I'm Gumby, damn it!
Posted on 04/27/2018 11:08:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
“Saturday Night Live,” you can do it — better.
Comedian Rob Schneider burst out on the scene on "Saturday Night Live" in the 1990s, but nearly three decades later, he thinks the hit NBC comedy series is bursting the punchline when it comes to the Trump White House.
The 54-year-old San Francisco native, who was part of the show's now-legendary cast that included Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Chris Rock, David Spade and Adam Sandler, says the show today is no different in some ways — yet when it comes to politics, they are too obviously "showing their hand" by consistently bashing President Trump and Republicans.
"The fun of 'Saturday Night Live' was always you never knew which way they leaned politically," he told the Daily News. "You kind of assumed they would lean more left and liberal, but now the cat's out of the bag they are completely against Trump, which I think makes it less interesting because you know the direction the piece is going."
Schneider — the star of Netflix's "Real Rob," which is streaming now — compares Alec Baldwin's visceral portrayal of Trump to that of Carvey, who impersonated President George H.W. Bush on the show more than 30 times between 1987 and 2000.
"Carvey played it respectfully," Schneider said. "To me, the genius of Dana Carvey was Dana always had empathy for the people he played, and Alec Baldwin has nothing but a fuming, seething anger toward the person he plays."
Schneider said Baldwin is "hard to watch" as Trump because his political slant is obvious by a quick glimpse at his Twitter account.
"Alec Baldwin is a brilliant actor… he's not a comedian," Schneider flatly shared.
"I don't find his impression to be comical," he added. "Because, like I said, I know the way his politics lean and it spoils any surprise. There's no possible surprise. He so clearly hates the man he's playing."
Politics will be front and center at this year's Emmy Awards as "Weekend Update" hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che will serve as hosts of the annual ceremony on NBC, with "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels at the helm as producer.
A Democrat for most of his life, Schneider recently switched to being an Independent. He confronts a shifting political climate as he regularly performs stand-up, including upcoming gigs in Portland, Ore., Jacksonville, Fla., and Nashville, Tenn. He's also been accompanying his dear old friend Sandler on his comedy tour, which was filmed for an upcoming Netflix special at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, N.J., this week.
He enjoys finding humor in making fun of liberals so they can find the "hypocrisy" in their actions — something Schneider says has become increasingly difficult in today's "PC" culture.
Rob Schneider's daughter, singer Elle King, is engaged
"Literally if you don't go the party line — you're out. There's a real ugliness to it," he explained.
Schneider has had some controversial characters that might not fly in today's more sensitive culture.
In the film "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," Schneider portrayed an Asian priest, which received backlash for the stereotypical accent and nearly-shut eyes. Schneider's grandmother was Filipina and married his grandfather, a white Army private.
Among his other politically incorrect acts were as a Middle Eastern delivery man in "Big Daddy," a Latino townie character — who shouts "You can do it!" — in "The Waterboy" and a stereotypical Native Hawaiian character in "50 First Dates," among others.
Schneider did not reveal if he supports Trump, calling himself a centrist. But he thinks the Trump-bashing is counterproductive — and could undermine the President's success.
"Nothing good can come from making Trump nervous," Schneider continued. "It's like asking Bill Cosby to top off your drink."
The now-President was one of Schneider's co-stars in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," in which Schneider played a smarmy hotel bellman and Trump — whose Plaza Hotel was a key setting for the movie — made a cameo as himself.
Schneider hadn't told "SNL" he was filming the flick and figured he could manage shooting the movie during the day and being on the late-night show hours later. But the filming dragged on.
"I didn't sleep for two weeks," Schneider recalled.
"[Trump] was nice enough to give me a room. He gave me a room for free, so I could sleep between shots," Schneider said. "He was very generous and nice and has been nice every time I saw him. He told me hated me, but he was kind of joking because I made fun of him."
Schneider doesn't agree with Trump particularly about immigrants. The actor's wife hails from Mexico City and the couple shares a daughter, who speaks both Spanish and English.
In June 2015, Schneider tweeted at Trump that his daughter's only "problem" was that she could speak two languages before the age of three.
"I make fun of the Republicans too," he told The News. "I think attacking immigrants is ignorant. Immigrants are what make America great."
The second season of Schneider's Netflix series "Real Rob" stars his real-life wife Patricia Azarcoya and their 5-year-old daughter, Miranda.
Schneider said the future of entertainment is narcissism, so why not do the most "real" thing he could think of by pulling stories from his actual life.
