Conspiracy Theory Rock By Robert Smigel

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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[1800generalnow]

"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

[Fudgaboutit]

Removed for being "unfunny" lol. That is a good excuse. Another reason might have something to do with it being on NBC, maybe?

[Livingtrope]

Man, this wasn't exactly hilarious or anything, but it was pretty goddamn good.

[MisterMakeYouHappy]

16 assholes from the government dislike this enlightening video :(

[RabidLeroy]

I wonder if anyone is brave enough to post the lyrics for the final segment... hmmm

[Israel Saucedo]

HAHA..!!!



[ginko27]

This is informative and I'm glad it was made. However, it really isn't THAT funny folks. And BTW you can get it on the TV Funhouse DVD bonus disk. Also, LOTS of sketches were cut because the SNL re-runs are only 30min, so 30min of show has to go.

[texaspamc]

awesomeness!

[ShadowShattered]

Download the shit outta this, people. Don't let it fall into the memory hole.

[freethinknn]

keep vid dot com

[chronotriggerfan]

Keep spreading the truth, friend. The work of Mark Lane and careful analysis of declassified government documents related to the assassination is enough for any thinking individual to realize the fraud that is the Warren Commission.

I'd also add that Oswald was not only an FBI agent, but a CIA asset as well, as per James Wilcott's testimony before the Commission. He was a patsy, pure and simple.

[brainsareus]

brilliant !!