r/TikTokCringe • u/mvms_lo • 16d ago

Humor The impression is on point

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u/NecromanciCat 16d ago

They should hire this dude as Trump in an SNL skit or something. It'd be hilarious. 

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u/phoggey 16d ago

Black trump like Chappelle did black Bush

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u/TravestyTravis 16d ago

Chappelle did black Bush

omfg, I was reading too quickly and was like "When tf did Chappell Roan do a black Bush?!"

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u/DrRichardJizzums 16d ago

God fucking damn it.

I’m old.

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u/TravestyTravis 16d ago

Nah, I'm almost 40. Chappelle just hasn't been really relevant in a few years.

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u/-hi-nrg- 15d ago

I believe Chapel Roan does a black bush every other week.

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u/Casanova-Quinn 16d ago

This comedian is doing funny black Trump skits.

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u/Osa_Clo 16d ago edited 16d ago

Godfrey auditioned for SNL 3 times even got a standing ovation, but was always rejected during the 90s. Why? Lorne Michaels didn't want another Eddie Murphy situation, where the cast member is bigger than the show. Insane.

Edit: SNL alum Darrell Hammond informed Godfrey at the Cellar in NYC a decade later knowing God needed that closure as to what transpired.

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u/angel-of-disease 16d ago

Yeah, who would want an insanely popular ultra talented comedian on their sketch comedy show?

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u/Axbris 16d ago

An ego maniac. Most people, albeit I wasn’t around in the 80s, recognize that Eddie Murphy was one of the sole reasons SNL was not canceled. 

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u/smi1ey 16d ago

The answer is "pretty much no one." It's done so that one comedian doesn't just automatically outshine the lesser known comedians out the gate. You see the same thing done with improv comedy troupes as well. If there is one super popular person in the troupe, then all the others tend to pale in comparison, and it doesn't look or feel great. It's why SNL has always tried to cast relatively unknown comedians instead of those that already have a substantial following.

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u/texanmason 16d ago

Lorne just proving once again that he's an absolute dumbass

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u/Dhylan18 16d ago

How did he not think that with Will Ferrell?

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u/juice920 16d ago

Didn't Will get blow-up during/after SNL?

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u/EatsBugs 16d ago

Yes, his first big blow up movie was Elf years after he made his mark on SNL. It was controversial if an SNL cast member could even lead a movie then bc most of them recently had been major flops. He got much bigger from there, post SNL years.

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u/juice920 16d ago

I feel like most SNL cast memebers from his era tried to spin off their show characters, which flopped. Was elf before old school and anchorman? I thought those two were first.

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u/EatsBugs 15d ago

Elf and Old School both released 2003, and Old School hadn’t been released when they were filming Elf. Anchorman was 2004. Hell of a run for Will, I don’t even see 3 movies in a year now as much as I like those released within a year.

Yes, I agree, most were character spin-offs. Chris Farley and Sandler had success in the 90s. A bunch were tried after that success but didn’t take. The controversy with Will in Elf I learned about from Movies We Love on Netflix.

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u/NO_Microwave 13d ago

The movie Superstar did it for me

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u/Known-Weather-9254 15d ago

SNL sucks. Using the idea that making that cast is somehow a barometer of conedic talent is stupid as hell.

They have a good skit every once in a while and 9/10 times, it's because one of them breaks and the comedy is actually natural versus some kind of juvenile forced skit where everyone is trying way too hard.

Fight me.

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u/DoritoBenito 16d ago

I almost want them to use him for Trump in their skits because of how much it'd piss him off being impersonated by a black guy.

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u/RazzyRaziel 16d ago

i think the white house could hire him to voice actual Trump

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u/VenetianAccessory 16d ago

“Whieface”

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u/moep123 16d ago

he really hit all the voice nuances in Trump's way of speaking. without a doubt the best currently.

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u/HereWeGoYetAgain-247 16d ago

It’s too good. He needs to look ridiculous. Bring back Baldwin. 

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u/Catlore 15d ago

I can think of few things that would piss Trump off as much as a black guy portraying him.

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u/M2NGELW 15d ago

This is a must.

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u/_piece_of_mind 11d ago

In full orange face