People seemed starved for rage bait back then. Something trivial would happen, like Sinéad O’Connor would tear up a photo of the Pope, and comedy shows would comment on it for months.
SNL literally brought on Joe Pesci next episode to do the Tony Soprano, “Now you gotta remembah ima strict catholic. But if I wasn’t and I was hosting that night…bada bing bada boom.” and the entire time he’s punching his balled fist into an open palm talking about how much he hates Sinead O’connor for disrespectin’ tha pope
Ya I am old enough to remember. It was very bad. Considering how all the stuff about the Church and abuse that came out years later, Sinead O’Connor was far ahead of her time. The West owes her a massive apology.
It also makes me giggle that RATM was on SNL and people whined about something as inane as an upside down American flag, the same week they had megaghoul Steve Forbes on as a guest.
Comedians rode every joke into the ground. I had no idea who Tammy Faye Baker was at the time, but I had seen a dozen caricatures. Jay Leno was making Monica Lewinsky blowjob jokes for years after everyone stopped caring.
Yeah they really were, weren’t they? Nothing like having someone make light of the pagentry and bullshit surrounding your favorite pass time to really piss you off, I guess.
It was a “disrespecting the flag” thing for many, IIRC, added on to the intersection of fatphobia and misogyny. People were itching for excuses to hate Roseanne while keeping the moral high ground (her politics weren’t generally known yet, so there was no partisan angle to it).
Man, people were so pissed off when she did that.
People seemed starved for rage bait back then. Something trivial would happen, like Sinéad O’Connor would tear up a photo of the Pope, and comedy shows would comment on it for months.
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SNL literally brought on Joe Pesci next episode to do the Tony Soprano, “Now you gotta remembah ima strict catholic. But if I wasn’t and I was hosting that night…bada bing bada boom.” and the entire time he’s punching his balled fist into an open palm talking about how much he hates Sinead O’connor for disrespectin’ tha pope
Ya I am old enough to remember. It was very bad. Considering how all the stuff about the Church and abuse that came out years later, Sinead O’Connor was far ahead of her time. The West owes her a massive apology.
Didn’t he tape the picture back together?
It also makes me giggle that RATM was on SNL and people whined about something as inane as an upside down American flag, the same week they had megaghoul Steve Forbes on as a guest.
Comedians rode every joke into the ground. I had no idea who Tammy Faye Baker was at the time, but I had seen a dozen caricatures. Jay Leno was making Monica Lewinsky blowjob jokes for years after everyone stopped caring.
Yeah they really were, weren’t they? Nothing like having someone make light of the pagentry and bullshit surrounding your favorite pass time to really piss you off, I guess.
It was a “disrespecting the flag” thing for many, IIRC, added on to the intersection of fatphobia and misogyny. People were itching for excuses to hate Roseanne while keeping the moral high ground (her politics weren’t generally known yet, so there was no partisan angle to it).