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Videos: SNL Tackles HPV Vaccines For Little Girls, Internet Commenters/Trolls


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Jen Chung

Published Oct 2, 2011

Modified Oct 2, 2011


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Published Oct 2, 2011

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Melissa McCarthy, Emmy winner for Mike and Molly and the scene-stealer of Bridesmaids (who will always be Sookie St. James to us), hosted Saturday Night Live last night. One of the characters she played was an Internet troll named "Da Truf," whose pieces of wisdom include noting that President Obama is our first Nigerian president. Click through for more sketches—there was a brilliant commercial for a doll that gives girls HPV vaccines—or you can see the whole episode below.

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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

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