The recent appearance of Tom Hanks on Saturday Night Live prompted several individuals to express their opinion on the internet by stating, “This is why SNL is in the toilet.”
Hanks made a cameo on Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary program for a section of Black Jeopardy. He was portraying the role of Doug, who wore a MAGA hat and had a folksy, conservative spirit.
The long-running game program Jeopardy is the inspiration for the spoof known as Black Jeopardy!
The recent appearance of Tom Hanks on Saturday Night Live was received with strong opposition from various organizations on the internet.
Hanks made a short cameo as Doug during the segment that Kenan Thompson was bringing back Black Jeopardy, which is one of the most popular recurring routines that he has done for Saturday Night Live.
“We wouldn’t be in this mess we’re in now if more people went to church,” Hanks added with a drawl that was reminiscent of the South.
As Doug expressed his agreement, Thompson, who had been playing the role of the presenter of the spoof program, approached him to shake his hand.
On the other hand, the figure who was wearing a MAGA hat seemed to flinch and said, “Don’t like that because whoa, whoa, whoa.”
“It’s just a handshake,” Thompson stated in a soothing tone, which ultimately prompted the candidate to extend his hand to him.
Thereafter, Doug made the following statement: “Perhaps I’ll start a show for you to come on, and we’ll call it ‘White Jeopardy.'”
In response, Thompson said, “We do not require it.”
After Hanks’ performance as Doug, a reviewer said, “It is not surprising that no one watches Saturday Night Live or NBC anymore.”
On the internet, the comedy drew a lot of responses, with many people expressing their refusal to laugh at Hanks’s piece.
One person posted on X, “Tom Hanks just came out on the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary special wearing a Martial Arts hat and performing a skit in which he acted as if he didn’t want to shake the hand of a black man.” “This is the reason why Saturday Night Live is in the toilet.”
One reviewer said, “It was a great skit until Tom Hanks showed up,” while another critic asserted that it is “also why his career is tanking.”
As Tom Hanks makes an appearance on Saturday Night Live as a bigoted Trump fan who refuses to shake hands with a black guy, no one in the crowd laughs, according to comments made by another individual.
Someone in the group commented, “It was rather disgusting.” What a power tool! What a travesty it is for @nbcsnl to make the decision to exclude millions of people who have grown up watching your TV. Congratulations!
An other vehement remark said, “Hanks portrayed himself as an ignorant racist who refused to shake the hand of a Black man.”
The commentator continued by saying, “This comes as a surprise considering the rumors that have been circulating about Hanks; he had no reason to disrespect every Conservative in the United States.” It would seem that this is both random and contentious.
The performance that Eddie Murphy gave as Tracy Morgan, the participant on the program, garnered a lot of attention.Darnell Hayes, the host of Black Jeopardy, was portrayed by Kenan Thompson on the show.
Black Jeopardy was one of the first sketches that was performed during the three-hour live special that NBC put on to honor the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live.
In addition to Thompson, who played the role of Darnell Hayes, the candidates on the parody program featured Leslie Jones, who portrayed Shanice, Tracy Morgan, who played Darius, and Eddie Murphy, who played Tracy Morgan, who was standing immediately next to Thompson.
In the beginning of the skit, Thompson introduced the show by saying, “Welcome to ‘Black Jeopardy,’ the only ‘Jeopardy’ where every single viewer fully understood Kendrick’s halftime performance.”
Chris Rock, who had been a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1993, also made an unexpected return and assumed the role of host for a short period of time.
The impression that Eddie Murphy gave of Tracy Morgan was given high appreciation by fans, with one of them stating, “Whoever came up with Eddie Murphy impersonating Tracy Morgan needs a raise.”
“The reason I love Saturday Night Live is because Eddie Murphy is playing Tracy Morgan while Tracy Morgan is actually there,” read another remark.
For the first time, Hanks made his appearance as Doug in a portion of Black Jeopardy in the year 2016, wearing a shirt from American Eagle and a cap that said “Make America Great Again.”
As was the case in that particular episode, Doug was first hesitant to shake the hand of the presenter.
The character was the creation of then co-head writer Bryan Tucker and writer Michael Che. Tucker, who has written for SNL for about two decades, said Black Jeopardy is one of the sketches he is “most proud” of. “I am white, but during the formative times in my life, the comedians that I really enjoyed were always black,” he told Vulture in 2018. In the same interview, Thompson took a moment to praise Hanks’ portrayal of Doug and called the actor “incredible” at taking any character and making them “human.” “Him playing a character that was so far on the other side of the aisle, it was super-bold,” the comedian told the outlet. Tucker revealed that Doug backing away from the host’s handshake was a completely in-the-moment idea that Hanks created himself. “When he did it, I laughed super-hard in my mind but played it off,” Thompson recalled. “It was the most natural ad-lib I’ve ever done.” Hanks later told Tucker that Oprah had called him to talk about the sketch at the time, which the writer described as “cool.”
