Moynihan's placement was a slight and Jay Pharaoh's placement was inflated.
That huge unsorted pile of new cast members bummed me out
Kinda true, though. Also, I'd never thought about it, but I'm totally cool with Cheri Oteri and Chris Kattan sharing a placement.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
I was sad Melanie Hutsell placed so low.
― nickn, Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:54 (nine years ago) link
I don't agree w that list at all (quel surprise) - for one thing my opinion of the Sandler/Farley/Spade axis has dropped considerably since the 90s
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
it's kind of terrifying/awesome how many talented people have been on this show
― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
Farley the best of the three and not bad really but Sandler and Spade are just awful
xp
a number of the most talented cast members (eg Danitra Vance) were abominably underutilized.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:58 (nine years ago) link
It's truly a shame that Pat is Julia Sweeney's SNL legacy, because she was so much better than that.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:01 (nine years ago) link
her WTF episode was great
― It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
I tried to watch her stage show (I think it was about cancer?) and couldn't get through it
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:20 (nine years ago) link
I think Fey is spectacularly overrated, and i would have put Murphy ahead of Belushi. And Hartman #3
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:22 (nine years ago) link
I've got nothing against Belushi (either of them, tbh), but the saintly adulation of John is totally mysterious to me.
Fey is incredibly important, though, and may have even been underrated in this list.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link
Also think Norm McDonald got the shaft.
You're high if you think Fey is better than Murphy or Belushi
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:28 (nine years ago) link
i watched an episode of this a few weeks back with that country singer dude in it and it was hands down the worst tv show ive watched in several years.
― Rave Van Donk (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:28 (nine years ago) link
Norm - again, I like Norm, but he falls into the same category as John Belushi for me where I think he's okay, he's funny, but nowhere near worthy of that kind of adulation.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:35 (nine years ago) link
Norm's standup is better than his SNL work
― It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:37 (nine years ago) link
I remember that Michael Jordan/Public Enemy episode very clearly. Being a 15 year-old kid in Illinois super into the Bulls and Public Enemy meant that this felt like a really big "event" in a way the show had never seemed before.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:38 (nine years ago) link
As usual I cant get RS's f'ed up site to work but if they didn' t put Hartman at number one then its probably not worth looking at
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Friday, 13 February 2015 02:42 (nine years ago) link
Tho lol at young Gilbert Gottfried looking like Drake
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Friday, 13 February 2015 02:51 (nine years ago) link
man, a 3-1/2 hr anniversary special; how fitting. "What's the difference between life and SNL 40?"
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 February 2015 18:16 (nine years ago) link
got to vintage Belushi period last night - he really was compelling, his best stuff really holds up/still elicits laughter
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 February 2015 18:19 (nine years ago) link
like him berating Ed Koch during the opening monologue
Chevy Chase said that by the time SNL hit the air, Belushi was already half the performer he'd been onstage a few years earlier bcz of drugs. Normally i'd be skeptical of CC but not esp in this case.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 February 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
You be the judge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuBhwEgi8qU
― You Just Mind Your P's & Q's, Buster Brown! (Old Lunch), Friday, 13 February 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
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The Star Trek thing still kills me
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 13 February 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
even though i did watch the '76 Olympics, whenever I heard "Bruce Jenner" in the last 35 years i tended to think of
http://www.hulu.com/watch/2345
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 February 2015 20:42 (nine years ago) link
because
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNU90DQn5lw
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 February 2015 20:44 (nine years ago) link
another thing all these reruns has hammered home to me is what a bummer it is that there's this treasure trove of musical performances that will basically never see the light of day because of rights/publishing issues. I mean if they put out a box set of just the musical performances from the first 10 years or so I would totally buy it.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 February 2015 22:19 (nine years ago) link
a DVD box set that is
I have the Year One box, those episodes are intact I think? Same with the standalone season sets, but I guess you're not looking to own those.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 February 2015 22:28 (nine years ago) link
I had year 1 for awhile and got rid of it tbh
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 February 2015 22:31 (nine years ago) link
also don't those standalone sets stop at 25
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 February 2015 22:32 (nine years ago) link
s5 I mean
XPS That doesn't help in the case of the Ebersol years, which'll never get collected that way (losing us anthology of appearances by Fear, Funky 4+1, etc)
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 February 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, they stop at 5.
