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Aer Lingus Answers Skit on SNL with Trumpesque Tweet

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 7, 2017December 7, 2017 7 Comments

Aer Lingus was lampooned recently on Saturday Night Live. But the good-natured Irish carrier offered a stinging rebuttal in an all-too-familiar-style.

Honestly, the SNL clip isn’t all that funny, though the the accents are absolutely perfect.

I know the Irish love dogs, but in my many trips on Aer Lingus I’ve never seen a dog onboard. I also know that Aer Lingus serves more than potatoes, at least in business class!

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Aer Lingus took the lampooning well, issuing a tweet in response that sounds like it was written by someone else, someone who might own a golf course in County Clare.

Just tried watching Saturday Night Live – unwatchable! Totally biased, not funny and the Ronan impersonation just can't get any worse. Sad

— Aer Lingus (@AerLingus) December 3, 2017

Not surprisingly, when a national airline is attacked, not everyone finds it funny. Aer Lingus also polled its followers to see what they thought. The majority were not thrilled by the parody…

Apparently, we were written into an #SNL sketch last night! 😏 So… what did you think?

— Aer Lingus (@AerLingus) December 3, 2017

CONCLUSION

It’s nice when airlines can respond to good-natured humor with good-natured humor. I recently flew Aer Lingus from Stuttgart to Dublin and with the exception of an annoying remote gate at Stuttgart, the experience was smooth.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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7 Comments

  1. Tjn Reply
    December 7, 2017 at 7:51 am

    The SNL skit was unfunny, the EI response was 10x better

  2. Chris O'Connor Reply
    December 7, 2017 at 8:25 am

    I didn’t get offended by the skit at all and actually loved them talking about Aer Lingus but honestly-the accents were just awful. I’ve seen multiple American commentators describing the accents as perfect which is utterly baffling us this side of the water. One of them (the pilot) was practically Scottish! Leaving aside Saoirse(naturally), Cecily Strong was the best of a bad lot accent wise.

    Love SNL by the way (and your blog)

  3. Henry Reply
    December 7, 2017 at 2:24 pm

    The Are Lingus response proves that SNL could actually use quite a bit of Irish wit. This SNL skit is rather trite and quite dull.

  4. JDS Reply
    December 9, 2017 at 3:09 pm

    This is a dreadful sketch, not even remotely funny (I mean potato jokes?), and the accents are dreadful. I’m surprised Saoirse Ronan would agree to do this.

    And yes, I am Irish.

  5. baqa Reply
    December 10, 2017 at 6:22 pm

    The accents were horrible. The skit was mildly amusing. EI response FTW.

    – an American expat living in Ireland

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