Saturday Night Live UK spoofs Jeremy Clarkson! 😅

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No-Kiwi-1868@reddit

Can nobody take a joke these days?? Seriously, unless Clarkson himself was hurt by the comments, I don't see why anybody has to feel so offended on behalf of him.

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It baffles me how many people are basically ride or die for Clarkson. He sure knows how to entertain but every single one of his political takes are utter nonsense and he comes across as an absolute bellend at the best of times.

The main reason he bought that farm was as a tax loophole. He would not have got involved if not for that.

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KamakaziDemiGod@reddit

It's baffles me how many people are basically ride or die for Clarkson, and how many people don't understand that he puts on a public persona

He partly bought the farm for the tax aspects (if you had that much money you would too) but he also liked the idea of owning a farm and producing food, which lead to him growing as a person and realising how important farming is, and how difficult it is for farmers.

Demonising him is just as short sighted and inaccurate as idolising him

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No-Kiwi-1868@reddit

It's just that people never realise that Clarkson loves pissing others off, and he loves it even more when others piss him off, it's all intentional and he's the sort of person who can take a good laugh even if you insult his mother (RIP Shirley Clarkson). He's been like this forever, way before Top Gear. In modern terms it's what you call a "ragebait"

That's why I disagree when people compare him with Trump. Clarkson may whine and complain and mock everyone but you don't see him cancel/sue someone every time they get at him, Trump isn't like that. Our Jezza may be a tit, but he means no harm (unless you're Oisin Tymon I guess)

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ErectPotato@reddit

This kind of defence really really confuses me.

“This guy pisses me off”

“Ah well you see what you don’t get is he’s doing it on purpose”

What’s the conclusion here? That I’m mean to like a guy that pisses me off?

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cmerchantii@reddit

You’re missing the key part: you don’t know Jeremy Clarkson enough to be pissed at him, you know a character he plays who is also named Jeremy Clarkson.

Saying Clarkson pisses you off is fine, but it’s not an argument against the guy it’s about the entertainment character he portrays.

The weird parasocial relationship people who love OR hate a tv character is ridiculous either way you slice it. You might as well say “I hate Chandler Bing from friends he pisses me off”, ok fine but you know he’s not a real person right?

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ErectPotato@reddit

I don’t know enough about him? Do I need to go on holiday with him to judge his extremely consistent bad takes on global warming and inheritance tax and general horrible negative attitude to everything? I don’t need to personally know him to make a conclusion about if I don’t like him. If that’s all he’s putting out there. You could use the exact same logic to question whether he has any actual fans because none of them “know enough about him” what secret insight do you possess about him?

its not an argument against him it’s about the character he portrays.

Ok then, weird bit of pedantry in my opinion because I don’t know any other Jeremy Clarkson. It’s not like hating Sacha Baron Cohen because I think he’s Borat. Jeremy Clarkson isn’t some stand up comedian. He’s obviously there for peoples’ entertainment but don’t try and act like he’s some sort of method acting genius.

I don’t have that much experience of Jeselnik but he came across as a proper c*nt when he was on off menu. Sure I might be judging his “character” but I have nothing else to judge him on.

The thing is, I can understand what you’re getting at. If Clarkson was playing up a caricature of a certain type of tax dodging global warming denying millionaire but it his personal life actually made it clear he those aren’t his real view through his actions then fine. But I seem to recall him being pretty publicly pissed off about the farming tax loophole being closed, meanwhile I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop to prove that it’s just some character.

The truth is he isn’t a character, he’s just him. People find him entertaining and a lot of people like him purely for who he is. I don’t think any of his fans pretend like that’s not him, so I don’t see why I should also do that for some reason.

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ErectPotato@reddit

I’m not demonising him, I’m judging him by the things he’s said and done. I agree he does have a public persona, unfortunately that persona is one I take issue with. (I also don’t think that the public persona is that different to his private persona. See: punching manager in the face). So I don’t feel a need to go out of my way to make up a different private version of him that I like.

if you had that much money you would to

As a non-millionaire I think that millionaires shouldn’t be able to use the good faith inheritance tax easements on farms to avoid tax their estate would otherwise pay. If Clarkson wasn’t a millionaire he would also have an issue with this loophole. 🤷🏼 It’s not a great excuse to me and I don’t feel the need to bend over backwards to make excuses for people not only trying to avoid tax but actively protesting their tax loopholes being closed.

