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‘SNL’ Sends Up Fox’s ‘The Floor’ With Shane Gillis Not Recognizing Any Famous Black People


'SNL' Sends Up Fox's 'The Floor' With Shane Gillis Not Recognizing Any Black Famous Figures

On SNL’ s version, Shane Gillis played the defending champion David, who triumphed in the first round by correctly identifying a glass of orange juice. As pictures of Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Maya Angelou, Colin Powell, and Aretha Franklin flashed on the screen, Willis was clueless and said things like “I know him but I’m nervous” or I’m a huge fan of hers” without saying their actual names. For the category of famous artists, Lydia has trouble identifying paintings like the Mona Lisa, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and American Gothic, which she describes as “J.K.

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