Saturday Night Live

The old adage about your favorite era of SNL being the one you watched when you were 13 holds true in my case.

Well, yes, but also because that is objectively and inarguably the best SNL cast ever.

(Although, admittedly, I may also have possibly been 13 during that era.)

I honestly don't remember who all went through the Update ranks during the Ebersol years, but none of them were great. That's where the riff raff is (along with Colin Quinn).

― Johnny Fever, Friday, September 12, 2014 12:58 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Brad Hall ('82-'84) and Christopher Guest ('84-'85 season). Guest was surprisingly awful at it, no personality whatsoever, and shitty timing. But compared to Colin Jost, he was Richard Pryor.

Anyone who doesn't think Norm was the best update anchor, gtfoh

Fey & Poehler > Norm > Dennis Miller >>>>>>>>>> everybody else >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jost

yeah probably

At any rate, I think we can all agree that Colins should never work the Update desk.

your granny on bongos >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jost

Agreed. xp

Also agreed, lol. xp

Is this where we were discussing the Mulaney sitcom? Because that shit looks bad.

Is there where someone explains to me why people expected so much of John Mulaney to begin with? his on camera segments on SNL were always painful imo.

I wasn't expecting much, really, because yeah the dude's a good writer but his persona sucks. But him being a writer I was kind of expecting jokes that could at least, in theory, be funny when delivered by someone more appealing than him.

yeah he's been a writer on enough things i've enjoyed that i assume he's talented, but whenever he turned up on Best Week Ever or a Comedy Central standup show i was just like this guy is awkward as hell, send him back to the writer's room

His New In Town special was great

Great on kroll show too

20-year-old NY stand-up Pete Davidson added to the cast:
http://deadline.com/2014/09/pete-davidson-cast-saturday-night-live-834404/

attn J0rdan S.

http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/934464/wild-n-out-meet-pete-davidson.jhtml

That dude's set on Kimmel was pretty funny.

Darrell Hammond replacing Pardo.

Wow

I've been jokingly suggesting that but then Lorne Michaels actually went and did the thing that seemed absurd enough for me to suggest in a joking fashion.

they should just play the recording of Pardo saying "DARRELL HAMMOND" for the introduction of every cast member

My sister still spouts ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL! in Pardo's voice during random lulls at Christmas.

haha

TMZ sayin Kenan's leaving :(

after this season, with snl calling the report "inaccurate"

would miss him, he seems like one of those anchor dudes that can be relied on in almost any situation/sketch

I'd be surprised if he comes back, and I thought that even before the TMZ report yesterday. It just seems like it's his time to move on (I still love him, tho).

I'll be sad if he goes, for sure. 2016 season will feature a "reunion" Scared Straight sketch with returning Hader, Samberg & Thompson still trying to make each other break.

still weird to think of bobby moynihan as the 2nd most veteran castmember today

wow ariana grande can't enunciate

That isn't news, dude

its news if you've managed to avoid her as much as i have

She is wonderful

well 'Piano' is anyway

That whole show was rough. Leslie Jones was the best part of it and she's not even in the cast.

For someone who'd been on the show for 40 years, you'd think they'd give Pardo more of a tribute than a title card after Update.

Like Darrell Hammond made up to look like him and dancing with Lorne to "She's A Rainbow"

That turnt thing was weak, and the toys coming alive sketch was middle school humor at its worst

jost/che is the worst bullshit

this was the only sketch that got a lol from me
http://www.hulu.com/watch/692467?playlist_id=2660#i0,p8

che is gonna be great once he settles in and stops stumbling over his cue cards

jost... whatever

girl at a party sketch was good as always

most of the other stuff was pretty eh but the marvel taped sketch was really funny. also thought the "Weird" Kyle Mooney Sketch from was actually kinda great.

che/jost has to be the worst update situation since, i'm guessing, like brad hall or something

get in here, goons

dedicated PETE DAVIDSON thread

xp Dude, give Che a month or something. He's got Jost's lack of charisma and bad delivery weighing him down.

well on top of that, Seth is out as head writer and the jokes mostly blow

I dunno, if Seth is that good, Late Night wouldn't be such a monumental snoozefest.

btw Darrell Hammond is not as good an announcer as I somehow imagined he might be. Sounded like the guy reading small print at the end of an investment commercial.

Yeah Hammond sounded like he was just reading it through in preparation. Weird.

I dunno, if Seth is that good, Late Night wouldn't be such a monumental snoozefest.

It has its moments, but unless it really improves in quality I'd be perfectly happy if they fired him and sent him back to write at SNL. Hell, anchor even, I didn't think he was that bad.

Yeah, I really had no problems with Seth on Update (but maybe some as head writer). As far as I can tell, the only thing Colin Jost was put on earth to do is help Bobby Moynihan create "Drunk Uncle".