Meh him laundering his image with his farming programme and “growing as a person” is just another part of his public persona you want to imply is just fake for the sake of entertainment. You can’t just say “oh he’s only a prick because of his public persona” and then believe that he’s actually a decent guy when that could equally be his public persona. He could just as easily be doing these things and raising awareness whilst also paying his fair share of tax.

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KamakaziDemiGod@reddit

Your judgement appears to be comimg from taking things he says literally, which is not how its intended to be interpreted. Most of what he says is satire and sarcasm, he just doesn't care enough to correct people who don't understand it. This is demonstrated by how you don't know who Oisin Tymon is, he was an assistant on the show, not a manager (TV shows don't even have managers), and that incident had nothing to do with politics, it's because people were hungry and angry (most of the production were) and a dispute that had been going on between Oisin and Jeremy came to a head because of it.

I absolutely agree, millionaires and billionaires shouldn't be allowed to avoid or evade taxes, and having more definitely shouldn't mean paying less. The farm inheritance tax is not directly connected to millionaires, most farms aren't run by wealthy people as clarksons farm demonstrates, and by protesting the change in taxes while he was literally admitting his personal motivation, shows Jeremy was using his position to help the people who need and deserve it even if it meant he would be omitted from that benefit. Pretty much every person who earns a couple hundred thousand a year have a financial advisor and legally avoid tax just as Jezza has, that is not enough to judge him as a person. He has definitely changed during his farm ownership and anyone who cared to actually see him as a person not just a persona should be able to see that

I'm not and didn't say hes not a prick, I was pointing out how your opinion is clearly based on his public persona and misinterpretted facts, which you redemonstrated here. Yeah he could do better, but there's much worse people and problems we should be dealing with before that.

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kernowgringo@reddit

So you're on the "ride" side then.

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Ok_Impact9745@reddit

My opinion is very much the same as James may I think Jeremy is an arsehole but I enjoy his programs. He's a good entertainer.

I also think he's often playing a persona and he exaggerates being an arsehole for engagement.

Yes he bought his farm as part of a tax loophole but he has also raised awareness for British farmers.

Yes people like Jeremy are part of the problem with farming but I also think a lot of farmers problems are self-inflicted too. The vast majority of farmers blindly vote Tory and they voted for brexit despite losing EU subsidies.

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FourEyedTroll@reddit

My opinion is very much the same as James May

I bloody love James for this "interview", it's clear and honest without any PR BS.

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Ok_Impact9745@reddit

His response is absolutely perfect.

I think we all have a Jeremy in our lives. That weird uncle, the colleague or the friend etc who comes out with the most unhinged shit. Any social interaction comes with a warning but you kind of enjoy their company and the chaos.

I used to work with a guy who was a die hard Nigel Farage fan. The guy was absolutely unhinged and had some really fucked up political views. I enjoyed his company because he was actually quite funny. I also enjoyed watching him get decked on a night out for being a racist prick.

It's fine to hold two opposing viewpoints at the same time. People are pretty complex and nuanced and you can like someone for one reason whilst also disliking them for a different reason.

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ErectPotato@reddit

Apologies for making an assumption that might not be accurate but I wouldn’t personally feel safe around a racist bigot. Having to work with people like that every day at a previous job meant I had to actively hide parts of myself from my colleagues for fear of bullying.

So sure one guy in particular was the charismatic “class clown” of the workplace, and often was fun. But if you got on his bad side it was truly awful. I can imagine you were not in the frame when it came to your Farage loving colleague’s hatred and that’s why it’s easier for you to dismiss him as just “another one of those Jeremy Clarkson types” but for others its like “will this guy start a fight with me if I go on the work night out?”

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OcelotInevitable5631@reddit

but you're the bigger flight-risk here

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ErectPotato@reddit

Sorry what do you mean by that?

