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Rob Schneider thinks 'Saturday Night Live' is ruining the joke
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Comedian Rob Schneider burst out on the scene on "Saturday Night Live" in the 1990s, but nearly three decades later, he thinks the hit NBC comedy series is bursting the punchline when it comes to the Trump White House.
The 54-year-old San Francisco native, who was part of the show\'s now-legendary cast that included Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Chris Rock, David Spade and Adam Sandler, says the show today is no different in some ways — yet when it comes to politics, they are too obviously "showing their hand" by consistently bashing President Trump and Republicans.
"The fun of \'Saturday Night Live\' was always you never knew which way they leaned politically," he told the Daily News. "You kind of assumed they would lean more left and liberal, but now the cat\'s out of the bag they are completely against Trump, which I think makes it less interesting because you know the direction the piece is going."
Schneider — the star of Netflix\'s "Real Rob," which is streaming now — compares Alec Baldwin\'s visceral portrayal of Trump to that of Carvey, who impersonated President George H.W. Bush on the show more than 30 times between 1987 and 2000.
Rob Schneider said “SNL” is showing its hand too much when it comes to politics in a conversation with New York Daily News on Wednesday April 26, 2018. (Laura Thompson/New York Daily News)
"Carvey played it respectfully," Schneider said. "To me, the genius of Dana Carvey was Dana always had empathy for the people he played, and Alec Baldwin has nothing but a fuming, seething anger toward the person he plays."
Schneider said Baldwin is "hard to watch" as Trump because his political slant is obvious by a quick glimpse at his Twitter account.
"Alec Baldwin is a brilliant actor… he\'s not a comedian," Schneider flatly shared.
"I don\'t find his impression to be comical," he added. "Because, like I said, I know the way his politics lean and it spoils any surprise. There\'s no possible surprise. He so clearly hates the man he\'s playing."
Alec Baldwin as President Elect Donald J. Trump during the Trump Press Conference Cold Open on “Saturday Night Live” on Jan. 14th, 2017. (NBC/Will Heath/NBC)
Politics will be front and center at this year\'s Emmy Awards as "Weekend Update" hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che will serve as hosts of the annual ceremony on NBC, with "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels at the helm as producer.
A Democrat for most of his life, Schneider recently switched to being an Independent. He confronts a shifting political climate as he regularly performs stand-up, including upcoming gigs in Portland, Ore., Jacksonville, Fla., and Nashville, Tenn. He\'s also been accompanying his dear old friend Sandler on his comedy tour, which was filmed for an upcoming Netflix special at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, N.J., this week.
He enjoys finding humor in making fun of liberals so they can find the "hypocrisy" in their actions — something Schneider says has become increasingly difficult in today\'s "PC" culture.
"Literally if you don\'t go the party line — you\'re out. There\'s a real ugliness to it," he explained.
Schneider has had some controversial characters that might not fly in today\'s more sensitive culture.
In the film "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," Schneider portrayed an Asian priest, which received backlash for the stereotypical accent and nearly-shut eyes. Schneider\'s grandmother was Filipina and married his grandfather, a white Army private.
Among his other politically incorrect acts were as a Middle Eastern delivery man in "Big Daddy," a Latino townie character — who shouts "You can do it!" — in "The Waterboy" and a stereotypical Native Hawaiian character in "50 First Dates," among others.
Schneider did not reveal if he supports Trump, calling himself a centrist. But he thinks the Trump-bashing is counterproductive — and could undermine the President\'s success.
"Nothing good can come from making Trump nervous," Schneider continued. "It\'s like asking Bill Cosby to top off your drink."
The now-President was one of Schneider\'s co-stars in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," in which Schneider played a smarmy hotel bellman and Trump — whose Plaza Hotel was a key setting for the movie — made a cameo as himself.
Schneider hadn\'t told "SNL" he was filming the flick and figured he could manage shooting the movie during the day and being on the late-night show hours later. But the filming dragged on.
