who here thinks SNL blows goats now?!?!

[analogmassacre]

umm i was watching saturday night live thinking man these people are not funny anymore!!! i think the last season i actually liked was when phil hartman was still there. why do so many people watch this show thinking its so great!?!?! i hate saturday night live!!!!! i think i'm gonna start watching MAD TV and late night cinemax softcore porn.


JEBUS BRING ME GOOD TV!!!

Arthur

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[Jacob Trance]

I am a MAD TV *whore*

I can even impersonate most of the MAD TV characters...just ask Misha! She knows =)


didja see mad tv tonite?

[analogmassacre]

no i missed it! stupid SNL!

i can do a really good Stuart impersonation

mwahaha, i'll have to do it for you sometime.

Arthur

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[bungle bliss]

Heh, I have adored this show since I was in middle school....I think that they are doing pretty well since Colin Quinn and Cheri Oteri left...those two kicked ass....all the greats left years ago and they still managed to accurately portray most predominate figures in society....plus they have NO scruples...funny you should post this because I was just thinking they have become much better lately!

[Primer]

I agree with u arthur, SNL sucks, i like when they had collin quinn, norm M., tim meadows and cheri oterri. The show is going downhill now just like when anonthy micheal hall was on. But hey they have jimmy fallon "the company computer guy" he's pretty funny!!!

[analogmassacre]

yeah i think jimmy fallon and cheri oteri were holding it together but its dead now. jimmy cant do it alone. images/smilies/frown.gif

stupid snl!! arrggghh

it makes me angry, angry enough tokill!!

*urge to kill rising*
*rising*
*fading*
*now the Tony Awards!*
*rising*
*fading*
*fading*
*gone*


Arthur

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[BurliE Boy]

i used to be a diehard snl fan... but i've been disapointed lately. i've always watched mad tv too, but i'm really getting into that. jacob, i saw tonight's episode. i love those wheelchair executives at that card company! the flight attendants were hilarious too. nicole sulivan is my hero images/smilies/biggrin.gif

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[George Holland]

<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by analogmassacre:
yeah i think jimmy fallon and cheri oteri were holding it together but its dead now. jimmy cant do it alone. images/smilies/frown.gif
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Jimmy Fallon and Cheri Oteri were holding it together? Come on now, you've got to be kidding.. The only thing that's held that show together in the last 3 years has been the incredible comic genius that is Will Ferrell.. I love Cheri, and I can't get enough of Jimmy's Boston accent sketches.. but you gotta give respect to Will.. He's the cornerstone of that show now.. He's completely versatile and actually gives a shit about his job and doing it right.. Ever seen him look over at the cuecards? Nope, because he actually remembers his lines, unlike those hacks who think that if they just giggle and stumble their way through a sketch that everything will be OK.. The level of talent as a whole has decreased, big-time.. and so far the only hope for the future is the continued usage of Will, and Maya Rudolph...

I do agree though.. It will never be as good as it was during the Phil Hartman/David Spade/Mike Myers/Chris Farley/Adam Sandler days...

Live, from Portland, It's my 2 cents!

..g..

[~Cosmic~]

It's all about MAD TV....

Or atleast old skool MAD TV with Ms. Swan, and "That's my White Momma"...

agghhh, good times images/smilies/smile.gif

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[Jacob Trance]

I remember the white momma =)


I miss the antonio skecthes =(

Anyone remember the coffee guy?

I can do an impression of Ms. Swan, The Vancom Lady, Malina and Lili (how the hell do you spell those names?), Antonio, Stuart and I'm working on Treena (sp?) and Stuart's mother. GOD I love MAD TV!!!

[Aero]

SNL has sucked for a while now...
..with the exception of Goth Talk and Mango of course!


*does Stuart Impression*
Look What i can do!

Aero images/smilies/eek.gif


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[PinkChik]

i loved cheri oteri being collette reardon, the tweeker lady.
i can do it perfectly.

i miss the gap girls though, and church lady

[analogmassacre]

...and i'm azriel abyss, prince of sorrooow!


good point goth talk was hialrious, but the havent done it in so long.


arthur

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[biggriggs]

I actually think this is the best it's been since Norm McDonald left. but I really miss the greats like Mike Myers, Phil Hartman(does anyone remember the Anal Retentive Chef?), Farly, Sandler, Chris Rock, and last but definately not least, in my mind the funniest man, second only to steve martin, and that is Dana Carvey!!!! Well isn't that special. the only reason I say second to steve martin is because steve is the funniest man EVER!!!! and I would have to agree with the fact that Will Ferrel is holding the show together.