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OcelotInevitable5631@reddit

of all of us, you're the most likely to go postal.

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Ok_Impact9745@reddit

Yes I'm 100% privileged being a white male that it didn't bother me. I'm willing to acknowledge my privilege.

He wasn't a violent man and he didn't start fights (but he often found himself in them). He was just a cheeky little gobshite. He got knocked out because he was being a racist gobshite and someone (rightly so) took offense to it. Miraculously nobody saw it happen 😉

I think you are right when you say "class clown"

We used to wind him up something rotten. He had a picture of a topless model in his locker and we ripped it out and replaced it with a picture of Dianna Abbott.

I wouldn't be worried about him bullying you. He probably got bullied more by us for being a little right wing moron. He'd been put in his place more often than not.

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OcelotInevitable5631@reddit

have some self-respect, man.

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Azalea_Field@reddit

Have you ever seen a farmer with a small house and a crappy car?

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AmNoSuperSand52@reddit

In total assets farmer are doing better than most. But that’s because their assets are their employment livelihood versus most of us who are paid by someone else

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Ok_Impact9745@reddit

In rural communities the crappiness of your car is directly proportionate to your wealth.

Heaven forbid you spend your money on garish flamboyant cars that's something for the new money and working class chavs. Your 1997 fiat punto is still a perfectly sufficient vehicle.

Then you look and they've got a brand new new-holland or John Deere rig which probably costs more than most supercars.

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No-Kiwi-1868@reddit

And Clarkson himself has stated that he's aware that he's a tit at times, and generally expects no one to take him seriously, like, at all, because he knows that he contradicts himself in his own columns.

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ErectPotato@reddit

Ok but that doesn’t make me like him, and means I understand even less why people like him and defend him. “Hey I might be a dick sometimes but hey I can’t help that for some reason”

It’s almost like he’s asking you to make excuses on his behalf to ignore when he has sincere unpopular views e.g. being a tax dodging climate denier. “Oh he’s doesn’t really mean it he’s just a tit”

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OcelotInevitable5631@reddit

but you're a dick ALL the time, I can tell you don't know how to switch this conformity aspect off.

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Fearless-Dust-2073@reddit

This is a bit of a smokescreen or deflection to protect himself when he comes out with political bollocks that he actually does believe. "If I say something you don't like, I didn't mean it"

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ErectPotato@reddit

Exactly. It’s so pathetic how easily it works

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Redhawk911@reddit

I enjoy Jeremy in TG and TGT other than that he’s a massive cunt who shouldn’t be writing shit in papers.

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BenXL@reddit

I got downvoted for calling out his political takes in another thread, then I had a literal white supremacist arguing with me. smh

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ErectPotato@reddit

Yeah doesn’t surprise me he attracts that type. Clarkson defenders are like “he’s just trolling you by saying opinions I happen to 100% agree with”

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d15p05abl3@reddit

Reminds me of the Stew Lee bit.

Amazing that Clarkson can hold these reactionary views, every week, in a national newspaper to a deadline. For money. Almost as if they aren’t real.

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mad-un@reddit

Even if he was hurt by the comments, it doesn't matter. People need to realise that it's a joke, that's all. Many laughed, even if you didn't, that's a you problem

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OcelotInevitable5631@reddit

"many" lol

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mad-un@reddit

Yes many... You could hear what sounded like a majority laughing in the live audience

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OcelotInevitable5631@reddit

you need to break that habit of pretending to speak for others

reddit users often forget they represent the niche-pariah minority of the internet, there is no world in which you could ever represent a "many" lol

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mad-un@reddit

I don't represent the many, but I heard many laughing. I'm not saying THE many, but many people laughed, of those watching it, many of them laughed.

To stress the point, I don't mean most, or the majority, but many people.

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OcelotInevitable5631@reddit

are you one of those types to fall for background laugh-tracks? be honest

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mad-un@reddit

Yes, especially on live broadcasts.

Are you one of those people that has no ability to laugh at people taking the piss out of people they like?

