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WATCH: John Galliano Spoofed On Saturday Night Live

by Justin Fenner | 9:35 am, March 7th, 2011

Is there a better barometer of what’s happening in world culture than the cold open of Saturday Night Live? This weekend’s open lambasted the much-reviled Charlie Sheen, played by Bill Hader, hosting a talk show called Duh, Winning! Sheen/Hader’s guests were none other than fictional versions of Muammar Gaddafi, Lindsay Lohan and ousted Dior designer John Galliano. (Fake Christina Aguilera played the show’s band leader. Think of that what you will.)

While it’s a clever idea, you know, to put infamous people in human effigy on a stage together and make fun of the horrible things they’ve said or done, we didn’t really find any of this funny. The glorification of Charlie Sheen is really starting to get old (the dude shot a woman and more or less got away with it), and the Galliano bit rings false. Sheen and Lohan might not see any problems with the way they live their lives, but Galliano’s apology statement
(and pledge to get help) sort of indicates to us that he realizes what he said is wrong. Not so with the others — and especially not with Gaddafi, who’s currently hard at work administrating a destabilizing civil war in Libya.

We think it’s just a touch too soon. But what do you think?


Duh! Winning Cold Open – Saturday Night Live [Hulu]



  • Veronica

    SNL is about as funny as cancer.

  • Anonymous

    OK, to be honest! This is funny. If we can’t laugh at our “problems” we’re not USA.

  • http://twitter.com/CAMartinsky Christine Martinsky

    as usual, not funny…at all.

  • TommyKnockerz

    I find it funny that all you people want to watch these people ‘melt down’ but when someone pokes fun at these idiots, you get all butt hurt about it. As for Gaddafi, they’re making fun of HIM and not of the situation and we have every right to make fun of that idiot. In other words, you don’t mind the media covering these fools while they self destruct as long as nobody makes fun of them. Is that the case??? Hypocrites!!!!

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