‘Saturday Night Live’ rips Joe Paterno

Back in November of 2013, The Patriot-News offered a retraction of their infamous 1863 review of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which the editors of the then Patriot & Union referred to as an unremarkable and uninspiring speech made up of "silly remarks."

"Saturday Night Live" got wind of the reiteration and made Jebidiah Atkinson, the now-disgraced 1863 Patriot & Union speech critic, a reoccurring character on its "Weekend Update" segment.

Unfortunately for fans in Happy Valley, Atkinson (played by Taran Killam) decided to return to his central Pa. roots and delivered some harsh digs against former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno during a review of "Lost" in a skit Saturday night.

"Lost? Sure it started out good, but I haven't seen a final season that bad since Joe Paterno." Atkinson dryly delivered, causing the crowd to moan. "If you don't like that joke, just do as Joe did and turn a blind eye."

Atkinson moved away from Paterno to tear down popular shows like "Mad Men," "House of Cards" and "Games of Thrones" (a "soft-core porn with a hundred hours of back story") before hesitating on "I Love Lucy" and and returning to the former Penn State coach one final time.

"I don't think I should do this joke because the audience rioted over the Paterno joke," Atkinson said, before trashing "I Love Lucy" as the "worst show of all time."

This isn't the first time "Saturday Night Live" has taken on the controversial former coach. Back in 2011, Jason Sudeikis appeared on "Weekend Update as a Satan who was shocked by the Jerry Sandusky story and horrified students were publicly backing Paterno.

"Guys, what are you doing?" he asked. "I know you like Joe Pa, but you gotta get out of the way on this one. Do you know how bad that made you look? There were cameras there. Those pictures go online and live forever. That's why I created the internet."

Watch the Atkinson segment from last Saturday: