Re: SNL Emoji comedy

sOn 2026-03-23 00:52, Martin J. Dürst via Unicode wrote:

> On 2026-03-23 16:37, Philippe Verdy wrote:
>> Video blocked in youtube. Spam?
>
> I just watched it again (in Japan). It may be that Youtube does 
> different blocking based on country or something else.
>
> SNL stands for Saturday Night Live, see 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live for details. It's 
> late-night, so it's not necessarily for kids, but it airs on broadcast 
> television (NBC), so it should be good enough for adults on Youtube.

I think Martin is correct that Youtube and the Saturday Night Live 
Youtube Channel block some SNL videos based on country. My experience 
living in Canada is that I can watch a few SNL videos from my Canadian 
IP address, but for most videos, when I attempt to play them, Youtube 
gives me an error message like, "The uploader has not made this video 
available in your country."  When I then use a VPN to pretend to be at a 
USA IP address, Youtube plays the video for me without problems.

And, I watched this particular video, via VPN if I recall correctly. I 
can confirm that it is not spam.

Best regards,
      —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada

> Regards, Martin.
>
>> Le lun. 16 mars 2026, 05:06, Martin J. Dürst via Unicode <
>> [email protected]> a écrit :
>>
>>> Probably of interest to this list, in particular for Emoji fans:
>>>
>>> Weekend Update: Red Heart and Aerial Tramway Emojis on Apple's New 
>>> Emojis
>>> Release - SNL
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59CpJqCbxXs>
>>>
>>> Regards,   Martin.
>
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       Vancouver, B.C., Canada