Like Norm Macdonald, Shane Gillis Is Back On SNL In New Promo After The Once-Great Show Fired Him 4 Years Ago
Shane Gillis is set to make his return to Saturday Night Live this weekend – four years after the once-funny show fired him because of an organized smear campaign over old clips in which Gillis mocked Asian accents and gay people.
It was the most 2020 thing ever. Now, four years later, SNL appears to be doing the most 2024 thing ever (at least in recent weeks): crawling right back and, hopefully, admitting their woke nonsense doesn't work.
The Daily Show recently brought back Jon Stewart, and he's proven to be a breath a fresh air, which is really saying something about the state of late night TV.
Now, Saturday Night Live – which has become just unwatchable in recent years – appears to be doing the same with Shane Gillis.
Roll tape:
I hope Shane Gillis lets it rip on Saturday Night Live
Personally, I hope Shane rips them up and down. Sort of like Norm Macdonald did when they fired and then re-hired him back in the day.
Remember this little gem?
The best. And guess what? Twenty-five years later, they did it again!
Shane Gillis was sort of a nobody when SNL canned him a few years back because cancel culture was the thing back then. Now? The guy is EVERYWHERE.
He's legitimately far more recognizable than Saturday Night Live is nowadays.
I can't scroll Facebook without seeing him. He's all over Instagram. Now that Elon's Twitter is open for business, he's allowed back on that, too.
Guy is hilarious. His Trump impression is the best in the business, and his facial expressions are spot-on. He also pushes the limits all the time with race, PC culture, and the absurdity of BOTH sides of the aisle.
That's the important one, by the way. Both. It's probably why Stewart's found some success in his return to late night TV, too. His first show back, he crushed old Joe Biden. It was shocking, but funny.
Shane will do that, too. I hope. And buddy, I hope he doesn't hold back. I want those producers SWEATING.