterking posted...

If you're trying to appeal to young people, why are you putting people like James Woods on your show?

1. Because they're not trying to appeal to young people.
2. Because he's one of the few celebrities legitimately crazy enough to believe the lies the right constantly pedals and then some.

Right, but like I'm saying with the other part is that they don't seem to be appealing to your average older conservative either.
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BJ-blazkowics posted...

LMAO imagine a conservative SNL with Ann Coulter... making N-word jokes and "jokingly" asking if hispanics count as people. Yeah that will go great (NOT!)

I just want it to see the trainwreck
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I just love the assumption that they could get Kanye to be one of the inaugural musical guests.
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lmao
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Who even watches TV any more though?

WMWMWMWMWMWMWMW posted...

Who even watches TV any more though?

Watching TV is literally Trump's entire day.
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