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[Kosmicdog]

For the past 25 years people have been talking about how good Saturday Night Live used to be.

[Trixie]

saturday night was pretty funny, it made me laugh on several occasions:

highlight?

the baby and the german intellectual:

will ferral: " i am confounded! on the count of 3 you will grow up!"
baby: *munches on potato chip bag*

god, it was so good.

and the molly shannon skit as the weird lesbianesque comedian, it made me laugh because it just made you squirm... i love that.

ya, snl is still doing okay, you just gotta look for the little gems here and there.


trixie

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[Soy*Spice]

Personally, I did not understand the whole German and the baby thing but, ya I think its ok... sometimes, did anyone see the TOM GREEN one? images/smilies/redface.gifD pretty funny!

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[gia]

I'm not sure why, but generally when SNL is on, I only last about ten minutes before I start wishing Space Ghost was on instead. Some of the material is pretty funny, but I think they need a few fresher writers... images/smilies/tongue.gif

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at your mixed up world~
*verve*

[Hollywood]

the only thing that this one and only can say is after one of my heros died it went down hill....and kept going and going and going and going and going and where was i....oh yeah going and going...the a bird cam along picked it up...flew alittle ways droped it in a big pile of shit...not just anyshit but bill clintons shit...the a CIA guy cleaned it up only to get stuck on the bottom of his shoe...as he walked in the white house it go stuck on the carpet which some dude from canada steped in and took it back with him......FUCKING CANADA its all your falt!


Oh and it was my jigga Chris.....I can do a good matt foley and atommyboy if ya wanna see it...
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THis superman doesnt have a kryptonight....

"jigga crew" best there is the best there was and the best there ever damn well be....

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[Enkidu Kind]

Some nights it can hold it's own. I saw a skit with N'Sync where they were this "fast-food boy band." I really got a kick out of that. However, SNL has been pretty bad since about 1994 or 95. The only reason its still onis its enduring reputation. If it weren't so good in the past, it would be gone.

So yeah. I don't watch it anymore. I haven't really watched it since I graduated back in 1993. Wow. I'm old...

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[Headphones Dude]

My gf told me the next year is going to be the last. Which is a darn shame. It's almost older than I am! Is anybody going to be sad to see it go??? Or is this just a rumor??

[Cedwyn]

get real. throughout its career, snl has had good periods and bad periods. nothing will *ever* compare to the original cast >.<

sometimes it sucks, sometimes it's great. just depends.

[D-d0g]

Blowing goats can be quite enjoyable, actually. Don't knock it 'till you've tried it ;)

Peace,

D-d0g

[bonoboboogie]

blowing goats is better than watching teevee.
y'all need to get out,
it IS saturday night

maybe try those repeatative base rhythms and gyrating yr derriere

tech-no 4vr

[Cedwyn]

"bonoboboogie"

lol

we've found a naughty one!

[scarlet_minnow]

For as long as I have ever watched SNL, people have been talking about how good it USED to be. I actually don't watch it much, but I agree with giving props to Will Ferrel... c'mon, the cheerleader skits, the geeky couple who put together the musical montages, and the literary lovers are all freakin' hilarious.
However, there are definately NOT FUNNY moments... Mango comes to mind...
OK, who was the best guest host ever?

[Boyd Main]

You guys are on crack. This week's one was hilarious. I about shit my pants laughing at the "Mom's Jeans" segment.

[bonoboboogie]

for all you old skool SNL fans...

there's a house track by dirty gringos called cowbell. it samples an old SNL skit with Christoper Walken. It is friggin FUNNY!

"It's sounden great guys, but it could have used more cowbell"

(mad cowbell solo)

"I gotta have more cowbell"

(more driving cowbell beats)

"Guess what, I gotta fever. And the only perscription...is more cowbell"

(cowbell rocking out like you wouldn't believe)

Great tune. Hasn't been released yet,but look for it!

[Tecknowledgy]

Originally posted by Cedwyn
get real. throughout its career, snl has had good periods and bad periods. nothing will *ever* compare to the original cast >.<

sometimes it sucks, sometimes it's great. just depends.

Nothing will ever compare to Spade, Sandler, Hartman, Farley, Meadows, O'teri, Shannon and Farrel.

[Toni]

I haven't watched MadTv in a while... Is Ms. Swam still on there.