Lighten up, bozo!

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OcelotInevitable5631@reddit

lol
lmao even

stop trying so hard, performative responses were built to backfire in real interactions.

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mad-un@reddit

You're right... Well done

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Opposite_Radio9388@reddit

People need to realise that it's a joke, that's all.

That's easy to say when it's not aimed at you. I don't like Clarkson at all, but when someone specific is being made fun of, it's generally accepted that their feelings matter. It doesn't become a "them" problem because of some utilitarian notion that as long as most people laugh, it's okay.

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Puzzleheaded-Gap2689@reddit

Get over yourself

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Klakson_95@reddit

Yeah but if you're going to be the sort of person that Clarkson is, you need to be able to take it on the chin

Which I think he usually does tbf

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MrFlow@reddit

Which I think he usually does tbf

Yeah, Clarkson is definitely a good sport about jokes, when that british comedian was a guest on Top Gear, he made fun of Clarkson and he even showed the clip on Top Gear during the SIARC interview.

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Way-twofrequentflyer@reddit

When he got hit in the face with that Pie he said “nice shot”. That’s being a pretty good sport

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RatherNerdy@reddit

Especially Clarkson. Like hoky shit, the guy goes out of his way to piss on folks on the regular.

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humanmanhumanguyman@reddit

His entire public personality is being a bombastic asshole, it's a completely intentional act

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ErectPotato@reddit

And that’s a good thing why?

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OcelotInevitable5631@reddit

because being like you is LEGITIMATELY ten times worse

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Fearless-Dust-2073@reddit

It's entertaining

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Spiritual-Archer118@reddit

The people who complain about ‘woke culture’, ‘cancel culture’ and those who are ‘easily offended’ are always the ones who themselves cannot take a joke and are easily offended…

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geniusgravity@reddit

Agreed, and people should feel the same about every column and talking head he's ever written. They don't. But they should.

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BurtEdits@reddit

I wasn't offended by the insults, I was insulted by how unfunny the whole show is.

Most of the sketches seem to be "what do 2 other people that I know find slightly amusing" and then run with it.

Also they perform with such smugness that it doesn't even feel like comedy.

I enjoy sketch comedy but fuck me this is bad.

Again before anyone jumps down my throat, couldn't give two shits about the content anythings fair game in comedy.

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BaBaFiCo@reddit

You weren't offended 😂

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BurtEdits@reddit

Talking about the whole show you silly cunt.

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DimensionMediocre439@reddit

It's the rule of SNL. Anytime anything from SNL gets posted at least half the comments are about how this isn't funny at all and how bad comedy is these days compared to their childhood. They genuinely go out of their way to tell you how much they don't like SNL.

These comments never show up at other satirical shows, only SNL. I have no idea why that show pisses people of so much. 99% of the jokes are very harmless.

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ian9outof10@reddit

Even if Clarkson was hurt, he doesn’t care when he makes jokes at the expense of others

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Several_Cold_7160@reddit

Cult of Clarkson is wild

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gonzalbo87@reddit

Okay and? Unless you are sharing this because you enjoyed the joke, there is no point to this post. A joke of a joke show made a joke of a joke. Big whoop. And I say that as a huge Clarkson fan and an SNL detractor.

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StephanieMirage@reddit

Probably written by James May

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pinewind108@reddit

They give Clarkson the gentlest treatment possible, lol. There's nothing there to get worked up about.

Starmer, on the other hand, lol! Holy fuck, do they roast him.

https://youtu.be/CCkIVZtDVJs

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Decard_Pain@reddit

They're doing anything and everything they can to try get a little notice, no ones watching and it's likely getting cancelled.

They know clarkson is way bigger than them and might get some people to watch, they won't because the show is horse shit, but that's what they're hoping for.

Also I doubt anyone was offender here, good people and proper British people don't get offended easily

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Unitedthe_gees@reddit

Lmao what the fuck is that comment 😆

Stop chortling on clarksons balls.

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Decard_Pain@reddit

SNL has terrible viewing figures and is getting cancelled.

