i think it s one of the finest moments in snl history. live from new york, it s saturday night. right after 9/11, i had to fly to new york to roast hugh heffner for comedy central. and we didn t know what was going to happen. the question becomes, how do you go about joking again, right? you re living in too-soon territory. the one and only gilbert g gottfried. if you joke about a tragedy, you re kind of beating the tragedy away. so i did a joke, i said, today i ll be using my muslim name, hasin beenlaid. there is a time when to laugh and laugh at. i wanted to do a joke that totally is over the line.
backyard, so it was almost incumbent on saturday night live to play some sort of role in the nation s healing. the question is, when is it okay to laugh again. everyone here i just want to thank you all for being here tonight especially you mr. mayor. thank you having our city s institutions up and running sends a message new york city is open for business. saturday night live is one of our great new york city institutions that s why it is important do your show tonight. can we be funny? why start now. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] it was that saturday night we decided okay, we re going to be able to do this again and they slowly brought us through it. i think it was one of the finest moments in snl history. live from new york, it s saturday night!
it was that saturday night we decided, okay, you know, we re ing tbe ableo do this again. they slowly brought us through it. i think it s one of the finest moments in snl history. live from new york it s saturday night! right after 9/11, would fly to new york to roast hugh hefner for comedy central. we didn t know what was going to happen. the question becomes, how do you go about joking again? you re living in too soon territory. the one and only gilbert godfrey. tragedy and comedy are roommat roommates. if you joke about a tragedy, you re kind of beating the tragedy away, so i did a joke. i said, today i ll be using my muslim name, hassan binn lay. there s no black or white answer as to when it s time to laugh and when it s time to
mermaids have legs tweeted someone stunned to find kushner has a voice. others drew parallels jared kushner s voice sounds like a young michael sarah. wow, mr. manager. reporter: kushner s silence was mocked on snl. and now my little curb ball, jared kushner. jour own believable i know you don t like talking, one of you, taking it away. god, you re such a cute little twig. and live from new york, it s saturday night. reporter: kushner is a guy with a twitter account, but no tweets, a cover story in time with no interview. he once tiptoed past his wife as she was being interviewed. come on out. come on, jared. here, jared. oh jared, you can t walk in and not say anything. reporter: the silent side kick has finally found his voice. it s working. and it s very exciting. reporter: jeanne moos, cnn.
was being mocked on snl. now my little jared kushner. i know you don t like talking but why don t you take it away. god, you re such a cute little twig. live from new york, it s saturday night. reporter: kushner s a guy with a twitter account but no tweets. a cover story in time with no interview. he once tiptoed past his wife as she was being interviewed. oh, come on, jared, come on. oh, jared, you can t just walk in and not say anything. reporter: the silence side kick has finally found his voice. it s working and it s very exciting. reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. it s working. it s very exciting. well, look, you know what, sometimes it is the better option, is to say less and do more. we cannot compute those