All Of The Controversies On Saturday Night Live Throughout The Years

Published on July 20, 2021
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Matthew Broderick, Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon, Dennis Miller, and Jon Lovitz

In a 1988 episode, host Matthew Broderick appeared in a sketch with Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon, Dennis Miller, and Jon Lovitz. In the sketchm, they were at a nude beach, which led them to utter the word “penis” over 40 times throughout the sketch. Writer William Clotworthy said: “We knew we’d hear from the public, and did we! The sketch generated 46 thousand letters of complaint. 45,999 were form letters sent to Reverend Donald Wildmon and his American Family Association.”

Matthew Broderick, Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon, Dennis Miller, And Jon Lovitz

Matthew Broderick, Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon, Dennis Miller, And Jon Lovitz

Larry David

Larry David, the comedy genius who brought us Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm got in trouble for a joke he made during a monologue in a 2017 episode. He made a joke about hitting on women in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. While David is himself Jewish, the Anti-Defamation League called the joke “offensive, insensitive & unfunny all at same time.”

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Larry David

Larry David