Black Socks

April 6th, 2014 at 6:04 PM ^

What's next - hispanic construction workers?  The skit didn't bother me but SNL is not what it used to be.

Jobu

April 6th, 2014 at 7:58 PM ^

Yet if they made one about black hockey players I bet Obama and Jesse Jackson would lose their shit.

goblue20111

April 6th, 2014 at 9:57 PM ^

Comedians reguarly make fun of African-Americans.  Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle made their careers off of it. 

BTW you forgot your talking points of Benghazi & ObamaCare.  You could have also included Jeremiah Wright for good measure.  Step your game up.  

Sllepy81

April 6th, 2014 at 8:02 PM ^

maybe its an age thing or where and how you are raised. It wasn't the funniest thing ever but it was alright. Guess growing up in a diverse area in California made me brush off stereotypical but not offensive jokes. I don't find SNL to funny with the casts of recent years but this was a ok sketch.

ST3

April 6th, 2014 at 8:17 PM ^

I thought the part about going to Europe for a few years and returning to the states to become a coach was funny.

ilah17

April 6th, 2014 at 9:26 PM ^

Sorry but that's hilarious!! Poor Spike. They all make funny faces when they're playing :) Is it just me or did they leave out Matt Costello/Kostello? Haha

MGoGrendel

April 6th, 2014 at 9:39 PM ^

all star game spoof? All the really funny names of all the black seniors we laughed at? That was made in jest just as this was. Don't recall a Jesse Jackson protest.

youn2948

April 7th, 2014 at 2:32 PM ^

Moved from the bad part of town(lived in flint detroit previously so I thought it was a good area), to a really white suburb.

Not a single one of the parks has a basketball hoop.  I'm ticked.  Used to play almost daily as the only white guy.   :(  Still got called the N word.  Some of them would tell me to shoot 3's, sterotyped, "You're white so you must be a shooter".

JamieH

April 7th, 2014 at 1:01 AM ^

I think back in 2006 Dave Chapelle covered the Winter Olympics for the Leno Tonight Show  and did a regular bit called "Dave tries to find a black guy at the Olympics".   That was NBC making fun of the fact that there were no black athletes or even spectators at the Winter Olympics, and no one threw a hissy fit over it that I remember.