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Twinkubusz@reddit

It gets massive engagement on social media, which is obviously what they're looking for. It's definitely not getting cancelled, sorry mate

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Decard_Pain@reddit

It will.

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Twinkubusz@reddit

It won't though

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Decard_Pain@reddit

We shall see

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Unitedthe_gees@reddit

That’s some magic ball you’ve there bud.

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Living_Masterpiece80@reddit

Does anyone actually watch this?

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pussy-enthusiast@reddit

Harry enfield did it better

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MLoganImmoto@reddit

My reaction is that it's comedy...whether you find it funny or not is up to you. If anyone else is offended by it other than Clarkson, go outside and touch grass

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WySLatestWit@reddit

I kind of feel like they fail to recognize a good portion of those farmers are on Clarkson's side these days.

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ErectPotato@reddit

On his side for what? Moaning about an inheritance tax loophole being slightly less beneficial to abuse?

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ian9outof10@reddit

Just 2mil now 😭 but only for farmers, for some reason, the rest of us have to pay

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ErectPotato@reddit

Exactly and they don’t even have to pay it all at once, they can pay it over several years IIRC.

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GreenT1979@reddit

Lol you think anybody writing at SNL is even remotely in touch with rural UK?

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Hopeful_chap@reddit

Clarkson duped a load of idiotic farmers to join his cause of not taxing rich people that buy farms as tax breaks. The farmers supporting him are literally the ones left unable to afford to keep doing their jobs because farms are a decent tax avoidance scheme.

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AbsolutelyHorrendous@reddit

Yeah, I really enjoy Clarkson's Farm, but there's a bit in it where he goes on about Kaleb most likely never having the money to buy his own farm, and its like... hmm, I wonder if there's some reason why land prices in the area might have rocketed up, some millionaire buying up vast swathes of the countryside perhaps

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ccReptilelord@reddit

This is SNL UK, not the American show.

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r34changedmylife@reddit

Do you think everyone who lives rurally is a farmer? Plenty of us who work normal jobs and don’t have millions in assets mate

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BaBaFiCo@reddit

OP watches Emmerdale as a documentary

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Redhawk911@reddit

It’s not like Jezza is a working man’s hero. He’s just a rich Tory blabbing about what benefits him.

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Regular-Figure9822@reddit

Or comedy for that matter

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Redhawk911@reddit

It’s SNL who gives a fuck. It’s just jokes.

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ian9outof10@reddit

Honestly seeing that original thread calling it abuse. Are Clarkson and Top Gear fans entirely unaware of the deep fucking irony 🤣

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Stock-Magician1097@reddit

Some of the comments on here, you'd have thought he'd snagged their mums and run off with their daughters 🤣🤣

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Dennyisthepisslord@reddit

*inheritance tax Dodgers with a media profile or millions

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christo08@reddit

Farmers are also gigantic idiots who voted for Brexit against their own benefit.

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inbruges99@reddit

And then got outraged when their EU subsidies stopped

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bad-life-advice@reddit

SNL UK strikes me as an attempt to make a UK SNL for a non-UK audience...

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AndreMeyerPianist@reddit

I think when it's just a screenshot with a caption, it's very easy to label it as "abuse" when in fact it is nothing of the sort. I don't even know about this but I'm sure it's just some kind of parody right?

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PianoMiddle346@reddit

Painfully unfunny

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I-LOVE-TURTLES666@reddit

Sounds bout right

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Volley-Boat@reddit

Sickening amount of licking Clarkson's hoop here, from people who I assume are mainly grown men.

Get a grip 🤣

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Lazy-Strawberry-3401@reddit

Proper wetwipes.

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Volley-Boat@reddit

Fannies, the lot of them

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hattorihanzo5@reddit

The irony being they'd be the first people to accused others of being "easily offended snowflakes"

Jezza's a grown man. He can take it.

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Volley-Boat@reddit

Yeah exactly, just weird behaviour all round. He loves having a pop at people, made a career of it in fact.

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Wonderful_Syllabub85@reddit

I was today years old when I found out there was a SNL UK. Is it as cringey as the American SNL? Can we do anything that didn't originate in the US. Feels like we're becoming Americanised in our viewing.

