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re: Best Opening to SNL I have ever seen (edit - they screwed it up at the end)
Posted on 11/13/16 at 8:40 pm to quail man
Posted on 11/13/16 at 8:40 pm to quail man
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as people get older, they not only have different senses of humor but also look back more fondly on things than they actually were
This is true. But also, sometimes things just objectively decline in quality.
If you're a fan, and I asked you to name iconic skits or characters from the 80s or 90s you could rattle off a shite load. Ask to name some iconic character since 2010 and what do you get?
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Posted on 11/14/16 at 12:26 am to Breesus
Ron swanson.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 8:38 am to Breesus
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Ask to name some iconic character since 2010 and what do you get?
There are some notable characters..
Drunk Uncle
Riblet
Anthony Crispino
Olya Povlatsky
Mrs. Rafferty (alien abduction lady)
1860s Critic Jebidiah Atkinson
Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party
Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy
Che's neighbor Willie
Posted on 11/14/16 at 8:43 am to Kayhill Brown
Since SNL started they have one great skit, 1-2 good skits and the rest are terrible.
Your individual episodes are meh, but the highlight shows are gold.
Your individual episodes are meh, but the highlight shows are gold.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 8:43 am to Kayhill Brown
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There are some notable characters..
I'm not arguing there aren't some good characters. I'm just saying that overall the show is currently in a lul. It's had its peaks and valleys over the years, currently it's in a valley.
Bobby Moynihan, Keenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon are L great.
Go watch some Riblett skits. If you gave Bobby the update desk I think he'd be great. Jost and Che are an insult to that running sketch
Posted on 11/14/16 at 8:51 am to Breesus
I agree that the show has been in kind of a lull but I think this season is making good strides. Last year was pretty rough but I've enjoyed almost every episode this season (although I thought the Benedict Cumberbatch wasn't that great).
As some people have already said, SNL always has dud sketches. People just remember the really good ones.
As some people have already said, SNL always has dud sketches. People just remember the really good ones.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 9:40 am to Breesus
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Ask to name some iconic character since 2010 and what do you get?
quote:
Drunk Uncle Riblet Anthony Crispino Olya Povlatsky Mrs. Rafferty (alien abduction lady) 1860s Critic Jebidiah Atkinson Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy Che's neighbor Willie
Stephan
Black Jeapordy
David S Pumpkins
Californians
Bein' Quirky with Zooey Deschanel
Barry Gibbs Talk Show
Kate McKinnon as Bieber
Maine Justice
Halloween Amusement Park Ride with Robots
Olya Povlatsky
Movie Set (with Keenan as director) LINK
I can go on.
But you'll just say
quote:
I'm not arguing there aren't some good characters.
Even though you said
quote:
name some iconic character since 2010
I thought Chapelle was the absolute perfect host for the weekend after the election, especially given the result. He walks the racial line perfectly and takes jabs at both sides. His opening monologue was one of the best I've ever seen on on SNL.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 9:54 am to SUB
quote:
But you'll just say
5 of the characters you named are from actors that aren't on the show anymore and Barry Gibbs is a Fallon sketch from 2002.
Do you really think SNL is at an all time peak relative to its history or are you arguing just for the sake of arguing?
I agree it had some good characters, and currently it has 3 very good cast members, and Chapelle was great, but still the show it in a but of a lull right now.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 10:41 am to Breesus
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5 of the characters you named are from actors that aren't on the show anymore and Barry Gibbs is a Fallon sketch from 2002.
You asked for characters from the 2010's,not ones that are currently part of the cast or that originated in the 2010s.
I never claimed SNL is at it's all time peak now. That's incredibly hard to argue, but I thoroughly enjoyed 2010-2014 as much or more than anything from the mid 90s, which was also great.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 10:52 am to Breesus
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5 of the characters you named are from actors that aren't on the show anymore
You did say since 2010...
But I respect your opinion. It's clear that you do actually watch the show. I get annoyed when people say the show is terrible now and never really watched SNL to begin with.
I like a lot of the current cast members. The three you mentioned are obviously at the top. I also like Cecily, Beck, Kyle, Aidy, and Vanessa. I think Mikey Day is a great addition and the other new dude seems funny too.
The weak points are Pete and Leslie in my opinion. I like Sasheer but they've never seemed to figure out how to use her.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 1:05 pm to Kayhill Brown
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like Sasheer
I don't understand what goes on behind the scenes at SNL, but every time she's in a sketch she delivers her lines well and is funny and performs well and yet she's never front and center in anything.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 1:20 pm to KarlMalonesFlipPhone
someone please give cliffs, what did she do at the end? i fast forwarded after 1 minute
Posted on 11/14/16 at 1:21 pm to Kayhill Brown
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Drunk Uncle
Robbie Moynihan is severely underused on SNL, in general, but Drunk Uncle is a top 10 all-time SNL character and he only does maybe 1 appearance a season.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 2:37 pm to SUB
You forgot about "One Dimensional Female Character From a Male-Driven Comedy"
Posted on 11/14/16 at 2:49 pm to MightyYat
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Robbie Moynihan is severely underused on SNL, in general, but Drunk Uncle is a top 10 all-time SNL character and he only does maybe 1 appearance a season
Really? This week's was the first I've seen in a couple years. Just haven't made a point to watch like I used to, but back then I seem to remember Moynihan being on all the time. I was surprised that I don't remember him on this weeks at all
Posted on 11/14/16 at 3:12 pm to dallastiger55
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someone please give cliffs, what did she do at the end? i fast forwarded after 1 minute
She turned to the camera with tears in her eyes and said, “I’m not giving up and neither should you.”
Posted on 11/14/16 at 5:23 pm to Fewer Kilometers
I could swear the writers were changed up a season or 2 ago. The quality of the sketches seems to have gone up while the quality of the acting is torpedoing. I can't do Bayer. She can't do anything funny without that annoying goofy smile. the decision to not pick up Killam's contract this year shows how out of touch they can be at times.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 9:20 pm to ShamelessPel
I don't mind Bayer, but I agree about Killam. He was the star of the cast and it seems dumb to let him go.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 5:12 pm to theantiquetiger
Horrible cold open. Was that supposed to be the eulogy to Hillary's campaign?
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