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American Comedy Saturday Night Live Pulls Off The Biggest Hoax In History
by Roger Freed

SNL has pulled off the greatest skit in the history of comedy.

They got the whole country to believe that Donald Trump was actually our President.

In an incredibly organized and well oiled spoof that involved thousands of participants the wacky crew of the American late night comedy show have successfully accomplished the greatest comedic skit of all times. In a highly coordinated enterprise involving Donald Trump, NBC TV and a crew of thousands, they created an illusion of majestic proportions. Beginning with a concept by SNL Fuhrer Lorne Micheals, they originally propositioned Trump to run again for President with the idea of making it seem like he actually won the election. The other candidates running were not let in on the scheme in order to make the hyper-reality show look real.

The best part of the joke was- THE SNL PLAYERS PRETENDED TO BE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE THAT THREW THE VOTE!!!!!

Trump himself financed the whole scheme at a cost of an estimated 1½ billion dollars. For his part, all The Donald had to do was play himself- something he has been doing since childhood. NBC kept the whole project under the strictest secrecy, kept secret from even some of his staff.

It was agreed upon that the spoof would be kept secret until after Trump's State of the Union address today after which it would be publicly announced that it was all a hoax. Now released, the news of it hit the world like a tsunami. Shocked quiet at first, that silence soon turned into a roar- for some indignation, some uproarious laughter and others an anger of no defining limit.

Trump himself was the gregarious joker, laughing and clapping his fellow 'fake' White House staff as they celebrated in private. Of course, he was the chosen host of this week's opening monologue on SNL which he ended with a loud “April Fool!!!” shout out even though it's only January.

Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, many went into severe shock at the totally unexpected news. A rabidly furious Hillary Clinton had to be muzzled Hannibal Lector style and isolated in a ward until she cooled down. A frustrated Bernie Sanders pulled out what was remaining of his hair.

Reactions from foreign governments are pouring in on Twitter but are delayed because of translators being unable to decipher many of the obscene language used in them. Putin has declared war on the U.S. because he is disappointed he was not informed and that his KGB machine did not pick up on the ruse.