This is the edited version of the controversial Saturday Night Live bailout sketch.  It seems, believe it or not, that the reason the sketch was originally pulled is because neither Lorne Michaels, the show's creator and producer, nor the NBC legal team, knew that the Sandlers, a couple depicted in the sketch, were real people.  According to the L.A. Times:“I, in a state of complete ignorance, thought they were characters in the piece,” he said. “I did not know they were real, up until somebody called me about it on Monday. And I went, what? Now, that’s entirely my fault. Entirely.“When I spoke to them, I can assure you this: They are very, very real. I think they were angry, I think distraught, I think they were not expecting to turn on the television and see that. First of all, I pleaded incompetence, which is not a thing I do often, and the fact that I did not know they were real is 100% my responsibility.”The unflatteringly depicted couple, accused in the skit of exploiting the subprime mortgage crisis, did not complain; the decision to remove the bit was simply the show's attempt to excercise an abundance of caution.  You buying any of this?  Another L.A. Times story says this:A "Saturday Night Live" skit that skewered President Bush, Democrats, homebuyers and subprime lenders for their roles in the mortgage meltdown was removed from the program's website because it "didn't meet out standards," a spokesman for the show said Tuesday. An edited version of the skit will be re-posted online soon, the spokesman said.A third L.A. Times story, shares this:In an interview with Gold, the show's executive producer, Lorne Michaels, said the Sandlers were distraught but had not demanded the changes. He noted the "People who should be shot" line was deleted as was a reference to their "corrupt activities."But a comparison of the two versions shows that actually a little more than that was cut. What also was excised was any mention of the involvement of Massachusetts' Rep. Frank in the Sandler sub

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