by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Autocrats notoriously are ill-tempered and thin skinned. And there are already rumblings that the income Trump administration has its sights on late night comedy.
As such, it seems clear that Something Bad may be about to happen to Saturday Night Live. It could be that the show might be canceled under the cover of Lorne Michaels “retiring” or something.
Or, it could be purged int some way, along with all the other late night TV shows. As an aside, it definitely will be interesting to see what the fate of Stephen Colbert is. The man has balls of steel in such situations.
All of this is going to happen in the context of Trump being dumb and lazy and rather ham-handed to the point that everyone is going to know it was him who ordered it.
I just can’t stop thinking about how unstable the country is going to be the moment Trump takes office. Some pretty dramatic and shocking things may happen in ways that there would be no obvious endgame.
So if Trump really did purge late night comedy, there would be consequences.
