Conspiracy Theory Rock By Robert Smigel
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Uploaded by spuddy83 on Jan 6, 2011
A Banned Segment from Saturday Night Live
The 1998 Robert Smigel animated short film "Conspiracy Theory Rock", part of a March 1998 "TV Funhouse" segment, has been removed from all subsequent airings of the Saturday Night Live episode where it originally appeared. Michaels claimed the edit was done because it "wasn't funny". The film is a scathing critique of corporate media ownership, including NBC's ownership by General Electric/Westinghouse.
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love the norm macdonald part
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Subsidies, what a racket.
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Back then, it did seem like it's funny. Now, it's more than accurate.
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"Michaels claimed the edit was done because it 'wasn't funny'." no offense lorne, but if that was the real reason, you would've cut a loooot of sketches from the 90s episodes hahaha
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@spuddy83 Keep an eye on YT. I submitted a counter copyright notification, fair use, etc, and they accepted it, reinstated my video and then the next day removed the SAME VIDEO for copyright infringement. They won't respond to my inquiries. Buggers I tell you!
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It's a nice swipe at corporations, but as far as comedy goes, its really not funny.
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"You contribute to this conspiracy every time you buy a product on the shelf" ... like , errr, yeah too bad i don't own a farm i guess.
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Pulled because it wasn't funny - but why didn't that stop them from releasing a bunch of the other stuff?
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I would like to see this Sat morning lol
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$50 says NBC claims copyright infringement to have it taken off YouTube.
Wodenhelm 5 months ago 43
@Wodenhelm They already tried but I appealed on a disclamer of fair use for comment and they accepted so I think it is staying this time. :)
spuddy83 3 months ago 50