Your argument is more convincing than those who simply label him a racist and/or sexist. I will grant you that. But there is something very smug about many of his detractors - an unwarranted sense of moral and intellectual superiority typified by the tone of this article. No attempt is made to understand the concerns…

It is this sort of attitude that motivates many people to support him out of nothing more than reciprocal spite.

This article seems to have been written under the assumption that there's some sort of problem with Trump.

I think it was a bit of a no-win situation. An actual monster would've doubtless seemed silly, but the lack of anything overtly supernatural felt anticlimactic.

And a lot of AV Club commenters.

Interesting argument, but if you're going to include UK sketch shows, I would certainly rate both The Fast Show (1994-97) and, assuming it counts, The League of Gentlemen (1999-2002) over Mitchell and Webb and most of the other shows you mention.
I would also be curious to know what sketch shows you rate below SNL.…

"…there’s no reason why anyone would bring back Chris Kattan."
- Not to nitpick, but he was brought back as recently as 2011 for one of those "I Wish It Was Christmas Today" things when Jimmy Fallon hosted. But, in fairness, it was a rather limited role.

It's not a sketch per se, but I find William S. Burroughs' appearance memorable, and the fact that it occurred in the first place somewhat mindboggling.

I thought that Leslie Jones and (especially) Pete Davidson's WU bits were, by far, the best part of the show - both generated audible laughs - but, seeing as how both were obviously repurposed standup bits, I am left to wonder if SNL should just let them do actual standup as was not uncommon during the show's first 10…

I like to think Lorne Michaels gave him the job as an act of largesse! Hammond doesn't strike me as much of a movie or sitcom kind of guy so I think his options are limited, plus he has had some serious emotional/psychological problems (listen to his Fresh Air episode), so it is good someone is looking out for him!

Why is that?

This is a desert-island book for me. Shirer has serious problems with tone & objectivity - he lays on the anti-German sentiment too thick, resorting to playground-level insults (including some very outdated homophobia) directed at Nazis whose deeds should speak for themselves - but the writing is some of the most…

Am I the only one who thought Roger's new lifestyle ring a little false for the character? Taking LSD is one thing; free love is quite another. I simply think a man of his social background and pre-Sixties worldview would be too uncomfortable with that type of arrangement, and too old to change his personality…

1 (Weiner himself admitted that he threw all of his best ideas into Season One; it works better as a cohesive whole than any other season, with higher entertainment value and a sense of fun that is largely missing now)

It was a fine character piece for Cecily and hit a few uncomfortably realistic notes. Her performance seemed to contain some genuine pain. I also liked how the sketch raised an interesting question about the man's role in the relationship without necessarily resolving it. Whomever wrote this piece need to get more…

Interesting… Just found it:

The Bird Bible was one of the best things they've done this season. I would've played it a little straighter and given it a more realistic price tag, but otherwise it reminded me of something Michael O'Donoghue might have written.

I like how three people downvoted the idea of diversity not solving all of their problems.

A skank whose incredibly pervasive media influence encourages young girls to become sluts.

Is Miley Cyrus' honor really worth defending in this case?