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David Spade tells critics to relax over Shane Gillis SNL joke

Gillis's monologue from his third hosting stint drew audible groans in the studio, and Dan Levy and Dana Carvey weighed in; NBC covered NBC.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorComedian Shane Gillis mocked women's gym shorts in his Saturday Night Live monologue, and the backlash has been loud.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWith us from a yacht is crisis publicist Cassius Brandvold. Mr. Brandvold, what do you make of it?

  3. Cassius BrandvoldGloria, I make it a comeback. This is comeback number four, and the first three were warm-ups.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorVariety reports the audience groaned and he drew few laughs after the remark. Is that a comeback?

  5. Cassius BrandvoldYes. Groaning is engagement, and engagement is a comeback. That's comeback number five, by the way.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDan Levy said he was speechless that something like that can exist on live national television. Is he wrong?

  7. Cassius BrandvoldHe posted a video about being speechless. That's a lot of words for speechless, and it's comeback number six.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThis is his third time hosting, and NBC News says the show airs on NBC, the parent company of NBC News.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo the network aired the joke, and then the network's news division reported the backlash to the joke. Who is the victim there?

  10. Cassius BrandvoldNobody. It's vertical integration of the apology. I've pitched them a package, and I'm told it's comeback number seven.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMr. Brandvold, who is your client in this story?

  12. Cassius BrandvoldI'd rather not say. Fine, it's NBC, they just haven't called yet. That's comeback number eight.

  13. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYour verdict, then: eight comebacks, zero clients, one yacht.

  14. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI will note for the record that you have rung that bell eleven times and sold nothing.

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  6. Dana Carvey on Shane Gillis' SNL monologue: 'I just saw it' as a joke · Variety
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