"Everybody posts everything that they do. I think that the future of it is for the audience to figure what's real, what's not real and to differentiate between the two. And I think the closer you can get to the bone I think the more interesting it is," he explained. "I mean, the Kardashian show is a gigantic hit, but there's fabrications there. They are still creating stuff."
Schneider is no Kardashian — and he said his show exhibits the most horrible behavior, because that's what is funny. His wife and assistant Jamie Lissow write most of the episodes and he goes back to rewrite them "and of course make it way better," he joked.
While "Real Rob" is about, well, the real Rob Schneider, the pitfalls of fame — and diminishing fame. The actor can still vividly recall the days before he was famous and later when he was at the height of his game.
He thought back to a time when Chris Farley was a nobody and they were just unknown funny men waiting on a big break from "SNL" honcho Michaels.
Nearly 28 years ago, Schneider was checking into a hotel in Manhattan just steps away from 30 Rock and heard a booming voice that would later become legendary.
He had never seen Farley before — it was before social media after all — and only heard that they would be joining the cast together.
"I just assumed it was going to be dinner. I didn't realize 11 shots of tequila later he was going to be standing on the table with his shirt off," he said. "And he wasn't a famous naked fat guy, he was just a not famous fat naked guy dancing on a table."
"Even though it was ridiculous and embarrassing and I never went back to the restaurant, it was still hilarious," Schneider recalled. "He just had a way of doing things. Most people would be horrified, to me I was dying laughing."
Farley died in 1997 at the young age of 33. His "SNL" co-stars like Schneider, Sandler, Rock and Spade went on to star in a number of blockbusters, including the best friend reunion trip "Grown Ups."
"Real Rob" Season 2, which Schneider called the "most creatively rewarding experience" of his career, is streaming on Netflix, with a Season 3 already in the works.
SNL was always too trashy, conceited and demeaning of people for me.
[[Immigrants are what make America great.”]]
Most LEGAL immigrants, yes- illegals o nthe other hand?
Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants
http://www.usillegalaliens.com/impacts_of_illegal_immigration_crime_summary.html
In recent Testimony of District Attorney John M. Morganelli before the House Subcommittee on immigration, Border, Security and Claims he stated:
“Unfortunately, the majority of illegal aliens who are here are engaged in criminal activity. Identity theft, use of fraudulent social security numbers and green cards, tax evasion, driving without licenses represent some of the crimes that are engaged in by the majority of illegal aliens on a daily basis merely to maintain and hide their illegal status.
In addition, violent crime and drug distribution and possession is also prevalent among illegal aliens. Over 25% of today’s federal prison population are illegal aliens. In some areas of the country, 12% of felonies, 25% of burglaries and 34% of thefts are committed by illegal aliens.”
•In Los Angeles, 95% of some 1,500 outstanding warrants for homicides are for illegal aliens. About 67% of the 17,000 outstanding fugitive felony warrants are for illegal aliens.
•There are currently over 400,000 unaccounted for illegal alien criminals with outstanding deportation orders. At least one fourth of these are hard core criminals.
•80,000 to 100,000 illegal aliens who have been convicted of serious crimes are walking the streets. Based on studies they will commit an average of 13 serious crimes per perpetrator.
•Illegal aliens are involved in criminal activities at a rate that is 2-5 times their representative proportion of the population.
•In 1980, our Federal and state facilities held fewer than 9,000 criminal aliens but at the end of 2003, approximately 267,000 illegal aliens were incarcerated in U.S. correctional facilities at a cost of about $6.8 billion per year.
•At least 4.5 million pounds of cocaine with a street value of at least $72 billion is smuggled across the southern border every year. ..
•56% of illegal aliens charged with a reentry offense had previously been convicted on at least 5 prior occasions.
•Illegal aliens charged with unlawful reentry had the most extensive criminal histories. 90% had been previously arrested. Of those with a prior arrest, 50% had been arrested for violent or drug-related felonies.
•Illegal aliens commit between 700,000 to 1,289,000 or more crimes per year.
•Illegal aliens commit at least 2,158 murders each year – a number that represents three times greater participation than their proportion of the population.
•Illegal alien sexual predators commit an estimated 130,909 sexual crimes each year.
•There may be as many as 240,000 illegal alien sex offenders circulating throughout America. Based on studies, they will commit an average of 8 sex crimes per perpetrator before being caught.
•Nearly 63% of illegal alien sex offenders had been deported on another offense prior to committing the sex crime.
•Only 2% of the illegal alien sex offenders in one study had no history of criminal behavior, beyond crossing the border illegally.
