That all said, it's often bandied about here that SNL has not been funny since the days of Belushi and variations of that.
Not true.
SNL has been consistently funny for over 40 years, except maybe that early 1980s period when Lorne Michaels was not running the show.
Some people get twisted in a knot over the SNL brand of humor. I'm not one of those. Of course they are going to make fun of Donald Trump. That's what they do. They also did a number on Hillary during the campaign, portraying her as a grasping power-hungry woman desperately trying to win the White House at all costs.
Now they are a bunch of liberals so they probably do pull some punches when it comes to satirizing the Left. I've always wondered why there couldn't be a similar "SNL" type show that comes from the Right. There's a market for that as evidenced by the success of shows like "South Park." I wonder why such a show has never been done. I'd certainly go out of my way to watch it.
I don’t find SNL amusing, either. I had company sat. evening and my company was watching SNL. I put in my ear plugs and watched a movie on the pc. Baldwin’s attitude toward Trump pre-election was reason enough to ignore him on SNL.
Everybody believes they can imitate Trump, because Trump created a winning brand. Just say the word Yuge!
Trump created unique Trump. Nobody else comes close.
I would love to dye my hair Trump orange.