I stopped watching SNL years ago, but this one skit had me rolling on the floor. Some very sharp satire, beautifully played by Hammond and Thompson. I learned this isn't the first time they've done the Jackson/Sharpton thing. Went to YouTube to watch more. Yes, it's comedy, and it pokes fun at hypocrisy. Some will call it offensive. I call it brilliant. And we don't see much of that on MSM television.

Sadly, this one has been pulled from YouTube. So the censorship continues.

...*hangs head in disgust*

Now posted at www.safecruise.blogspot.com

NBC Fires Imus for Bad Joke But Will They Cancel Royal Caribbean Ads because of Threat Aimed at Sexual Assault Victim Who Testified before Congress
NBC News dropped Don Imus yesterday, canceling his talk show on its MSNBC cable news channel a week after Mr. Imus made a racially disparaging remark about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/business/media/12dismiss.html?ref=sports
By BILL CARTER and LOUISE STORYPublished: April 12, 2007We agree that the comment made by Imus was atrocious and unacceptable. If NBC has the balls to fire Imus, then they should also refuse to run advertising from media or record companies that make a profit from the sale of degrading comedy and music albums and CD's. Will NBC refuse to run ads for "Girls Gone Wild" which is Immensely more degrading? They should also refuse to run advertising for the Cruise Lines who actually do harm to people.
This is based in part on evidence submitted during the hearing entitled: "Crimes Against Americans on Cruise Ships," held by the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/Testimony.aspx?TID=599
They tried to prevent a sexual assault victim from testifying before Congress and were a party to a threat made against her. http://safecruise.blogspot.com/2007/03/speaking-with-enemy-royal-caribbean.html http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicsasusual/2007/03/nightmare_on_th.html
There have been no convictions of sexual predators on cruise ships for the last four decades. http://safecruise.blogspot.com/2007/04/perfect-recor-not-one-single-conviction.html
They have understated the number of sexual assaults. http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/147483.html
Their crewmembers work under sweatshop conditions. http://www.waronwant.org/?lid=2900 Safe Cruise: Florida Today Exposes Carnival "Sweat Ships": The Under Belly of the Cruise Ship Industry
Corporate fees paid to Liberia by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines helped finance the armies of Charles Taylor, one of the worst war criminals in history. http://safecruise.blogspot.com/2006/04/did-royal-caribbean-and-celebrity.html
Please listen to the compelling interview on public radio with Laurie Dishman. She is a sexual assault victim who testified on 3/27/07 during the hearing entitled: "Crimes Against Americans on Cruise Ships," held by the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
http://www.capradio.org/programs/insight/default.aspx?showid=3136&programid=
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines RCCL were so desperate that they tried to bar her from testifying and also agreed that they would like to "nail this woman and her support group the www.internationalcruisevictims.org "
See the series of RCCL emails at the end of her written testimony at
http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/Testimony.aspx?TID=599
This is an important human-interest story that would be a helpful investigative report. We are also contacting Chris Hansen of "To catch a Predator" and Mira Sorvino to get involved. Ms. Sorvino is in a unique position to get the Cruise Lines to cooperate in prosecuting sexual predators. She is the godmother of Carnival's "Liberty" Cruise Ship and a spokesperson for www.rainn.org
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization

Darrell Hammond doing Jesse Jackson in complete makeup is no different then Billy Crystal's impression of Sammy Davis Jr. in complete makeup twenty some years ago. It just completes the illusion.

Isn't black face when the actors painted their face black (really black) and their lips white and sang... in the 1940s?

Impersonations sometime require prosthetics, masks and/or makeup. That's not racist at all.

Is he even really in blackface? He looks kind of pale to me.

Darryl Hannah is doing a Jesse Jackson impersonation? Wow.

Hmm, SNL aside - I'm a bit concerned that people think it's alright for a respected newscaster on a known news show to deliberately use racial slurs and derogatory language gender-wise on the air towards a university basketball team and expect that to be accepted. It isn't exactly double standards. This should still have happened if the team contained only white women whom he decided to call 'hos' - although it's doubtful he would have done it then. It's unprofessional and unacceptable. For Fox News to suggest otherwise is questionable, as well.

They didn't fire him over the years because it is not illegal to say the things he said. It might be morally wrong or offensive but guess what - its Radio - you don't like it you can turn the channel.

Why was this on the news for a week while American soldiers are dieing every day in Iraq??

Go back to sleep people.

"D.H. has been playing Jesse Jackson for years"


Imus has been causing controversy for years as well, so I don't understand why they didn't fire him long time ago...

I think its hilarious they make fun of Jackson/Sharpton...they are idiots anyways.