SNL UK debuts tonight. Its first host being American ruffled feathers
Plus: RIP Chuck Norris. Thank you for the memes.
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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
Saturday Night Live is launching a UK edition this weekend, and Tina Fey has been tapped to host. But should it have been a British host instead?
Trump’s remarks about Pearl Harbor to Japan’s PM shocked both people in the room and the internet at large.
Chuck Norris is being remembered online for his early-aughts memes after his death this week at the age of 86.
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⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
“Her humor is very American”: Tina Fey is hosting the first episode of “Saturday Night Live UK.” Was she the right choice?
More than 50 years after Saturday Night Live debuted in the United States, a new version is coming to the UK.
Saturday Night Live UK is set to debut on March 21st with SNL alum Tina Fey joining as the new sketch show’s first host. Yes, an American hosting the first episode of British SNL is rubbing some fans the wrong way.
“There is just no excuse”: Donald Trump’s Pearl Harbor “joke” drew silent disbelief
President Donald Trump tried to insert dark humor during an Oval Office meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in what many online considered to be an extremely insensitive statement. On March 19, he hosted Takaichi while pushing for support in a growing conflict against Iran.
Trump’s answer made it sound like a surprise party, not an act of war. “We didn’t tell anyone about it, because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Okay, why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?”
Classic Chuck Norris memes return in honor of his passing at age 86
Notorious Western-style action hero Chuck Norris died at age 86 on Thursday, and the internet is mourning with old memes. Silly and obviously exaggerated “Chuck Norris facts” were a staple of the 2000s, pre-social media internet humor, so it seems a proper send-off. Even those who didn’t agree with his political stances remember the jokes with a nostalgic fondness.
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