Of course, given this was aired on TV, no actual nudity was shown.
What audience members mainly took issue with regarding this sketch was its persistent reference to genitalia.
The sketch also threw in a joke at the end about Mormonism being completely accurate.
However, many have pointed out thatthe sketch leaned into body shaming as the source of its humor.
I always hated it.
The joke of it is basically, ‘We cant hire you because you’re fat.’
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Youre gonna get that laugh.
But when he stops dancing you have to turn it in his favor.
Theres no turn there.
Theres no comic twist to it.
Its just f**king mean."
For the very reasons Rock voiced, this sketch remains an unpopular and problematic one inSNL’shistory.
In the sketch, Sandler plays a boy in the Boy Scouts, and Baldwin plays the scoutmaster.
To date, this remains one of the most controversial and least liked ofSNL’ssketches.
“To many, this read asSaturday Night Livemaking light of domestic violence.
Brown had also been charged with felony assault for this attack the very year the episode aired.
Brown had also been charged with felony assault for this attack the very year the episode aired.
Unfortunately, the episode ended up being very controversial because of the sketch titled “Danny’s Song.”
In the sketch,Killam played Johnson’s father, who was dropping her off to join ISIS.
There was intense backlash to this sketch, and it remains one of the most controversial even now.
In the sketch, Chase uses a racial slur, immediately making this one ofSNL’smost controversial sketches to date.
Surprisingly, this sketch has a more complicated reception than one might think.
In 2014,Rolling Stonenamed this as one of the bestSNLsketches of all time.
In fact,Rolling Stoneranked it in the top 10 on a list of the top 50 sketches.
Chris Rock has also weighed in on the conversation in the time since.
Jimmys a great guy.
And he didnt mean anything.
A lot of people want to say intention doesnt matter, but it does.
And I dont think Jimmy Fallon intended to hurt me.
And he didnt.”
1Louis C.K.
’s 2015 monologue, during which he joked about child molestation, among other things.
said that it"must be amazing"for pedophiles, given how much they are willing to risk.
This sketch was incredibly controversial and received significant backlash when it first aired.
This was made all the worse when, just a few years later, C.K.
was accused of sexual misconduct and, perThe New York Times, confirmed the accusations were true.
There have been a number of sketches inSNL’slong history that have caused significant controversy.
However, to date, the most controversialSaturday Night Livesketch of them all is arguably Louis C.K.
