Claudine Longet
Claudine Longet never appeared on Saturday Night Live, but she is at the center of one of the show’s most heated debates. She is accused of shooting and killing skier Vladimir “Spider” Sabich in 1976. SNL aired a sketch with stock footage of falling skiers overdubbed with gunshots titled “The Claudine Longet Invitational” a few weeks after the murder. Longet’s lawyer issued a cease-and-desist, the show issued a public apology, and the sketch was pulled.
Claudine Longet
Fred Armisen
Many people chastised cast member Fred Armisen for impersonating New York’s then-legally blind governor David Paterson in the early 2010s. Armisen’s impersonation frequently included him wandering into and out of view of the camera, prompting some to criticize the show for mocking the disabled. Paterson appeared in a sketch with Armisen on the show in 2010.
Fred Armisen
