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Sex & Nudity
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- Many sketches have sexual innuendoes, and some are entirely based on it.
- Sometimes female hosts and musical guests will wear revealing outfits (i.e. low-cut tops) during monologues or musical performances. There are also some sketches that involve the cast doing this.
- Occasionally, for comedic effect, men will be seen in their underwear.
- Occasionally, there are sketches about prostitutes, strippers, or porn stars.
- Some sketches involve either blurred out or cleverly concealed nudity.
- Kissing occurs fairly frequently. It can be anything from very light to bordering on sexual acts - it depends on the sketch.
- Some sketches involve risqué dance moves, usually performed by women.
- Many lines have double-meanings, especially in the "NPR's Delicious Dish" sketches.
- Whenever there's a major political sex scandal, the next cold open and "Weekend Update" usually acknowledge and make fun of it.
- First series in 1975 during The Samari Doctor, John Belushi puts a photo of a woman with breasts clearly exposed on the x-ray machine.
Violence & Gore
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- On rare occasions, the Weekend Update anchors might make serious comments about real recent violent crimes (such as shootings).
- When there is any, it's usually comical and exaggerated.
- This area is usually not as concerning as the others.
- "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" sketch follows a man singing while on a spinning platform. Eventually the man vomits all over the place. Since it's most likely fake, it's still gross and very gruesome to all viewers.
- Slapstick Humor. Rarely Blood.
Profanity
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- Most sketches have at least one or two words, usually not going above the level of "ass."
- A few sketches involve people narrowly avoiding saying certain curse words, such as "1-800-EAT-SHIT" or "Dick in a Box."
- Some notable uses of "slut."
- They have started using religious profanity, G-damn, censored.
- "Suck," "god," "crap," "piss," "hell," "damn," "ass," "bitch," "bastard," "whore," "slut," the "n-word," "dick," and "asshole" respectively, with all expletives stronger than the ones listed here censored in regards to FCC regulations.
- This series has a few uses of bad language in sketches that there are; Mild profanity includes "crap", "hell", "ass", "damn", "piss", and "bastard", Medium profanity such as "bitch", "goddamn" (censored), "dick", "asshole", "slut" (notable used), and "whore". Severe profanity like "shit, "the n-word", and "fuck" but any stronger words are bleeped out.
- In some episodes have p-ssy and t-ts.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- People often drink at parties or with meals.
- Some references to illegal drugs, usually in a positive manner.
- Some showing of or jokes about cigarettes/cigars, usually in a positive manner.
- Some characters might appear drunk or high.
- Moderate overall.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- Usually nothing.
- Some sketches cover heavy subjects and have deeper darker meanings but this is all overthrown by comedy
- The crude humor like sexual, political and racial might off-putting to audiences or fly over their young viewers heads.
