Saturday Night Live

4 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 13, 2021 by Jason Calacanis · said 37 times in 16 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (22), David Sacks (7), David Friedberg (3), Chamath Palihapitiya (2), Matt Friend (1), Elon Musk (1), Colin Rosenblum (1)

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May 13, 2021 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Calacanis: Elon Musk's SNL episode had third-highest ratings of season
“Third best show of the season so far, I think, not counting all the YouTube views and the international views. I think Chappelle's the only person who beat him.”
Jason Calacanis May 13, 2021 ▶ 21:49 E32: Behind the scenes of Elon hosting SNL, CDC failures, America's real-time UBI experiment & more
May 13, 2021
Disclosure
Calacanis says he was a punch-up writer for Elon Musk's SNL episode
“I was a punch up guy. I wrote some lines without, you know, taking anything away from the writers there who do the bulk of the work and the actors and the set designers.”
Jason Calacanis May 13, 2021 ▶ 5:45 E32: Behind the scenes of Elon hosting SNL, CDC failures, America's real-time UBI experiment & more
May 13, 2021 positive
Opinion
Sacks: Elon Musk made Saturday Night Live culturally relevant again
“Well, I mean, Elon, Elon made it Culturally relevant for the first time in like a decade.”
David Sacks May 13, 2021 ▶ 10:29 E32: Behind the scenes of Elon hosting SNL, CDC failures, America's real-time UBI experiment & more
May 13, 2021 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Too many vetoes over content make Saturday Night Live unfunny
“What you're describing is too many people with a veto right over the content of the show. That's what makes it not funny.”
David Sacks May 13, 2021 ▶ 10:34 E32: Behind the scenes of Elon hosting SNL, CDC failures, America's real-time UBI experiment & more
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