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re: Haven’t watched SNL in years
Posted on 5/9/21 at 7:50 am to Wolfhound45
Posted on 5/9/21 at 7:50 am to Wolfhound45
Lorne needs to hire Tim Dillon as head writer. Problem solved.
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 7:59 am to Wolfhound45
quote:
comedy is to be funny, it has to be apolitical
This could not be more wrong.
Some of the best comedy is political satire.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 8:04 am to Rouge
quote:I guess you missed the rest of the post
Some of the best comedy is political satire.
It is to skewer all comers. Not just one side in a never ending screech.
Must not have not seen SNL in their golden age.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 8:10 am to Wolfhound45
quote:please learn the difference between apolitical and politically neutral
Wolfhound45
Thanks
Jon Stewart is/was politically neutral
Anthony Jeselnik is apolitical. Mitch Hedberg was apolitical.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 8:13 am to GeneralLee
It's been good twice.
The Aykroyd/Radner/Chase/Murphy Era
The Carvey/Myers/Farley era.
The Aykroyd/Radner/Chase/Murphy Era
The Carvey/Myers/Farley era.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 8:39 am to Rouge
quote:I understand it well. I practice it daily in my profession. They can (and should) make political satire. However, it should be clear that they are not representing one political party. They fail miserably to do that. If you want to call that politically neutral (Jon Stewart is not even remotely politically neutral) then I do not care.
please learn the difference between apolitical and politically neutral
Posted on 5/9/21 at 8:40 am to OMLandshark
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Then you’re dumb or a brainwashed lunatic who views this as church. Go look at Norm’s Update and get back to me if these jokes are nearly as bit as clever his were. Any joke as good as this?
I certainly never said I preferred it to the old Weekend Updates. Norm was actually my favorite.
I just said what it is now is fine, to me. Its most certainly not as good as it has been in other seasons, but there is still some good humor in there.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 8:42 am to Rouge
quote:
Some of the best comedy is political satire.
Agreed. Dennis Miller, George Carlin, PJ O’rouke, Bill Mahr, etc. It just depends on your perspective.
Cerebral attacks in policy are pretty damn funny. Trouble is most comedians aren’t smart enough to attack policy intellectually so they revert to personal attacks. Not a lot of humor in that IMO.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 8:42 am to Ross
quote:
apparently they also don’t cater to people that enjoy comedy
I've only watched a few episodes over the last decade or so for this reason
Posted on 5/9/21 at 8:48 am to thermal9221
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Saturday night live doesn’t cater to my political beliefs
Whaaaaaa
My guess is that Saturday night live never really catered to the political beliefs of the average OTer. It was just funny, so nobody really cared. For the record, most people here don't watch unfunny comedy but does fall in line with their political beliefs, either
Posted on 5/9/21 at 8:52 am to thermal9221
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Saturday night live doesn’t cater to my political beliefs
Whaaaaaa
This.
All about ratings. If the Ratings aren’t there the show won’t be either.
We just got old.
I don’t get 20,000 people at an EDM show either.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 9:33 am to thermal9221
quote:
Whaaaa
Saturday night live doesn’t cater to my political beliefs
Whaaaaaa
No, it doesn't. But it's still awful.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 9:44 am to Kafka
My theory is SNL always was about as good as it is now
Admittedly, I haven’t watched in years but I remember the formula.
They have say 10 skits.
1 is comedy gold
1 is pretty funny
2 are mildly amusing
6 are terrible
When we watch the highlight episodes where they show the best skits of the time period we think SNL used to be better.
Admittedly, I haven’t watched in years but I remember the formula.
They have say 10 skits.
1 is comedy gold
1 is pretty funny
2 are mildly amusing
6 are terrible
When we watch the highlight episodes where they show the best skits of the time period we think SNL used to be better.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 9:53 am to GeneralLee
This shite is so bad I expected to see Kathleen Kennedy's name in the credits.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 10:35 am to When in Rome
quote:
Lorne needs to hire Tim Dillon as head writer. Problem solved.
I could only imagine him in the writers room with both Aidy Bryant and Bowen Yang, and they could say nothing to him when he’d make fat jokes and gay jokes at their expense since he’s both as well but is actually funny.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 10:37 am to Rouge
quote:
Jon Stewart is/was politically neutral
Jon Stewart is not politically neutral nor would he claim to be such. He was just a talented and clever mother fricker and really good at his job. His acolytes on the other hand fricking suck and are a bunch of hacks.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 11:13 am to Tyga Woods
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Elon announced he has Aspergers during his monologue
How in the hell is that news?
Posted on 5/9/21 at 1:36 pm to GeneralLee
Those woke arse turdbaskets fricked up all my dogecoin investment. Now I gotta wait for it to rebound. Shoulda got out at $0.72
Posted on 5/9/21 at 2:33 pm to OMLandshark
He had a great spiel about SNL about a month ago on his show: LINK. He lambasted Bowen about 15 mins in. 
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