Banned SNL Robert Smigel animated short from 1998

“Conspiracy Theory Rock” was part of a March 1998 “TV Funhouse” segment and has been removed from all subsequent airings of the Saturday Night Live episode where it originally appeared. Michaels claimed the edit was done because it “wasn’t funny”. The film is a scathing critique of corporate media ownership, including NBC’s ownership by General Electric/Westinghouse. 

If there was any truth to what Michaels says about why this skit was banned, the whole show would have been cancelled years ago.

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