The cast of NBC\'s "Saturday Night Live" pose on the show\'s set in New York, Sept. 22, 1992. From left, front row, are: Chris Farley, Al Franken and Melanie Hutsell. In middle row, from left, are: Chris Rock, Julia Sweeney, Dana Carvey and Rob Schneider. In back row, from left, are: Adam Sandler, David Spade, Ellen Cleghorne, Kevin Nealon, Phil Hartman and Tim Meadows. (JUSTIN SUTCLIFFE/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
"[Trump] was nice enough to give me a room. He gave me a room for free, so I could sleep between shots," Schneider said. "He was very generous and nice and has been nice every time I saw him. He told me hated me, but he was kind of joking because I made fun of him."
Schneider doesn\'t agree with Trump particularly about immigrants. The actor\'s wife hails from Mexico City and the couple shares a daughter, who speaks both Spanish and English.
In June 2015, Schneider tweeted at Trump that his daughter\'s only "problem" was that she could speak two languages before the age of three.
"I make fun of the Republicans too," he told The News. "I think attacking immigrants is ignorant. Immigrants are what make America great."
Eleven-year-old actor Macaulay Culkin and “Saturday Night Live” comedian Rob Schneider point at each other and laugh during a rehearsal for the show in New York City, Thursday, Nov. 22, 1991. (MARTY LEDERHANDLER/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The second season of Schneider\'s Netflix series "Real Rob" stars his real-life wife Patricia Azarcoya and their 5-year-old daughter, Miranda.
Schneider said the future of entertainment is narcissism, so why not do the most "real" thing he could think of by pulling stories from his actual life.
"Everybody posts everything that they do. I think that the future of it is for the audience to figure what\'s real, what\'s not real and to differentiate between the two. And I think the closer you can get to the bone I think the more interesting it is," he explained. "I mean, the Kardashian show is a gigantic hit, but there\'s fabrications there. They are still creating stuff."
Schneider is no Kardashian — and he said his show exhibits the most horrible behavior, because that\'s what is funny. His wife and assistant Jamie Lissow write most of the episodes and he goes back to rewrite them "and of course make it way better," he joked.
Rob Schneider in “Real Rob” on Netflix co-starring his actual wife Patricia Azarcoya. (Courtesy of Netflix)
While "Real Rob" is about, well, the real Rob Schneider, the pitfalls of fame — and diminishing fame. The actor can still vividly recall the days before he was famous and later when he was at the height of his game.
He thought back to a time when Chris Farley was a nobody and they were just unknown funny men waiting on a big break from "SNL" honcho Michaels.
Nearly 28 years ago, Schneider was checking into a hotel in Manhattan just steps away from 30 Rock and heard a booming voice that would later become legendary.
He had never seen Farley before — it was before social media after all — and only heard that they would be joining the cast together.
Chris Farley as Customer and Rob Schneider as Out of Africa Store Owner during the "Out of Africa" “Saturday Night Live” skit on September 25, 1993. (NBC/NBC via Getty Images)
"I just assumed it was going to be dinner. I didn\'t realize 11 shots of tequila later he was going to be standing on the table with his shirt off," he said. "And he wasn\'t a famous naked fat guy, he was just a not famous fat naked guy dancing on a table."
"Even though it was ridiculous and embarrassing and I never went back to the restaurant, it was still hilarious," Schneider recalled. "He just had a way of doing things. Most people would be horrified, to me I was dying laughing."
Farley died in 1997 at the young age of 33. His "SNL" co-stars like Schneider, Sandler, Rock and Spade went on to star in a number of blockbusters, including the best friend reunion trip "Grown Ups."
"Real Rob" Season 2, which Schneider called the "most creatively rewarding experience" of his career, is streaming on Netflix, with a Season 3 already in the works.
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He completely hit the mark with this one. "Comedy" is boring when you know where the so-called joke is going end.
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