[EviLreD]

Originally posted by D-d0g
Blowing goats can be quite enjoyable, actually. Don't knock it 'till you've tried it ;)

Peace,

D-d0g
MMMM....GOATS!
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[Jessifer]

"blowing goats is better than watching teevee.
y'all need to get out,
it IS saturday night"

In Alaska, Saturday night amounts to about any other day as there truly isn't a nightlife if you aren't 21.. unless you wanna hop from house to house in search of amusement and more Steel Reserve. So SNL is (and always has been ever since I can recall being in existance) an integral facet of entertainment for the weekend.

Originally posted by Boyd Main
You guys are on crack. This week's one was hilarious. I about shit my pants laughing at the "Mom's Jeans" segment.
In recalling recent GOOD sketches to my mind, Mom Jeans was the first and foremost, I word you Boyd Main!! I shit too! WEIRD!

SNL is the kind of show you grow up with, it's always a little lame here and there but with ultimately redeeming factors like the 58% of the time when it's truly hilarious. Jimmy is the man, Kattan and Farrel are downright laughter in human form (anyone remember the HUGE picture of Kattan on his apartment wall? What do you wanna bet it's chillin in his house right now?) All and all SNL is good by me: the AK 2¢. Nuff said.

[Ishkur]

Saturday Night Live has highs and lows. Eventually if you give it time it will right itself back to equilibrium and then even become funny again, often with the rise of some hot new star who is the epitome of hilarity.

Because SNL has been and still is the PREMIER vehicle by which many a movie comedian's careers are launched.

the first two seasons (75-76) were spectacularly stupid funny....like on the realm of Monty Python type absurdity and humour, but after that many members of the cast quickly started a trend--that continues to this day--of leaving the show to go onto bigger and better things. So many legends: Dan Aykroid, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Steve Martin (he was never actually a cast member. He just hosted a lot)

Then 77-81 was where the show lost steam, was unfunny, and generally was as bland and boring as the Carter Administration they tried to lampoon.

81-84 was all about one man: Eddie Murphy. Though not the most talented comedian SNL has discovered, he was by far the funniest. And this era among the most memorable as his sketches always show up on SNL specials. The whole show revolved around him for practically 3 whole years.

84-87 Murphy left to do movies, show started sucking again. Celebrity guests were brought in (like Billy Crystal, Harry Shearer, Martin Short) to try and give it some omph, but the writing was just too weak.

87-92 was when I started watching SNL, and considered by many the most talented cast ever, as it shows when ALL of them are doing bigger, better things now. Myers, Carvey, Hartman, Dennis Miller (BEST WEEKEND UPDATE THAT EVER WAS AND EVER WILL BE), Kevin Nealon.......the skits were so numerous, quirky, and memorable.

93-97 was the worst years ever. Golden cast left to do movies....leaving wet-behind-the-ears cast to try and pick up the pieces. Farley, Spade, Meadows, Sandler et. al did their best, but I've never considered them funny. Well, they're funny in a "ha ha" funny, but nothing that blasts me out of my seat laughing so hard my stomach hurts funny. The writing got really bad too. Skits dragged on for too long and for no reason, repeating the same mono-dimensional joke to no applause or laughter from the crowd. I stopped watching regularly during this time period because the show just wasn't interesting anymore. It was like a chore to sit through and watch another stupid episode of Farley falling on his ass while yelling some damn thing. Norm McDonald's deadpan delivery was the only thing worth watching.

98-2001: Lorne Michaels decides to clean house. Gets rid of the stale cast funking up the previous half decade, and brings in completely new unknowns. And it still wasn't all that funny. I mean, come on. Okay: I get the Cheerleader skit, but its one joke getting recycled over and over again. And it wasn't even funny the first time. Please don't have a new episode of those stupid twits every friggin' weekend. This is really before Will Farrell hit his stride too. He's kind of uneven and spotty at times......hasn't quite yet smoothed his performance. But he's the only guy that kept getting better as the years wore on. Cheri O'teri was fucking annoying in everything she did. Molly Shannon was stupid. Tim Meadows was just Tim Meadows (for the longest running cast member in SNL history, he sure is a forgettable one). Chris Kataan and Bill Hammond can be better if given better writing, but it was just so weak.

2001-present: I haven't really been paying attention to what the current cast is doing because I don't watch it all that much anymore, but I don't really see much notable improvement. Mad TV seems to be punchier, funnier, and more risque.

Another trend I see is the quality of humour. I noticed how many skits today have a kind of "Talk Show" format, where the characters are talking into the camera. Just average people, though, kind of borrowing influences from Wayne's World a decade earlier, but the skits aren't as amusing as Wayne & Garth were.

