Unaired Saturday Night Live iPhone commerical spoof sketch

[Cleverboy]

If you've seen the other SNL sketch, well, this one is funnier.
Funny enough for me to include a complementary transcript.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/leaked/the-snl-iphone-sketch-that-never-aired-321328.php

I own a small stationary store down in Tribeca. I've been my own boss for about... 4 years now. I also love to punch cops. I guess I got a little bit of a problem with authority. The way it usually goes is... I see a cop... punch him [gestures]... uh, then I run like hell. You know, finding an escape route after a random act of violence... can be tricky. But, with the iPhone, its super easy. All I have to do is... duck into a bar. Hide... in a stall... in the ladies room usually, 'cause they never check there. Then I just bring up Google maps. Y'know, I can just look up streets, I can check traffic, I can even watch my pig-punch videos on YouTube... which is awesome. With the iPod feature, I've got plenty of tunes to choose from when I'm coming down from my meth high. Guess I just want to say, thanks iPhone! It's the only thing that keeps me sane these days. Well, that and the Meth. [starts to use the phone, then ducks out as cops chase him in and out of the scene].

Brilliant!

~ CB

 

[nyfinest32]

lol made me chuckle

 

[BuxtonUK]

Suprisingly good ideas there ¦D

 

[Sobe]

I could have done without the punching cops bit.

 

[Cleverboy]

I could have done without the punching cops bit.

Probably why it didn't air. While all in fun, I'm sure it doesn't go over well for everyone. I was stunned catching an episode of "Deal or No Deal" the other day. The contestant was a cop, and the "banker" made an offer by sending down a live pig dressed in an officer's costume. I had trouble seeing how it was funny. The policeman then proceeded to lose all of his money, nose-diving from upwards to $150,000 to $1,000 take-home winnings. I sware his wife was almost crying. I don't know how Howie manages it when the air leaves the room like that.

~ CB

 

[decksnap]

I could have done without the punching cops bit.

That's the whole bit.

 

[Sobe]

That's the whole bit.

If it were spoofing something particular that cops did to deserve being made fun of, I'm more than ok with that...just seemed a bit too forced to me.

Like let's take this nice white Jewish boy and make him a cop beater and a meth head AND an iPhone user.

Oh! The irony!

 

[decksnap]

Yep. In some areas they call those jokes.

 

[Cleverboy]

Like let's take this nice white Jewish boy and make him a cop beater and a meth head AND an iPhone user. Oh! The irony!

It becomes less funny when it strikes a raw nerve with someone. Otherwise its hilarious. Happens with risque humor or so-called "black comedy" all the time. Some people in the audience just get incensed and walk out of the movie. Personally I don't find this bit particularly out of line, although I'm sure my cop friends might not think the same.

~ CB

 

[Sobe]

Eh, risque don't bother me, I just think it's a bit forced that's all.

A good parody has more truth in it. That was more of a farce which sort of sells the comic potential short.

I would have gone for more of a parody angle with the content, not just the setting.

Perhaps that was the "irony" -- I see it, I just don't think it's particularly amusing. And I generally find humor in lots of things.

Then again, it is SNL, so maybe I am being a little too hard on them.