The "perpetually dying" Saturday Night Live — Page 2

It is true that even in "the good old days" of SNL, many sketches were bad or went on too long. It was 30 minutes of great material in a 90 minute show.

Anybody remember SCTV? (The good years, before it started going downhill)? Now THAT was a funny show.

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Namo, enough with the prosthetic makeup excuse-that in no way makes the show funnier. why aren't the skits which don't require makeup funny on SNL?

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i got your point. My point is that in my opinion, SNL is hardly funny at all and became that way gradually over a long period of time. Also, my criterion of what's funny is completely independent of any effects. It's dependent on whether or not I laugh.

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Ok, let me clarify one thing. When watching a show which is meant to be funny, does one have to think "is this live or on tape? Are they wearing prosthetics or not? How many times has this been rehearsed? and so on. I say no, you see something, and think it's funny or not. I can only speak for myself for having watched almost every SNL show from the beginning up until it started to be less and less funny to me. It's gotten so bad that I rarely watch anymore. I haven't met anyone except you (although we really haven't met YET), who takes your stand. Even the couple hundred extras who sit in holding and watch the entire show all groan at almost every single skit.

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Neither of us will concede this debate, and we shouldn't because we're discussing something which is entirely subjective. Probably you and I have different ideas of what's funny. It's almost like arguing if a painting is beautiful. Or a person.

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I don't think it was really only five of them writing the show. Wasn't Paul Bellini one of the writers?

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Here's your answer:

Paul Bellini writer
Garry Campbell writer
Diane Flacks writer
Dave Foley writer
Brian Hartt writer
Norm Hiscock writer
Andy Jones writer
Bruce McCulloch writer
Kevin McDonald writer
Mark McKinney writer
Scott Thompson writer
Frank Van Keeken writer

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Whoa! Ha, I guess I was about 6 or 7 people people off then!
Well, none the less, it is still the best sketch comedy show I've seen in a long time, and it's a shame they couldn't hold it together a little longer.

The openings in general were usually political. The only problem now is that they sometimes feel as if it is a chore that the writers and cast have to get through, rather than something as inspired as the opening when Alec Baldwin was Saddam Hussein complaining about his treatment in prison.

I loved SCTV, it was genius.

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I think SNL loses a little spark with every person that leaves. When Jimmy Fallon left, I stopped watching as much, because he was my favorite comedian.

I've got tickets for March 4th. I hope it's good!

It absolutely sucked from every episode after that on.

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