•In Operation Predator, ICE arrested and deported 6,085 illegal alien pedophiles. Some studies suggest each pedophile molests average of 148 children. If so, that could be as many as 900,580 victims.
•Nobody knows how big the Sex Slave problem is but it is enormous.
•The very brutal MS-13 gang has over 15,000 members and associates in at least 115 different cliques in 33 states.
•The overall financial impact of illegal alien crimes is estimated at between $14.4 and $81 billion or more per year. Factor in the crime as a result of the cocaine and other drugs being smuggled in and the number may reach $150 billion per year.
Where does Rubio come off berating Trump for citing FACTS?
[[Congressman Steve King (R-IA) estimates that illegal alien drunk drivers kill 13 Americans every day — that’s a death toll of 4,745 per year.[4]
The 23 percent criminal traffic offenders figure is only part of the overall picture. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, another 23 percent, more than 43,000 illegal aliens, were convicted of drug offenses. The violent crime category of assault, robbery, sexual assault, and family offenses comes to 12 percent. The non-violent crime grouping of larceny, fraud, and burglary totaled seven percent, and on the list goes — equaling 100 percent of illegal aliens who have been through the criminal justice system and inflicted thousands to millions in cost per alien on the system, for issues having nothing to do with their illegal entry into the country]]
http://www.constitutionparty.com/illegal-alien-crime-and-violence-by-the-numbers-were-all-victims/
Whatever.
I took it as a joke.
And if people are so damned uptight that they can’t appreciate a joke at their, or their heroes’ expense, then the world is a lot worse off than I thought it was.
Illegal immigration ffs.
The Costs Of Illegal Immigration
It is estimated that illegal immigrants cost this country somewhere between $400 Billion dollars and $600 Billion Dollars Every Single Year
DARK SIDE of ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION YEARLY COSTS
45,008 illegal aliens from countries on the U.S. list of state-sponsors of terror or from countries that protected terrorist organizations and their members were released into the general public between 2001 and 2005 despite the fact that DHS couldn’t confirm their identity. Ultimate costs are unknown. Remember 9/11? ?
The Border Patrol arrested 39,215 “other-than-Mexicans,” along the Southwest border. In 2004, the number jumped to 65,814. DHS admits they only catch an estimated 1/3 of the border crossers. Ultimate collateral damage costs of the ones not caught are unknown. ?
Some sources say that bin Laden purchased several suitcase nukes from the Chechen rebels in 1996. Allegedly several of these weapons have been forward deployed to the US in preparation for al Qaeda’s next attack on American soil. Ultimate costs are unknown. ?
According to two trainers at an anti-terrorism conference, preparations are well underway in Islamic terrorist camps for attacks on American schools that will bring “rivers of blood and staggering body counts.” Ultimate costs are unknown. ?
Illegal aliens are enormously involved identity fraud. Costs are unknown. ?
Illegal aliens are involved in a plethora of other criminal activities including such crimes involving methamphetamine, cocaine, home invasion, auto insurance fraud, life insurance fraud, food stamp fraud, mortgage fraud, auto theft, drug trafficking, prostitution, and counterfeiting documents. Costs are unknown. ?
At the end of 2003, approximately 267,000 illegal aliens were incarcerated in U.S. correctional facilities. $6.8B
Mac Johnson estimates that illegal aliens murder between 1,806 and 2,510 people in the U.S. annually, an average of 2,158 murders. (Representative King states illegal aliens are responsible for 4,380 murders) $8.4 B
According to FBI Estimates on Number of Arrests in 2005 in the United States and applying a straight 5% of population representation, illegal aliens would have committed 704,709 crimes in 2005. Based on an average of $25,000 per crime, the costs would be $17.6 billion. Some estimates have their involvement much higher. $17.6B
Based on a GAO report of 55,322 illegal aliens incarcerated in federal, state, and local facilities during 2003 and extrapolating the average number of offenses out across all 267,000 incarcerated illegal alien criminals results in some 1,288,619 crimes! Based on an average of $25,000 per crime, the costs would be $32.2 billion. Another estimated 240,000 criminal illegal aliens are not incarcerated. $32.2B
Professor David Anderson reports that the net annual burdened costs of crime, in 2006 dollars that would be $1.62 TRILLION. A 5% illegal alien participation would be $81 BILLION. Some studies indicate the participation of illegal aliens is much higher than representation. $81B
80,000 to 100,000 illegal aliens who have been convicted of serious crimes still walk the streets. As previously noted, based on studies, those illegal alien criminal will commit 13 offenses each. Total costs are unknown. ?
