Splendor Incident Spoofed on SNL

[spacewoman]

I just pictured in my mind Chevy Chase asking Roseanne Roseanadana (hope I spelled correctly) about her cruise on board the Splendor. THAT would have been a huge PR for Carnival. Everyone would have been rolling on the floor and surely put Carnival on their mind. It would have been tasteful yet SO off the wall!

[travelingtriumphess]

Quite cute. Thank you for sharing! :)

[jessemon]

I'm among people with large heads in a field of spaghetti, when my concious ear is hearing something about Carnival Spendor coming off the TV.

 

I roll over, open my eyes, and here's a fictional couple, Frank and Gladys Madden, relaying their horror story on Weekend Update.

 

I back the DVR up, and see they are being asked to recount their story, as told to Wolfe Blitzer in San Diego.

 

The woman goes on to tell the nightmare of finding they got a Jr sleeper instead of a Jr suite, no window, no caramel flan at dessert, only three choices of ice cream, a jumping class of fat women overtaking the gym,and not being able to find her husband in the casino.

 

She then relates the lights going out as she's applying makeup, where she then laid down and slept for three days.

 

When the hushand was asked why he didn't wake her up, he answered, "Would you?".

 

This skit reminded me why I stopped watching this show, and changed the channel to Nick at Night.

 

I then returned to the field of spaghetti.

As usual the new SNL as opposed to the original is just not funny anymore. The old SNL would have done a skit called ...."Samuri Night Splendor"....Or Jane Curtain reporting the story and Chevy Chase interrupting and saying "Jane you ingnorant $!@#"....

I miss the old show.

[MiamiSpartan]

Hmmm...I didn't think it was a slam against all cruise passengers. I think it was at people who are clueless.

 

I think SNL is hit or miss, but this season there has been some hilarious stuff.

 

Gotta agree with you on that one....

A slam against cruise passengers?

Really?:rolleyes:

Went to high school with Belushi's younger brother....not sure what ever happened to him....

[nrdsb4]

Gotta agree with you on that one....

A slam against cruise passengers?

Really?:rolleyes:

Went to high school with Belushi's younger brother....not sure what ever happened to him....

 

Agree. I'm amazed at how easily offended some people are.:confused:

 

The John Stewart skit sounds just as funny, but is looking at it from the opposite angle.

[halos]

No mirrors. And somehow, I never get to eat there. :p

man, that sucks. :p

[auburn77]

Cruisin' has been very, very good to me.

[auburn77]

Actually, Chico would have said Cruisin' been..berra berra berra...good to me.

[wadethegringo]

Darn, clicked on link and screen came up saying can only be viewed in the USA !! :(

 

If anyone gets a youtube link, could you please post here... thanks :D

 

I cant watch Hulu here in Belize either. :(.

[addicted to cruising]

Showing my age here but I miss the "old" SNL: Gilda and Chevy and Belushi, et al.

 

 

OMG...were those the days!!!!

[nrdsb4]

There was another parody on this ,I believe the daily show with jon stewart. They had a couple who were having everything go wrong(no toilets working, getting sick from contaminated food, sweating profusely while trying to sleep, the wife falling down the stairs because it was so dark and getting hurt, but the couple kept saying" this is a great cruise were alive still so we have no complaints" it was so funny as you could tell how miserable they were. It reminded me of people on this board who think unless you die you had a good cruise.;)

 

I've looked for a link to this and couldn't find one. If you know of one, could you post? I went to Jon Stewart's Daily Show web site, but couldn't find it.

[mcfam5]

Hilarious! :D

[bigque]

Here is the link

 

After watching it on this link, it sounds like the writers have read some of the post on this Cruise Critics Board! :D

[wizard-of-roz]

I'm also a big fan of SNL first years and have some of the DVDs; still using Emily Latella's line...

"oh. never mind."

 

I say it all the time too! Some folks get it, some don't. Works for me!

[oceanbums]

I say it all the time too! Some folks get it, some don't. Works for me!

 

I know what you mean; about a year ago I found a Mr. Bill doll dogtoy. Every time it's squeezed he would say "Oh Nooooooooo" and the salesclerk didn't have a clue what it was so I suggested she ask her (grand)parents. LOL.

[darth frosty]

I laughed my arse off at this skit. I think it shows the writers have been to this board. It was not mean at all.

[gliner]

A poke at cruise passengers?

 

Why not?

 

Some take themselves so seriously they NEED to be poked at from time to time.

 

Since no one was hurt on the Splendor, and Carnival is taking the steps to compensate those affected, who cares?