By Meghan Keneally. The Thai government thinks that a Saturday Night Live skit making light of the country's notorious sex tourism industry is no laughing matter. The controversial short aired over the weekend and now the Thai Culture Minister is appealing to the U. The minute-and-a-half skit was pre-recorded before Saturday's show and is done as a commercial for the Rosetta Stone language program, showing a group of creepy men who are looking to learn Thai for an upcoming 'business trip'.
Not the best spokespeople: Taran Killam left , Bobby Moynihan center right and Bill Hader right were all featured in a fake ad for Rosetta Stone where they wanted to learn Thai. Awkward: They said a 'thing' and a 'business trip' brought their attention to Thailand.
Other clean-cut actors are shown talking about how they want to learn German to trade recipes with their grandmother or Spanish to talk to co-workers. Learning in action: Thai government officials are upset about the skit because they think it portrays the country in a bad light.
Risque: One of the vocabulary words they choose to highlight refers to a sex trick common in the country. Adding an air of criminality to the skit, a fourth 'offender' is shown in the shadows with his voice concealed as he touts the all-important phrase 'I need to speak with the American Embassy.
Driving the point home, the clip boasts that it teaches users how to say 'how much', 'ping pong ball', and to ask 'is that for the whole night'. Thai officials are not taking as light-hearted of a tone with the alluded behavior as the comedy writers were, as they are now pushing for its removal. As of Wednesday, only one unofficial version of the clip was available on YouTube.
