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Spanish Meatloaf
Title: Denim Clad Road Warrior
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: Olympia, WA
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I personally fucking love SNL, but I hear a lot of people flaming it 24/7, however some of the sketches aren't funny at all, and some of the music guests suck. What does everyone else think?
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JRA
Joined: Sep 17 2007
Location: The Opium Trail
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I remember during thanksgiving by I was chatting with my extended family and my Dad goes "Why the hell is that show still on the air?" 
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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this belongs in TV buddy
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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Also isn't there another SNL thread asking the same thing?
I can't really say if it's funny because I haven't watched consistantly in about 12 years. From what I've seen, I'd have to say no. The people who really killed the show for me were the people they almost tried to force onto me like Will Ferrell. Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey, all of which were mediocre at best. Honestly, I think the show was best during the 90's and my favorite peak moment was when Steve Forbes hosted, after that other political celebs started showing up, but his was one of my favorites.
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
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SNL hasn't been funny in decades.
Also, polls are lame.
Also, wrong forum.
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NERO
Title: Mark Hamill
Joined: Apr 28 2008
Location: Chilliwack
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It's only saving grace is that it is not Mad TV.
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It's not rape if you rape everyone who accuses you.
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
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i'll give it a slight benefit of the doubt, but I agree... it hasn't been truly funny since maybe the early nineties.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16131
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| It's only saving grace is that it is not Mad TV. |
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| Klimbatize wrote: |
| I'll eat a turkey sandwich while blowing my load |
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Dii Infer
Title: Boobie Engineer
Joined: Jun 01 2007
Location: Texas
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Absolutely not. The best sketch on modern SNL episodes is worse than the worst sketch on any season of Kids in the Hall.
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
Location: Here I am.
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1993–1994 season was the best ever, and it has gone downhill ever since.
Since then, there have been maybe 1 or 2 stand out stars per season. But in 93-94 almost every cast member was excellent:
Ellen Cleghorne
Chris Farley
Phil Hartman
Melanie Hutsell
Michael McKean
Tim Meadows
Mike Myers
Kevin Nealon
Adam Sandler
Rob Schneider
David Spade
Julia Sweeney
Al Franken
Norm Macdonald
Jay Mohr
Sarah Silverman
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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Their commercial parodies crack me up, the rest is super MEH.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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| UsaSatsui wrote: |
| SNL hasn't been funny in decades. |
In correct, and fuck you for saying that. SNL didn't get REALLY GOOD until the mid-to-late 80s. I'm sick of people saying that the 70s stuff was the best. It wasn't. Fuck The Coneheads. Fuck Samurai John Belushi. Hell, fuck John Belushi in general. He wasn't that funny. And fuck when they used to waste time on stand up comedians.
SNL was first good in the early 80s, when Eddie Murphy was on it. Then following two terrible seasons (1984-85, 1985-86), the show really started to hit its stride. Jon Lovitz and Dennis Miller, the sole cast members to survive the dismal '85-'86 season soon found themselves working alongside Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon, and Phil Hartman. Thus began the show's Golden Age, 1986-1995, which ended when Sandler and Farley left in 1995. The cast over this period included Mike Myers, Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Meadows, Chris Rock, Michael McKean, Victori Jackson, Jan Hooks, Al Franken, Janeane Garafolo, Chris Elliot, A. Whitney Brown, Norm MacDonald, Melanie Hutsell, Sarah Silverman, Ben Stiller, Ellen Cleghorne, Julia Sweeney, and Jay Mohr.
The show then floundered around for a few years, mostly because Lorne Michaels expanded the cast to try and avoid the "A Star Is Born, Then Said Star Leaves And The Show Suddenly Sucks Until Someone Else Steps Up" cycles of the past.
The show resurged in 1998 when Darrell Hammond and Molly Shannon became breakout stars as a result of the Lewinsky scandal, and Will Ferrell, Cheri Oteri, and Horatio Sanz rose up as well. Tim Meadows, who had been on since 1991, continued to be popular during this period as well. Then Ferrell left in 2002 and things quickly fell apart. Hammond was one of the show's last bright spots until he left in 2009. The only good things on SNL these days are Digital Shorts, Weekend Update (sometimes), and a couple of sketches each year if they have a guest they're actually inspired to write something funny for.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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StonedAutopilot
Joined: Aug 04 2010
Location: Milwaukee, WI
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I think SNL is quite funny, just not as much as it used to be. The late 90s and early 2000s were the funniest in my opinion, with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, plus Will Ferrell, back when he was actually hilarious on a fairly consistent basis. However, the cultural and especially political impact of SNL these days is unprecedented. The Sarah Palin bits, classic. SNL will never suck as much as the 70s though. However, I wish they would bring back Amy Poehler as that little "Rick, Rick!" girl. Fucking hilarious. And Rachel Dratch was good too. But Jimmy Fallon. Pfft. Laughed in every damn skit he was in. And only twice was it funny to watch.
*Edit: Meant 70s, not 80s. Oops.
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
Location: Here I am.
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| Blackout wrote: |
| I challenge anyone not to laugh a this. |
It's funny, but "Happy Fun Ball", "Colon Blow", and "Crystal Gravy" were better.
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AtmanRyu
Title: The Wandering Dragon
Joined: Jun 25 2009
Location: Atlanta, GA
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| Blackout wrote: |
| I challenge anyone not to laugh a this. |
Ok, done. Not even a smirk.
What did I win?
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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| AtmanRyu wrote: |
| Blackout wrote: |
| I challenge anyone not to laugh a this. |
Ok, done. Not even a smirk.
What did I win? |
An owl getting sprayed with a hose!
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
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| UsaSatsui wrote: |
SNL hasn't been funny in decades.
Also, polls are lame.
Also, wrong forum. |
The first two still apply.
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Drew Linky
Wizard
Joined: Jun 12 2009
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I'll take Craig Ferguson over that shit any day.
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
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I've said it before and it bears repeating, even GOOD snl is only funny like 60%-70% of the time.People remember the funny skits not the boring time filling ones.
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