r/shittyaskhistory • u/PrinceOfTotalQuiet • 1d ago

Did Pol Pot ever watch Saturday Night Live?

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u/PrinceOfTotalQuiet 1d ago

This was a serious question but askhistorians didn’t like it. I mean he died in 1998, so

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u/newenglandredshirt 1d ago

He would have, but he couldn't find his glasses.

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u/fredly594632 1d ago

And, of course, he had killed all the opticians for counter-revolutionary thoughts.

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u/newenglandredshirt 1d ago

... that was the joke...

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u/crakerjmatt 3h ago

😂😂😂

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u/OpusDeiPenguin 1d ago

No but apparently Tito did. He died after hearing Lorne Michaels was leaving the show.

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u/Neat-Statistician311 1d ago

Pol Pot would be a good name for a store ran by Polish people that exclusively sold cookware

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u/PrinceOfTotalQuiet 1d ago

What an original joke

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u/Fun-Diver7512 1d ago

Was he ever a guest host?

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u/Majakowski 1d ago

He was Sarah Sherman before Sarah Sherman.

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u/TheStingray24 1d ago

He wanted more cowbell

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u/Real_Topic_7655 1d ago

Or hear the Dead Kennedys song ‘ holiday in Cambodia’

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u/biff444444 1d ago

Have you forgotten the time he hosted? That Pothead skit was hilarious!

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u/Uncle_Rat_21 1d ago

Of course he did. He was a big fan of Joe Piscopo. He even dated Victoria Jackson for a while.

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u/roadtrip-ne 1d ago

That one time the Dead Kennedy’s played

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u/quirkyjest 9h ago

He especially enjoyed Mrs. Delvecchio.

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u/absurdly_tired_guy 9m ago

He and Jim Jones used to call each other during the show and laugh together.