00:00I'm hearing Isis, Isis, Isis, but your pamphlet says ISIL.
00:04You lack a unified brand.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks
00:08for the Saturday night live sketches that managed to get through censors
00:12despite dealing with taboo subject matter.
00:14Whoops, my shirt fell off.
00:20Number 10.
00:20Bambi 2002.
00:22It's a good thing that satire is protected under the First Amendment.
00:26Otherwise, we're not sure Disney would have been so lenient about this TV funhouse segment.
00:31Bambi is going into the Disney vault for 10 years,
00:34depriving your child or future children of a significant emotional milestone.
00:38Even if SNL avoided any legal action,
00:41Bambi 2002 still pushed the envelope of how far you can go in satirizing a beloved Disney classic.
00:46Giving Bambi a 21st century makeover,
00:49this faux direct-to-video sequel is hilariously relentless in its send-up of corporate greed,
00:55shamelessly succumbing to the latest trends,
00:57and the essence of childhood.
00:59Bambi and the gang are back in business,
01:02and the forest has never been more fun.
01:04I'm a real big Bambi.
01:06I'm here to stay.
01:07I'm the Fresh Prince of the Forest.
01:08It's a delivery day.
01:09Robert Smigel wasn't a huge Disney fan growing up,
01:12although he developed a love for their movies upon becoming a parent.
01:15That didn't stop him from depicting Bambi's mom with head trauma
01:19or an adult film version of Pocahontas.
01:22Come on, Bob, do your exercises.
01:24What's next, a pre-scandal Jared?
01:29This commercial parody starts off innocently enough
01:31with some happy Rosetta Stone users showing off their newfound skills.
01:38In a rapid escalation of events,
01:40things take a turn for the creepy
01:42when we cut to some men who purchase the Thai version of the software
01:45for a rather perverse purpose.
01:55While most language programs teach simple conversational phrases,
01:58the Thai vocabulary seems to be tailored for very specific ends.
02:10The show received backlash from the Thai government,
02:12with the cultural minister demanding the clip be removed from YouTube
02:16for, quote,
02:19Number eight, father-daughter ad.
02:22Most of the time,
02:23SNL plays it relatively safe when it comes to current events,
02:26but this spoof of a Toyota commercial starring guest host Dakota Johnson
02:29and cast member Taran Killam
02:30drove viewers to express their outrage on Twitter.
02:40Viewers are lulled into a false sense of security,
02:42thinking that what they're watching
02:43is a heartwarming moment between a father and a daughter.
02:46Then a pickup truck full of heavily armed men comes into view.
02:52You be careful, okay?
02:54Dad, it's just ISIS.
02:57The controversial cherry on this dubious Sunday
02:59is when a tearful father tells these men to look after his daughter
03:02and one responds.
03:07So really, they couldn't have been all that surprised
03:09that this sketch would incense viewers.
03:14This sketch first made headlines
03:16when Safelite Autoglass tweeted their disappointment.
03:18The controversy only continued
03:20when SNL suddenly made it disappear without saying a word.
03:23At Safelite, we know how busy life can be.
03:25The sketchy spoof commercial involves a Safelite repairman,
03:28played by Beck Bennett,
03:29who keeps smashing a woman's car windshield
03:31in order to essentially stalk her teenage daughter,
03:34played by Melissa Villasenor.
03:35You know, I came out at halftime and it was cracked again.
03:38No worries.
03:39So, who won the game this time?
03:41While the sketch does a pretty good job mirroring the source material,
03:44these very dark added undertones just seem unnecessary.
03:48So, basically a full woman.
03:49While SNL did their best to erase any memory of this sketch,
03:52the damage had already been done.
03:57If it's not obvious already,
03:59SNL loves a good spoof commercial.
04:01In this case, they used the format of a typical pharmaceutical drug ad
04:05to introduce a much harder substance.
04:14It follows three parents who use heroin AM
04:16to keep up with their hectic lives.
04:20While I also chase this little guy.
04:22This sketch divided viewers,
04:24with some unimpressed at how flippantly the issue was being addressed,
04:27especially as SNL alums Chris Farley and John Belushi
04:31both died of drug overdoses.