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BaBaFiCo@reddit

It's okay. Straightforward Saturday night TV. I'd say each episode has 1-2 sketches that are genuinely good. 4-5 that are okay and 2-3 that are pretty shit.

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Fearless-Dust-2073@reddit

Yeah. Everything, eventually, becomes American. Scripted short-form satire in general is very hard to make not-cringey, it's mostly caricature and 'roasting'

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sensitiveCube@reddit

I love British humor because it's usually self spot and mostly not predictable. The Americans don't have this.

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FourEyedTroll@reddit

Is it as cringey as the American SNL?

I've only watched two clips, but can confirm that so far, it is. Honestly, good quality British satire is head and shoulders above the SNL format and content quality, whilst also usually being much more informative (see The News Quiz, Have I Got News For You, Private Eye, amongst others). Idk why anyone though importing SNL was a sensible move.

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RecentRegal@reddit

Yes, it’s new.

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Life_Equivalent_2104@reddit

I never knew UK had a Saturday night live

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WySLatestWit@reddit

The only people watching it are SNL US fans online.

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BaBaFiCo@reddit

It got about 600,000 views for the first episode. I'm not saying it's zeitgeist TV, but your point is just wrong.

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ian9outof10@reddit

Incorrect, I’m watching it and enjoying it. Lot of talent on that show.

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sensitiveCube@reddit

There are not many people I think.

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UsidoreTheLightBlue@reddit

It’s new it’s like 4 episodes in.

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metal_jester@reddit

Comedy should be about people who need to be taken down a peg. Those that qualify are the rich, highly opinionated arseholes among others. Those that don't are marginalised or down trodden people or cultures.

Love Clarkson, but he fits the criteria. He probably thought it was hilarious.

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Phonixrmf@reddit

In other words: comedy punches up, not down

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Charlesdance83@reddit

“The lads” captured the zeitgeist. Middle aged men on council estates in the midlands with St George’s flags love to loudly bray about “the boys!” & “the lads!” & their entirely scripted tv shows. They were always toffs pandering to the lower working classes & it paid off hugely for them

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ian9outof10@reddit

The way people talk about “the trio” god, it makes me want to yack. And I’m a Top Gear and Grand Tour fan, and their work makes me laugh. But for Christ’s sake, the discourse around them is just insane.

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Charlesdance83@reddit

Watch some late 80s Clarkson with his plummy tones and serious dress & that says it all.

He transformed around the early 90s into the “lad” persona which suited the era perfectly. A clever guy but let’s not get carried away with the cult of personality 🤣

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johncmk1996@reddit

Just because we enjoyed Jeremy talking about cars doesn’t mean he isn’t a massive arsehole 🤷‍♂️

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Andries89@reddit

I see conservatives can take a joke well, definitely men who aren't snowflakes...

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CaptainMcSlowly@reddit

Let's see those ratings...

Oh right. They're titanically poor.

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AiHangLo@reddit

Doing OK/good on online views clip views.

Not sure how much that is good or bad thing.

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TheHarkinator@reddit

Something like SNL is no longer really there to dominate the broadcast ratings, they’re basically made to generate content for the internet. There’s a reason they put a huge amount of their own stuff on YouTube right after broadcast.

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killersoda275@reddit

James and Richard have made these jokes several times

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baggister@reddit

Never liked him. Horrible bloke, racist. Never found anything he ever said remotely funny.

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FlipStig1@reddit (OP)

Update: SNL UK posted the clip on their YouTube page. Turns out that sketch served as their cold open!

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Great_Gabel@reddit

I see this SNL thing has crashed and burned hilariously.

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nikhkin@reddit

It hasn't, though. It has been getting a lot of viewers and the clips uploaded to the YouTube channel have been incredibly popular.

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No-Lingonberry-8603@reddit

When did someone taking the piss out of Clarkson become at all notable? The others used to take the piss out of Clarkson on top gear/grand tour. It's basically a national pass time at this point and he gives as good as he gets. He's also a bit of a douche.

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