# Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving special with Chance the Rapper **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136 "2017-11-20T00:32:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/1 "2017-11-20T00:32:02Z")
This was on last night and I enjoyed it a lot. I thought chance was good in all his skits and most of the skits were funnier than usual. A lot of the skits dissolve without a decent punchline, this is common for SNL. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/2 "2017-11-20T01:41:33Z")
I have no way to verify this, but I think having six Black characters with lines on screen at the same time during the Family Feud sketch may have been a record for the show. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/3 "2017-11-20T02:06:51Z")
I was surprised at how well they used Chance. It felt like last week the guest Tiffany Haddish was only in like half the sketches and when she was she was just playing herself. Chance is a really great guy and up for anything, and has some acting experience, so I can imagine they were not afraid to do anything with him. Tiffany doesn’t seem too hard to work with but she had the double whammy of being black and a woman so the writers just didn’t have a clue what to do for her. And yeah I thought even the post-news sketches were good last night, so that is the mark of s great show! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/4 "2017-11-20T02:13:08Z")
Has Michael Che done sketches before? I don’t recall seeing him do anything other than Weekend Updates. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/5 "2017-11-20T13:38:08Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Has Michael Che done sketches before? I don’t recall seeing him do anything other than Weekend Updates. This instantly came to mind when I saw him on the FF sketch. They only have so many black fellows to work with. I thought Chance was really good but overall I thought the show was kind of strange. Weekend update was way below par. It felt like they threw Kate McKinnon’s Jeff Sessions in _just because_, Kyle Mooney’s tedious stand up comedian character need never be featured again and I don’t know what Pete Davidson was going on about but it was pointless and embarrassing. The video for “Come back Obama” was tepid and I could have sworn we’ve seen it before (?) The skit with the skanky baby sitter would have been pretty bad but Chance saved that one. All in all, I didn’t \*hate \*the show; it just made me feel like I was stoned or something. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/6 "2017-11-20T13:42:11Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Has Michael Che done sketches before? I don’t recall seeing him do anything other than Weekend Updates. You don’t remember him as Lester Holt, straight man to Trump? ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/7 "2017-11-20T14:33:52Z")
I watch SNL every weekend. My loyalty on full display again. I thought this episode was really funny. Best one this season. The hockey skit was the highlight; I thought it was hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/8 "2017-11-20T15:33:30Z")
The Hockey skit was the best skit. The Weekend Update was mostly excellent this week too. The Staten Island bit especially. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/9 "2017-11-21T02:09:27Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Chance is a really great guy and up for anything, and has some acting experience, so I can imagine they were not afraid to do anything with him. Oh yeah? How come it’s not in his name then? Chance the Rapper with Some Acting Experience. Dubious. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/10 "2017-11-21T02:28:38Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Oh yeah? How come it’s not in his name then? Chance the Rapper with Some Acting Experience. Dubious. Ha! They actually [did a promo](https://www.facebook.com/chancetherapper/videos/1506978672727525/) with Chance and Eminem and Leslie Jones, asking Chance to change his name because Eminem was a rapper first. Leslie’s favorite was “Chancer the Dancer”. (name promo is third in the set) ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/11 "2017-11-21T03:57:16Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Ha! They actually [did a promo](https://www.facebook.com/chancetherapper/videos/1506978672727525/) with Chance and Eminem and Leslie Jones, asking Chance to change his name because Eminem was a rapper first. Leslie’s favorite was “Chancer the Dancer”. (name promo is third in the set) Thanks! Will check it out when I get home! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/12 "2017-11-21T05:44:09Z")
Something I’ve wondered for a while: is “Chance the Rapper” an homage to _Being There_? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/13 "2017-11-21T10:52:31Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Something I’ve wondered for a while: is “Chance the Rapper” an homage to _Being There_? His first name is Chancelor. Good episode. The hockey sketch was funny; the porn reaction to installing fuel systems skit was just bad. Pete Davidson’s bit on Staten Island with loved-native son Colin Jost was hilarious. I doubt Pete will be welcomed back anytime soon. Tiffany Haddish is excellent at being herself. I don’t remember the skits much - Rihanna! Rihanna! Rihanna! - but remember her. And her bit about her McQueen dress in the opening was great. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/14 "2017-11-21T11:06:48Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > His first name is Chancelor. I know. I just want to know if “Chance the \_\_\_\_\_” is meant as a reference, because if so, respect. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/15 "2017-11-21T11:14:43Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I know. I just want to know if “Chance the \_\_\_\_\_” is meant as a reference, because if so, respect. Ah. You know, I don’t think so, but he’s smart and thoughtful so it’s sure in the realm of possibility. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/16 "2017-11-21T14:12:49Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Something I’ve wondered for a while: is “Chance the Rapper” an homage to _Being There_? As my wife was watching that earlier the same night, I found that a surprising coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/17 "2017-11-21T22:11:56Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I don’t know what Pete Davidson was going on about but it was pointless and embarrassing. I thought it was pretty funny, but it was admittedly very, very NYC-centric. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/18 "2017-11-21T22:21:20Z")
If anything his name is a nod to the PlayStation game Prappa the Rapper, I’d say. [PaRappa the Rapper - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaRappa_the_Rapper) It wouldn’t be an homage to Being There, as his real name happens to be Chance(lor). ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/19 "2017-11-22T13:05:24Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > I thought it was pretty funny, but it was admittedly very, very NYC-centric. Ahhh. So I literally _didn’t_ get it!:o I kind of wondered if there was an inside joke or something that I was unaware of. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-thanksgiving-special-with-chance-the-rapper/802136/20 "2017-11-22T14:16:01Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Ahhh. So I literally _didn’t_ get it!:o I kind of wondered if there was an inside joke or something that I was unaware of. It was very funny to me, but then I’m only a few miles from Staten Island so I guess it all just seem normal to me.