It's just that the targets of most of the humour seems to be college students and frat-houses. That is....low-brow. What I liked about oldskool Saturday Night Live were the skits that were odd and made no sense at all, but were funny simply for the weirdness and avant-garde flavour to them. Like Sprockets immediately comes to mind. A skit like that would never fly today, because nobody would understand it. But it was a perfect ploy on 80s east german bohemian intellectualism (complete with Kraftwerk musical score!) that would fly right over the heads of most people today.

And that's the thing that kind of unnerves me about SNL. Before their target audience was probably 20-30-somethings (as one of the original shows mandates was "Giving people an excuse to stay in on Saturday Night", though I haven't heard the show utter that line for years), but now its mostly directed at teenagers. So obviously the humour becomes less dry and subtle, and more over-the-top, obvious, prat-falling, loud and obnoxious.

And I really hate Jimmy "this is so funny I can hardly contain myself" Fallon. Must that stupid goof try so hard not to burst out laughing in every skit he's in? Weekend Update is weak, mostly because a lot of Tina Fey's jokes are getting panned from Fark and other internet comedy sites that do it with far more zing since they don't have censors to worry about.

No. What SNL needs is what always rescued it in the past: a superstar to emerge and make the show funny all on his own. No, Will Farrel is not the answer. He's good in a supporting, soundbite role (before he gets overbearingly annoying and hence unfunny), but not as a lead.

If it weren't for Robert Smigel's cartoons, Saturday Night Live probably wouldn't be on the air anymore.

Crap, this post is long. I'm going to shut up now.

[Tecknowledgy]

Originally posted by Jessifer
In Alaska, Saturday night amounts to about any other day as there truly isn't a nightlife if you aren't 21

I'm afraid you're not allowed here. This is a continental 48-only board. Sorry.

[Jessifer]

Originally posted by Tecknowledgy


I'm afraid you're not allowed here. This is a continental 48-only board. Sorry.
Dude, NORTHWEST. This includes Alaska as it's both north and west, more so than anything in the continental 48. Plus there are plenty of other discussions of and members in Alaska. You have 2000+ posts, isn't this obvious? Stop the haterade.
Besides I'm moving to the Poulsbo area in a couple months which is why I felt compelled to join in the first place. Be nice.

[Rigel]

Originally posted by Ishkur
87-92 was when I started watching SNL, and considered by many the most talented cast ever, as it shows when ALL of them are doing bigger, better things now. Myers, Carvey, Hartman, Dennis Miller (BEST WEEKEND UPDATE THAT EVER WAS AND EVER WILL BE), Kevin Nealon.......the skits were so numerous, quirky, and memorable.

*Does an act of reverence for this time period's cast*

[Tecknowledgy]

Originally posted by Jessifer

Dude, NORTHWEST. This includes Alaska as it's both north and west, more so than anything in the continental 48. Plus there are plenty of other discussions of and members in Alaska. You have 2000+ posts, isn't this obvious? Stop the haterade.
Besides I'm moving to the Poulsbo area in a couple months which is why I felt compelled to join in the first place. Be nice.

Nope, sorry. You're too NorthWest. Please contact the moderator at once so they can disable your account. Please make sure you don't sign up again until you move to the continental 48.

[Jessifer]

Too northwest? Pssssh. That's silly. Plus I'm leavin for Seattle for the weekend in about, ooo, 4 hours. So I think at the least I can stay until Monday. *wink wink nod nod*
If you could be MORE anal, that would be greeeeat...
What kind of way is this to welcome someone? I didn't do anything to you, or anything of a negative nature for that matter.
Ubel elitist nonsense is all this amounts to in my mind. Just play nice! Letting off positive energy is so much better for your heart, I promise.

[Tecknowledgy]

Yeah, being a sarcastic ass is fun too, too bad some people really can't pick up on it...learn to be sarcastic, it's a lot better for your heart, I promise.

And a note to all, enough with the "good vibes positive energy" bullshit, mmmkay? It's fine that you're disgustingly perky and happy, I'm not...alright? Great.

BTW Jessifer, 98% of what I say on here is to be taken seriously, it's just to cause drama or try to make people angry. I've got nothing against you.

[Jessifer]

How am I supposed to judge sarcasm online without knowing you or having any indication you're joking (ie winks and smiles)??

Sorry you aren't a little more light hearted! I'd give you some of my disgusting sunshine if I could... No offense taken here. (:

[wacky]

Did you see on Saturday's show, Chris Kattan is leaving. He's only one left that I actually knew. And the rest of them aren't funny anyway.

DAMN IT!