How SNL responds to tragedy: A somber message in the wake of the Paris attacks

When your job is to be funny, how do you do it in the wake of a tragedy?The answer, according to "Saturday Night Live": you don't.In an episode that aired the day after the deadly siege in Paris, the show skipped its much-beloved staple, the "cold open." Often reserved for political sketches, the cold open typically touches on the hottest topic of the moment, the thing that everyone is talking about. This weekend, that topic was undoubtedly the attack that killed at least 129 people Friday night...