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When did Saturday Night Live stop being funny?
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:35 pm
And was it ever really funny in the first place? I saw a replay of the very first show from 50 years ago, and I didn't find it funny in the least. Maybe it seemed funnier in the context of what was happening in the news 50 years ago, but IDK.
Really, they're probably doing the unfunny Trump stuff because that appeals to some percentage of the population that will laugh at any Trump joke no matter how unfunny it is. If they weren't doing the unfunny Trump stuff, they would be doing some equally unfunny stuff that wouldn't appeal to anybody of any political persuasion.
Really, they're probably doing the unfunny Trump stuff because that appeals to some percentage of the population that will laugh at any Trump joke no matter how unfunny it is. If they weren't doing the unfunny Trump stuff, they would be doing some equally unfunny stuff that wouldn't appeal to anybody of any political persuasion.
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Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:38 pm to UFFan
Around 2008 probably
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:39 pm to UFFan
was already on the downswing but I'd say roughly 20 years ago it stopped being genuinely funny 90% of the time.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:39 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
when it became political
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:39 pm to UFFan
I've tried to go back and watch the early seasons... honestly, it was hit and miss then, too. We just think it was better because the best clips are the ones shared and replayed.
TDS did terrible things to all comedy, but the good old days weren't always funny either.
TDS did terrible things to all comedy, but the good old days weren't always funny either.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:40 pm to UFFan
Probably before I was born, and I’m in my 30’s
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:40 pm to nicholastiger
It was funny in the 90s when political, at least when Carvey and Phil Hartman were there.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:42 pm to UFFan
It was never really funny…and on the rare occasions they had a funny skit, they invariably carry it i\out far too long. That said, enough high-school guys watch it to keep it from getting canceled for 50 years!
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:43 pm to UFFan
When did Phil Hartman get killed? Probably right around then.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:44 pm to UFFan
The show in it’s entirety was never funny to me. Some of the skits are comedy gold though.
Silver Star Catering with Jonah Hill is my favorite, no idea why
David Pumpkins with Tom Hanks is my #2
Silver Star Catering with Jonah Hill is my favorite, no idea why
David Pumpkins with Tom Hanks is my #2
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:44 pm to UFFan
When they were portraying Trump in a less hateful way (summer of 2023 until about a month ago) I thought it was the funniest Trump stuff they've done.
Unfortunately over the last month they've gone hateful again and it is no longer funny.
Unfortunately over the last month they've gone hateful again and it is no longer funny.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:48 pm to nicholastiger
The show from 1975 wasn't political, and it still wasn't the least bit funny.
I think that people fail to realize why they obsess on Trump so much on the show. If they were making non-political jokes, they'd sound every bit as unfunny as they do now, and nobody whether liberal or conservative would watch the show. By making constant stupid Trump jokes, they at least ensure that liberals watch the show.
I think that people fail to realize why they obsess on Trump so much on the show. If they were making non-political jokes, they'd sound every bit as unfunny as they do now, and nobody whether liberal or conservative would watch the show. By making constant stupid Trump jokes, they at least ensure that liberals watch the show.
This post was edited on 3/18/25 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:48 pm to nicholastiger
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when it became political
You mean when they became politically slanted towards the left.
The show has always had political sketches that were funny no matter who you voted for. The Clinton scandal in the 90s made for some of the funniest sketches in the show’s history.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:49 pm to UFFan
The older we get, the less things are funny because ‘we’ve heard it all before’. Same can be said with quality of anything (music, sports, etc).
Been there, done that so I’ll scream at a cloud.
Been there, done that so I’ll scream at a cloud.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:49 pm to UFFan
I feel like every episode usually has one good sketch.
But i don't let politics define my daily life. It sucks how the world is right now.
But i don't let politics define my daily life. It sucks how the world is right now.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:58 pm to UFFan
It stopped being funny when they fired Norm MacDonald because one of the NBC higher-ups didn’t like his jokes about OJ. They fired Norm to protect the reputation of a murderer.
This post was edited on 3/18/25 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:59 pm to UFFan
around 1999ish
Posted on 3/18/25 at 3:59 pm to Gnash
Norm hosting after that and wondering how he went from being too unfunny to work there but funny enough to host was a great monologue.
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