Talk:List of Saturday Night Live incidents

Parenthetical O'Connor Addition Really Necessary?
Reading this article, one particular addition sticks out like a sore thumb, namely "As of 2016, despite the now well documented thousands of abuse cases proving O'Connor's accusation (although there is no data that indicates that priests commit abuse more often than the general population[17])" Is the parenthetical addition really necessary? It doesn't add anything to the article, or modify the situation in any way except to weakly attempt to mitigate or diffuse any wrongdoing on the part of the church, like this clerical abuse is somehow all right because other people do it too. I cannot help but wonder why anyone would find this a helpful addition to the article. 218.228.247.90 (talk) 23:21, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

January 2015
Updated Actor names as well since this has been forked from main page and now lacks some context. Assuming this page exists in a vacuum, 'Kristen Wiig' makes more sense than 'Wiig' for the initial reference.

Interestingly while reading through this edit, i was trying to figure out some of the phrasing in the Andrew Dice Clay section and did a google search. That turned up this page (http://www.mtv.com/artists/velvet-jones/biography/) which is just a totally lifted copy of the text from this page and is a totally unrelated topic.Td65924 (talk) 16:49, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

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"n-word?"
The article unabashedly spells out every single swear word used on the show, but when it gets to describing Dave Chappelle's appearance, it glaringly uses "n-word" instead. Seems pretty contradictory. Why not "s-word" and "f-word?" 69.34.51.59 (talk) 18:20, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Because only people can have their feelings hurt, not words and cultural norms and values.JohndanR (talk) 23:43, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Charles Grodin under Banned performers
I notice that the entry for Charles Grodin under the 'Banned performers' section does not have any sources. When I looked up the episode, I found some reviews which indicated that Charles seemingly ruining sketches and forgetting the show was live were both intentional. I haven't seen this episode though, so I can't be certain that this was the case, but I did not find any sources stating that he was banned. Unless a reliable source indicating that Charles Grodin was actually banned is found (or maybe something showing that he was actually unprepared and that it was not part of a joke), I advocate for removing this entry entirely from the list. I would do it myself, but I figure leaving some comment about it first would be a better course of action. 2607:FEA8:2ADF:90B0:25C8:3DCB:A011:1CEE (talk) 04:19, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Unbelievable. Anyone who watches five minutes of that show - or who has ever seen Charles Grodin on a talk show - understands that the whole thing was planned. MikeR613 (talk) 03:36, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

pingas
pingas — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.223.176.163 (talk) 05:45, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Domestic violence idiom
The article currently contains the excerpt: purposely breaks a customer's windshield in order to hit on the customer and the changelog indicates this is an idiom. This is confirmed by dictionary.com as being isolated to North America. Visitors from the other 99% of countries in the world will not be aware of its misleading choice of words (and that goes for robot translation too). Dictionary.com recommended the definition of "wife beater" which is apparently an idiom specific to North America describing apparel, despite its deplorable choice of words. Wikipedia articles should not be written using such idioms which promote domestic violence: Articles and other encyclopedic content should be written in a formal tone. Encyclopedic writing has a fairly academic approach, while remaining clear and understandable. Formal tone means that the article should not be written using argot, slang, colloquialisms, doublespeak, legalese, or jargon that is unintelligible to an average reader; (more at WP:TONE). The use of "hit on" is not formal tone; it is not clear, nor understandable. In fact, its meaning has nothing to do with what it says, and what it says promotes violence. It is inappropriate content for an encyclopaedia (and indeed for any prosocial communication in present-day civilisation). Please find some other way of expressing this idiom in an accessible, respectful and academic format. 203.206.27.46 (talk) 07:51, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Try Guys
There is apparently a controversey brewing over the whole Try Guys sketch on the October 8th episode, and I'm wondering if it's notible enough for a section or bullet point here or not. OrlandoApollosFan69 (talk) 16:45, 10 October 2022 (UTC)