An estimated 2,258,550 pounds of cocaine made it through the southern border with an estimated street value conservatively estimated $72.2 BILLION. Resulting costs of the associated crime is unknown. Assume 50% is paid for through crime. $36.1B
There are currently over 400,000 unaccounted for illegal alien criminals with outstanding deportation orders. Those are just the ones apprehended. At least one fourth of these are hard core criminals. Resulting costs are unknown. ?
Researcher Deborah Schurman-Kauflin Ph.D. of the Violent Crimes Institute, reports that the illegal alien population includes 240,000 sex offenders – a “conservative estimate.” Based on studies, they will commit 130,909 sex crimes annually. Using $50,000 as the average total economic impact, resulting costs are: $6.5B
63% of the sexual crimes, 82,473 victims, were committed by previously deported perverts who returned to commit the crime. Using $50,000 as the average total economic impact, this would be $4.1 BILLION - more than the cost of a proper border fence along the southern border. . $4.1B
Operation Predator resulted in 6,085 child predator arrests. Some pedophile statistics report that each pedophile molests average of 148 children. If so, that could be as many as 900,580 victims. Resulting costs are unknown. ?
Gangs Or Us estimates that MS-13 has over 15,000 members and associates in at least 115 different cliques in 33 states, and these numbers are continually increasing. .Resulting costs are unknown. ?
In one report, mostly illegal alien Hispanics were involved in 25% of the fatal traffic accidents, an astounding 5 times as much participation as representation. In those accidents, 75% of the drivers had no auto insurance, nearly all of the vehicles driven by migrants were registered to other drivers, and 93% of the vehicles had false out-of-state tags. Resulting costs are unknown. ?
Illegal aliens are often involved in DWIs at a rate that is 3-6 times greater than their representation in the population. Resulting costs are unknown. ?
At a 5% representation, illegal aliens are responsible for 844 alcohol related fatalities. Data suggests their participation is actually far higher. (Rep.King states that illegal aliens were responsible for 4,745 alcohol related fatalities. If so, that would 5.6 times as many deaths as representation.) Resulting costs are unknown. ?
Based on NHTSA data and a 5% participation rate, illegal are responsible for 309,050 accidents, 2,132 deaths, 139,400 injuries, and a cost of $11.5 billion. Data suggest their involvement is much higher, maybe 3-5 times higher. $11.5B
Half of all children born to Hispanic Americans in 2002 were illegitimate, twice the rate for American whites and 42 percent higher than the overall American rate. Rates are suspected of being even higher for Hispanic illegal aliens. Resulting costs are unknown. ?
There are an estimated 5.1 million ESL students in the USA. If 90% of the ESL students are children of illegal aliens then the education costs for children of illegal aliens is about $34.5 billion per year. $34.5B
Many illegal aliens are carrying horrific third world diseases. In the 40 years prior to 2002, there were only 900 total cases of leprosy in the US. In the following three years there have been 9,000 cases. TB is epidemic in many illegal alien communities and a new Multiple-Drug-Resistant (MDR) TB is spreading. Each person infected with TB will infect 10 others. Treating a single case of MDR TB costs between $250,000 and $1,200,000 per person. Resulting costs are unknown. ?
Between March 2000 and March 2005, only 9 percent of the net increase in jobs for adults went to people born in the US but natives accounted for 61 percent of the net increase in the overall size of the 18- to 64-year-old population. The jobs were taken mostly by illegal aliens, displacing native born Americans. Resulting costs are unknown. ?
The National Academy of Science reported that from 1980 to 1995 there was a 44% of the decline in the real wages of high school dropouts as a result of immigration. This affects Black and Hispanics Americans the greatest and is a great contributor to the high unemployment rate in this segment of the population. Resulting costs are unknown. ?
Harvard Professor George Borjas has reported that illegal aliens displaced American workers at a cost in excess of $133 billion dollars in 2005. $133B
The Wall Street investment firm Bear Stearns states we are losing $35 billion a year in income tax collections from jobs that are now off the books. $35B
National Academy of Sciences study estimated that immigration’s net benefit to the American economy is only $10 billion. This item is included to illustrate one of the very few real economic benefits of tolerating illegal aliens. Most of the other benefits of illegal aliens “doing the work that Americans won’t” at lower wages goes into the pockets of their employers. -$10B
A Rice University study calculated that in 2006 the net annual cost of legal and illegal immigration will add up to $108 billion. Illegal immigration is about half the total. $54B
The population of the USA recently crossed the 300,000,000. At the present growth rate, it will hit 400 million as early as 2029 and about 500 million in 2050. And if things don’t change real fast, maybe even a Billion by 2075. Additional infrastructure costs will be in the TRILLIONS. ?
