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SNL has always been hit or miss, just sometimes the ratio has been better or worse. When it hits it is awesome. The misses can be terrible or just boring.

ILC is the say. There were some really funny skits, but also a lot of boring or unwatchable parts.

IMO the best of SNL is above the best of ILC, but they both have funny parts worth watching.

personally, I never really enjoyed SNL apart from the cast that featured

adam sandler
dana carvey
mike Meyers
phil Hartman
david spade
chris Farley
norm McDonald

I concur.

I think the first four seasons of SNL, the Eddie Murphy Buh-Weet saga, and the run of 92-98 SNL were awesome.

In Living Color ended up watered down towards the end with the exception of Carrey, DAG and Davidson. The first couple of seasons, ILC was on point, edgy and awesome. Would have LOVED to have seen Carrey on that early 90s SNL cast.

Oh man...

Homey da Clown, Di MIlo, the scandalous southern preachers, the blind guitarist Tubbs (And uh here it goes.... Ahhh Haaaaa)

Best one was The Jackson Bunch which had the Jacksons growing up with Michael in the center haha

yes

I really liked ILC back in the day but people greatly overrate how good it actually was

it was just as hit and miss as SNL

The early seasons of ILC were comparable to the early seasons of SNL because they were both pushing into unchartered territory.

SNL - changed the perception of sketch comedy and also political and social satire. When I watch the old SNL episodes, it doesn't feel historic to me (or overly amusing) but I wasn't old enough to "get it" when it was a phenomenon.

ILC- pushed social and racial satire by lampooning popular urban culture via recurring characters and sketches. It was a predominantly black cast, which was a big deal and it took some risks. I loved it when I was younger, but unlike early SNL, I was in the right age-range, so I "got it".

Still, looking back on those early seasons, they didn't age well. The controversial topics they covered are so commonplace now, that it seems lame by comparison and when you strip away that controversial layer, you're left with a quite amateurish sketch show.

The Wayans brothers are funny, Jim Carrey was lighting in a bottle, Tommy Davidson had some excellent physical comedy. I enjoyed it in doses.

I don't think you can compare sketch shows, because they always end up being a product of their time and thus don't age well. Each one (SNL, ILC, Upright Citizens Brigade, the State, the Edge, Kids in the Hall) all have moments of greatness.

Rarely was SNL funnier than ILC.

don't forget



black like us











also "mad about jew"









(special )

I also forgot frenchie, carl the tooth Williams, fonky fanga productions, homie d. clown, and more



settles it, I don't think snl ever made me laugh that hard in the 90s save for norm mcdonald's weekend update