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Shaken. Not stirred.
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01-23-2010, 10:25 PM | #122 | |
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The longer the show's been on the air, it seems the shorter the length of time it's funny per night. Originally the whole thing was funny. In the 80s, it was funny for the first half. In the 90s, it was the first quarter of the show. Now, not even the opening monologue or first skit seem funny. It's not necessarily their fault. When the show first started, there was little outlet for comedic writing. Now? Six billion cable channels (including Comedy Central). Comedy shows like "The Simpsons", "Family Guy", and "South Park". Late-night shows like Conan, Ferguson, and Kimmel. Movies. The media has become so dense and varied that it's stretched the good writing thin. JMO. |
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01-23-2010, 10:30 PM | #123 |
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Consistency has never, ever been SNL's strong point, even with their best casts. It has to be extremely hard to put on a new, live 90 minute comedy show 30 weeks a year. It's amazing that they're successful as often as they are, really.
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01-23-2010, 10:32 PM | #124 |
pie is never free
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Its hitting a dinger right now...
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01-23-2010, 10:38 PM | #125 |
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01-23-2010, 11:52 PM | #126 | |
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01-24-2010, 04:17 AM | #127 |
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I haven't watched it much, but the SNL shorts with Justin Timberlake are pretty much the only good stuff I have seen in years on that show, but I haven't watched a whole SNL in years.
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01-24-2010, 06:50 AM | #128 |
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They've had some incredible casts, from the first Chase-Belushi-Ackroyd-Radner years to the Eddie Murphy-Joe Piscopo years to the one incredible year they had Billy Crystal-Christopher Guest-Martin Short-Harry Shearer but I think the absolute best lineup the ever had was around 1989 when they had Phil Hartman,Dana Carvey,Jon Lovitz,Nora Dunn,Jan Hooks,Dennis Miller,Kevin Nealon and their BACKUP players were Chris Rock,Chris Farley,Mike Myers,and Adam Sandler. Holy crap!!!
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01-24-2010, 06:52 AM | #129 |
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01-24-2010, 09:08 AM | #130 |
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Which former cast member has had the most success?
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01-24-2010, 10:45 AM | #131 |
Rock Chalk Jayhawk
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01-24-2010, 11:13 AM | #132 |
He's Mahomie!
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Best way to watch in online w/HULU. You get to pick the clips you wanna see. I watched the Lawrence Welk one with the freaky little hands chick about 5 times with my son. Laughed our butts off. That and McGruber with Charles Barkley. Funny stuff.
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01-24-2010, 11:13 AM | #133 |
He's Mahomie!
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01-24-2010, 11:16 AM | #134 |
In Search of a Life
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01-24-2010, 11:28 AM | #135 |
pie is never free
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Great point, even the new guys were top notch.
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