04:32However, others loved the sketch,
04:34crediting it as a good way to get America talking
04:37about an uncomfortable subject.
04:39Side effects include, it's heroin.
04:42So, all that stuff.
04:47We guarantee that this skit would never fly today.
04:51In a job interview sketch,
04:52Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor engage in a word association game.
05:04Things start out innocently enough,
05:06but the game soon exposes Chase's character's prejudices,
05:09becoming heated and racially charged.
05:20In a climactic moment that makes us wince,
05:22Chase throws out the N-word
05:24and Pryor is not taking it lying down.
05:29Paul Mooney, who wrote the skit,
05:30said it was inspired by his own interview for SNL.
05:33It's been called one of the show's most shocking
05:35and greatest sketches.
05:43This recurring character played by Adam Sandler
05:45is considered an SNL classic,
05:47but this particular sketch divided audiences.
06:00Alec Baldwin plays a scoutmaster
06:02who makes obvious and uncomfortable sexual advances
06:04towards Canteen Boy.
06:06According to Baldwin,
06:07the sketch caused 300,000 phone call complaints
06:11and the loss of seven affiliates.
06:19The Boy Scouts of America weighed in on the controversy too.
06:22In response to complaints,
06:23when showing reruns,
06:24the sketch was preceded by a disclaimer
06:26saying that Canteen Boy is actually 27.
06:29Given the character's childlike nature though,
06:32the clip has a considerably darker tone.
06:35Number three,
06:36world's most evil invention.
06:38While at a supervillain convention,
06:39the attendees compete for the most evil invention in the world.
06:45There's a shrink ray and freeze gun,
06:47pretty standard villain stuff.
06:49But when Dwayne The Rock Johnson's character steps up,
06:51things take a seriously dark turn
06:53and even the other villains voice their outrage.
07:05Well, I went in a slightly different direction with the assignment.
07:08A number of viewers objected to the skit,
07:11arguing that it trivialized sexual abuse.
07:13The sketch also takes a strange turn
07:15as it's revealed that this has all been a disturbing commercial for White Castle.
07:19Number two,
07:20Shark Tank.
07:21The sharks on Shark Tank can certainly be intimidating,
07:24but not as intimidating as the pitchers in this jaw-dropping sketch.
07:29With the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria taking center stage,
07:32this sketch dived headfirst into bad taste and never came up for air.
07:36The sketch ends with the pitchers being captured thanks to Damon John,
07:40who is played by Kenan Thompson.
07:42The real John wasn't so amused, however.
07:45The shark group founder said that he,
07:47quote,
07:47wasn't excited about the topic
07:49and,
07:49quote,
07:50found it a little insensitive.
07:52However,
07:52John did appreciate the fact that he was the one who saved the world.
08:02Freeze!
08:03Drop your weapons!
08:06Nice play, Damon.
08:07Thank you very much.
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08:24Number one,
08:25Regis co-host auditions.
08:26With Kathie Lee Gifford's exit,
08:28all eyes were on Live with Regis to see who would be the new co-host.
08:33I tell you, Gilman, I can't wait to meet my potential new co-host.
08:37The setup paved the way for the SNL cast to break out their impressions,
08:41with Tracy Morgan as Star Jones,
08:43Sherry Oteri as Barbara Walters,
08:45and Anna Gasteyer as Darva Conger.
08:47I will be your friend, your lover,
08:50and your partner throughout whatever life has to offer us.
08:54Things took an awkward turn when Jimmy Fallon popped up as Chris Rock,
08:58complete with a tooth gap and full makeup.
09:01While the impression was jarring in 2000,
09:04it gained even more notoriety two decades later when it resurfaced online.
09:09Fallon apologized amid the backlash,
09:11calling it, quote,
09:12a terrible decision.
09:13I want to move forward and going forward.
09:17I want to work on being a better ally.
09:19Rock didn't express anger towards Fallon,
09:21calling him a, quote,
09:22great guy who, quote,
09:24didn't mean anything.
09:25However, Rock still considers the impression, quote,
09:28bad comedy.
09:29What current event do you most want to see SNL make fun of?
09:33Let us know in the comments below.
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