Weekly SNL thread — Page 8

don't get too happy with your hopes....

I never said I was going to stop commenting on it.
I said I think I'm gonna stop watching it live from now on and might just DVR it and skip around for 10% of the good stuff.

no need to throw shade..
we all have a right to an opinion.

Updated On: 4/8/12 at 01:04 PM

But what would an SNL thread be without the required, "SNL hasn't been funny in years!" comments? Even at it's worse, SNL is somewhat of a miracle. The amount of work, stamina, and sheer determination it takes to put on an hour and a half long LIVE television show each week is staggering.
Sure there are shows which fall flat, that is the nature of the beast. You don't get a second take. When things click, it is amazing!

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I love SNL and always have. It's an institution and I keep it high on my lists of everything. But I do not enjoy when people glorify it being the 'funniest thing ever', when it clearly needs work and half the season- it feels slapped on and rushed and not very well thought out. I've worked at SNL over the years and have friends working on it now. I'm not just commenting as a spectator.. but as someone who knows how the show works and the skits only get as good as the content it is skewering. And recently, there just hasn't been enough good content because they do not want to cross the lines. They are playing it safe because Lorne Michaels has been a sucker for promotional mergers on his show so it is afraid to offend anyone.


SNL hasn't been bold and daring, that's all. And that's how I feel.

for example-
why not do Keenan Thompson in Mary J Blige drag and attempt to a Burger King/chicken sketch.

Why not mock anything new in pop culture of the recent week?

Kristen Wiig mock Madonna's new video or new album?
there is just so much to attack or mock out there....
I remember when SNL was fearless---but now it's just a corporate bitch to the system.

Let's face it...

if it weren't for SOfia Vergara being there...those skits would be bland and shameful.

They just don't have the creativity and charm--it always lacks confidence and balls.

One time, I saw incredibly funny skits at a dress rehearsal. 3 of the funniest skits were dropped because they didn't have any promotional tie-ins. So they kept Tower Records skit and a STarbucks skit and Target. SImply because it was a commercial for those brands...and Lorne Michaels chose marketing over comedy.

This is why I rolled my eyes up at the Pantene commercial.

Times have changed, I know...but it always left things sour for me.

Ever since that time....

I look at things differently.

and clearly- I'm not the only one thinking this.

"Vergara lifts sluggish SNL"

http://www.rr.com/tv/topic/article/rr/51528047/66543335/SNL_Sofia_Gets_Gilly_with_One_Direction_Chirping

Updated On: 4/8/12 at 01:37 PM

If I ever saw anyone calling it "the funniest thing ever" I might have been more interested in the rest of your post.

I don't know why you're getting so defensive about it. You love and always will, even though you don't like it when you imagine people calling it the funniest thing ever and you're done with it but you'll dvr it for the ten percent that is funny even though it's not funny.

I'm glad you and rr.com are in sync, though.

And SNAFU knows how the show works, too.

Updated On: 4/8/12 at 01:44 PM

But that very thing is the nature of Live TV. Sometimes things are hysterical in dress but when done for air, falls flat. The opposite it true as well. I have also found that sometimes things are funnier on the page then when seen in actuality. Sometimes the concept is hysterical but the execution is off.
There were many attempts at Wayne's World in dress before it actually first made AIR as an example.
I have also discovered that SNL has a very specific demographic that it plays to. At times, I find myself outside that demographic and at a loss as to why a character or a sketch (or cast member) finds such popularity.

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Agreed

I also believe that most if not all the writers are mainly white men. There needs to be female, along with Black, Asian, Latino writers in there that reflects all demos.

MADTV had a pulse. And was a huge threat to SNL
wonder how that crumbled??

In these times. I miss Ellen Cleghorn.

Double post

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Updated On: 4/8/12 at 06:16 PM

The song is annoying as hell, and the boys looked really uncomfortable.

Is it too early to predict which one will come out? 10 to 1 it's suspenders kid.

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One of their songs was one or two notes away from plagerism from a Back Street Boys hit.

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WIth Kristen, Jason and ANdy leaving---------
it's gonna really be joyless to watch."

insert Will Ferrell, Jimmy Fallon, and Molly Shannon, or Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, and Gilda Radner, or Mike Myers, Chris Farley, and Jan Hooks, and it's pretty much the same sentiment. It happens over and over..... Beloved actors leave the show every year, and yet people flock to the show and fall in love with new cast members every year.

Circle of life, people.

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Will Ferrell is hosting the show on May 12! I can't wait!




Will Ferrell returns to host 'Saturday Night Live'

Updated On: 4/28/12 at 11:24 AM

Is "Mick Jagger" code for "Jusin Bieber"?

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"Mick Jagger will close the season as host and musical guest, rumor has it."

It's official now.




'SNL' season finale to be hosted by Mick Jagger

Updated On: 5/3/12 at 04:25 PM