People have made funny jokes about politics for a long time. These jokes are called political satire. They make fun of leaders and ideas, but don't always want to change things.
Political satire is different from protests. Protests want to change things, but satire just wants to make people laugh. It makes fun of leaders and their mistakes. Sometimes, it can make people think differently about these leaders.
A long time ago, in places like Greece and Rome, people also made jokes about politics. A man named Aristophanes was one of the first to do it. He made fun of big leaders and even made jokes about gods.
Satire was important because sometimes people could not talk freely about politics. Making jokes was a secret way to share what they thought. These funny stories could change what people thought about leaders and their ideas.
Even today, we watch shows that make fun of politics. It helps us laugh and think about things in a different way.
"Saturday Night Live" is a funny show on TV in America. It started a long time ago, on October 11, 1975. Every week, someone famous comes to tell jokes and act in funny little plays. They also invite a singer or band to play music. The show likes to make fun of things that happen in America and the people who lead the country. It starts with a funny play about news and ends with someone saying, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"
The man who made the show is named Lorne Michaels. He left in 1980 but came back in 1985 and is still leading the show. Many people who act in this show become very famous. The show has been on TV for a very long time and many people in other countries watch shows like it. It has had almost 1000 episodes and is now in its 49th season. The funny little plays on the show are so loved that they sometimes make them into movies.
Eddie Murphy is a famous American man. He is funny and he is also an actor and a singer. People really like him. Eddie has won some big awards and was in a special funny show on TV.
He started to be very famous in the 1980s because he was in some movies. People loved him in films about a police officer and a movie where he played many people.
Eddie also does voices for cartoon characters. He did the voice for a dragon, a funny man in a TV show, and a talking donkey in a movie.
Eddie was in some movies that people did not like. But later, he was in more movies that people liked again.
He got a big award for being funny in the TV show he started in. His movies made lots of money. Eddie is still working and making people happy.