Celebrities With Controversial SNL Appearances Through The Years

Published on 09/09/2021
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Sam Kinison

NBC edited several unapproved jokes out of a 1986 appearance by standup comic Sam Kinison, including one about the crucifixion and another about drugs that went, out of the show’s west coast airing. The joke went like this: “You can’t get any more pot. If you give us back the pot, we’ll forget the crack.”

Sam Kinison

Sam Kinison

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System Of A Down

System of a Down guitarist Darren Malakian let out an impromptu yell of “F*** YEAH!” midway through a 2005 performance of their song B.Y.O.B., which slipped past NBC’s censors and aired on the east coast, though it was edited out of airings on the west coast. Producers were enraged by the incident, which landed the band in hot water.

System Of A Down

System Of A Down

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