Immigration will account for 96 percent of the future increase in the school-age population over the next 50 years. Cost to the infrastructure is unknown. ?
A recent report notes that illegals sent and estimated $45 Billion south in 2006, which was up from an estimated $30 Billion in 2004. That money leaving the economy does not produce secondary jobs here.
Using a 2:1 money multiplier, that is $90 billion removed from the American economy. $90B
A Census Bureau study estimates that households headed by illegal aliens used $10 billion more in government services than they paid in taxes in 2002. These figures are only for the federal government; costs at the state and local level are also significant. The study also finds that if illegal aliens were given amnesty, the fiscal deficit at the federal level would grow by nearly $29 billion. $10-29B
Jonathan Weisman of the Washington Post states “The Senates embattled immigration bill would raise government spending by as much as $126 billion over the next decade, $12.6B
While some of the costs summarized above are subsets, e.g. cost of the murders as part of the cost of crime, as you can see the economic costs of tolerating illegal immigration is quite considerable. You are paying for it in terms of higher taxes, insurance premiums, et cetera. Some estimates place the net costs of each illegal alien in the country at $50,000 – $100,000. (FYI: 12,000,000 X $50,000 = $600,000,000,000) When the all the indirect costs are factored in, it is probably even higher. In any case, it is a cost that YOU are paying for.
Even saving ten cents on a head of lettuce, how much lettuce would that buy?
Regardless,
What price do you put on each American who has been molested, raped, killed, or murdered by an illegal alien?
http://www.usillegalaliens.com/the_costs_of_illegal_immigration.html
I haven’t really been a fan or watched it since the original cast. I did catch a few of the episodes of the Chris Farley cast. They were not bad, but that was the last of the really funny stuff.
I liked Eddy Murphy’s spoof on Mr. Rodgers.
illegal immigrants cost this country between $400 BILLION DOLLARS and $600 BILLION DOLLARS every single year (and note, these were figures from years ago by respected analysts who studied the problem of illegals and the costs they wrack up)
I’d say a one time fee of $25 billion for the wall is a no brainer common sense solution to illegals siphoning money from this country
Apparently we can find all kinds of money to pay for illegals, but for our seniors and disabled? Yeah, not so much-
And the thing is you now look back at those skits from them, and very few of them are really funny, too.
Now, the characters they came up with, were funny. But snl already had a rep of leading with the best stuff first, then the last 1/2-2/3 of the show not being so good.
I'm Gumby, damn it!
I am seeing a bunch of Commercials for Democrat Candidates trying to steal a Republican House Seat in Orange County, CA.
One of them is a Stem Cell Scientist. After he goes on about using Science to make decisions (whatever that means)and pushing Medicare for all, he states President Trump is “dangerous”. Not Trump’s Agenda, not Trump’s Policies, just slandering POTUS Trump to get his Liberal followers riled up with their Trump hate...
I would assume he would love Rob’s “joke”. I don’t see it that way, especially since Rob apparently supports Open Borders simply because his Wife was born in Mexico City.
Maybe it would be taken as a Joke if Democrats weren’t doing everything they can do to destroy POTUS Trump.
I don’t see Rob as some kind of advocate for Trump. He feeds into Liberal insanity while commenting about what he thinks is funny. I personally have never enjoyed his humor.
IN SO DOING, THEY MADE AMERICA GREAT.
(”I think attacking immigrants is ignorant.”)
Except that’s not what Trump does. He attacks ILLEGAL immigration. Man, even Trump’s allies have been brainwashed by the media!
We don't attack immigrants. We attack illegal, criminal invaders. Hell, I'm surrounded by immigrants and descendants of immigrants, and am a descendant of immigrants, both early 1900s and middle 1600s. What we want is people who want to be here and make this country and their own lives better. What we don't want is criminal elements here to make America and the lives of Americans and legal immigrants worse.
That was a class A comedy line! Agree.
I LOLed at that one too! See thats a FUNNY joke. I bet Trump himself would LOL at that one too.
Relax. It was a joke.
Kind of glad to hear this about Rob. I know he is still a Liberal at heart, but I started watching his Netflix show a few weeks ago and it is hilarious. I didn’t realize that his beleaguered assistant Jamie on the show is one the show’s head writers along with Rob’s wife.
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