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The Michael Che Feud Over the SNL Joe Rogan Sketch
from #277 - The New American Dream | The Tim Dillon Show · #277
4 min
Tim recounts tweeting that an SNL sketch mocking Joe Rogan's ivermectin use was lazy, prompting Michael Che to publicly claim Tim isn't a real comedian and only became a media figure because stand-up didn't work out.
- Tim tweeted about SNL's Joe Rogan sketch featuring Pete Davidson and Kyle Mooney as Big Bird, which recycled the discredited claim that Rogan took horse medication for COVID.
- The sketch was lazy, and SNL's political sketches in general rely on low-hanging fruit without executing well.
- SNL functions as a propaganda arm, which is fine—comedy shows should have a point of view—but lazy state propaganda is fair game for criticism.
- Michael Che, an SNL writer Tim never had issues with, responded by claiming Tim isn't what people think and only became a media personality because stand-up didn't work out.
- Tim's tweet got 40,000 favorites and retweets, proving his platform reaches people, yet Che accused him of taking the easier media route.
- If anyone is actually in the media, it's Che, who works for NBC—Tim has no major institution behind him except the studio owner Lewis.
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