In honor of “Saturday Night Live” wrapping up their 42nd season on NBC, Twitter ran amuck with “alternative facts” about the iconic sketch comedy.
Just to set the record straight:
Ann Coulter is not Kristen Wiig’s tweaked out sister, Tom Hanks does not have final rights to all scripts and next season will not be filmed at the White House.
Here are a few other ‘SNL’ un-truths.
#FakeSNLFacts The Boxes are in the Smithsonian Museum pic.twitter.com/uqT9dU9et4
— Taco Eater (@tacoeater) May 21, 2017
77% of Americans think this is Sean Spicer#FakeSNLFacts pic.twitter.com/IxKCQyj9tX
— Jeff Dwoskin Has A Podcast (@bigmacher) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/SkippyMcGizzard/status/866343103824670720
Donald Trump employs SNL impersonators to take over for him as President while he is golfing.#FakeSNLFacts pic.twitter.com/kgVIrSEhSm
— Jeff Dwoskin Has A Podcast (@bigmacher) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/sunkisseeddd/status/866338066717388804
The Moon landing was actually an SNL skit.
#FakeSNLFacts @HashFakeFacts— JeffSmash (@jeff_smash) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/isaacmorales559/status/866393524572266496
#FakeSNLFacts Tom Hanks has final rights to all scripts. pic.twitter.com/YCYUDFK8S0
— FindingHope (@Karynanns) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/linds_w_90/status/866349288397258753
#FakeSNLFacts
The majority of SNL celebrity guest appearances were due to mandatory community service for drug-related charges— TunaOfTheSky (@tunaofthesky) May 21, 2017
Lorne Micheals has a collection of pinky toes from each past cast member. #FakeSNLFacts
— Chunk Pence (@ChunkPence) May 21, 2017
42% of French tourists ask to see the Conehead's home#FakeSNLFacts pic.twitter.com/uSdHTWhFoq
— Jeff Dwoskin Has A Podcast (@bigmacher) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/Truckeepix/status/866341874683977728
#FakeSNLFacts
This was the original pitch for #MagicMike pic.twitter.com/VippLhcxyy— TrollmanderAndCheif is just thankful 🌈🏳️🌈 (@ElPresidenTroll) May 21, 2017
#FakeSNLFacts Vladimir Putin was once part of the SNL writing team. Too often only he got his humor. pic.twitter.com/pzP0NsPALo
— Stephen Roy (@angmarsrealm) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/NutherFineMess/status/866354930256400384