Part of the whole deal is that SNL has sucked so hard for so long that when they do something funny, it's such a relief. I have a friend who tapes it every Satuday night and then fast forwards through it the next day, still hoping that it will actually make her laugh.

"The Chronic-WHAT?!-cles of Narnia!"

I too have been singing it in my head since Saturday night.

John W. wrote: I have a friend who tapes it every Satuday night and then fast forwards through it the next day, still hoping that it will actually make her laugh.

This behavior is very strange!

Saturday Night Live is a show that seemingly has to be on the air, or life as we know it will end. It should have gone away a long time ago, but there is this weird insistence that it must stay on.

It has to stay on the air, and people who are on the show have to make terrible movies starring bad characters that they created for the show.

I do not understand.

It should have gone away a long time ago, but there is this weird insistence that it must stay on.

i don't know if it's so much tradition or "insistence" as it is you have a show on 1130 that typically wins it's timeslot and if they canceled it what would they put in it's place? the old carson reruns that were originally in that spot?

whiskerando wrote:i don't know if it's so much tradition or "insistence" as it is you have a show on 1130 that typically wins it's timeslot and if they canceled it what would they put in it's place? the old carson reruns that were originally in that spot?

You and I both would laugh more at a Carson re-run than a new SNL.

Especially if Foster Brooks was one of Johnny's guests. That guy knew how to pretend to be drunk.

You know what? I think I would dig Carson re-runs better than SNL, come to think of it.

John W. wrote:Part of the whole deal is that SNL has sucked so hard for so long that when they do something funny, it's such a relief. I have a friend who tapes it every Satuday night and then fast forwards through it the next day, still hoping that it will actually make her laugh.

I think that's more along the lines of what I meant. I mean, I guess by modern SNL standards its funny but I wasn't really looking at it in that context. I just saw a mediocre segment.

Then again, I'm of the ilk that would believe Will Farell was never really funny on his entire tenure of that show. My brand of sketch comedy is more along the lines of The State or Mr. Show.

slowriot wrote:Then again, I'm of the ilk that would believe Will Farell was never really funny on his entire tenure of that show. My brand of sketch comedy is more along the lines of The State or Mr. Show.

Mr. Show wouldn't work on basic cable, but if there were a petition to have The State reunite and replace SNL, I'd fucking sign it.

russ wrote:Here's a better link.

You can also watch it on their site.

That youtube.com link wouldn't work for me, so a friend uploaded it to yousendit.