I lost most of mine in my apt fire >:( so I'm planning on coppin em on iTunes
They are probably not gonna be making more of them tho
― pro stroke Johnny Gill songs would rub you the right way (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 13 February 2015 22:34 (nine years ago) link
the Ebersol years, which'll never get collected that way (losing us anthology of appearances by Fear, Funky 4+1, etc)
1980 musical guests alone:Kid Creole and the CoconutsCaptain Beefheart and his Magic BandAretha FranklinJames BrownLinda RondstadtCheap TrickJimmy CliffTodd RundgrenFunky Four + 1PrinceDelbert McClintonJr. Walker
1981:Rod StewartThe KinksMiles DavisFearRick Jamesthe GogosBilly JoelMeatloafthe SpinnersAllman BrosSparksElton JohnMink DevilleJohn Cougar MellencampCharlie Daniels
I mean COME ON
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 February 2015 22:39 (nine years ago) link
i manage to rip a copy of the ornette coleman performance (from the infamous milton berle episode) from Hulu, and it's fucking fire.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 13 February 2015 22:50 (nine years ago) link
(from 1979, i think? or 1978. something like that.)
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 13 February 2015 22:51 (nine years ago) link
That Sparks appearance is amazballs: host Danny Devito letting Ron Mael introduce "Minnie Mouse" by talking about vermin diseases, which he follows up on by breakdancing during the instrumental break.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 February 2015 22:58 (nine years ago) link
aarrrgh why you guys tease me
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 February 2015 22:58 (nine years ago) link
I guess I shouldn't bring the Miles Davis comeback appearance wherein unknown to the audience or even Davis himself that he was performing while having a stroke.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 February 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
I seem to remember a very brief clip of Miles on the 25th anniversary SNL dealie. As with most Miles of that era, unfortunately, it wasn't particularly remarkable -- nor could you tell he was having a stroke.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 13 February 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link
Kinda ticked: I went searching for those Sparks clips, found them, but the host site had embedded them from somewhere else (presumably YouTube) and the original uploader blocked embeds before probably having to delete said vids because NBC.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 14 February 2015 04:51 (nine years ago) link
As with most Miles of that era, unfortunately, it wasn't particularly remarkable -- nor could you tell he was having a stroke.
Yeah, the biggest tell is he's wandering around as he plays a lot (or at least more so than usual). In his auto bio he said that the only thing that kept his mind off the pain was walking, so he'd been in continuous motion since the afternoon at least.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 14 February 2015 05:04 (nine years ago) link
so fits with the comedy on the show for the last 35 years
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 February 2015 08:06 (nine years ago) link
this list is super fucking accurate
http://jacobreed.tumblr.com/post/110939031244/saturday-night-live-all-142-cast-members-ranked
― da croupier, Saturday, 14 February 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
Really strange watching the first ep last night. Carlin actually bombed a couple of times ("Have you heard these jokes before?"), but it was weirdly refreshing to see two (!) musical guests within the first 30 minutes.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 15 February 2015 16:29 (nine years ago) link
jacobreed in the fine tradition of beating a slender joke to unfunniness
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 February 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
it was weirdly refreshing to see two (!) musical guests within the first 30 minutes.
well you wd've loved the TV Variety Show 1947-75, then
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 February 2015 16:34 (nine years ago) link
The other day I was driving around, and out of nowhere I wanted to remember the name of that guy who did that thing. Maybe five minutes later it popped into my head: A. WHITNEY BROWN! What happened to that guy?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 15 February 2015 21:24 (nine years ago) link
After he left SNL, he was one of the original correspondents on The Daily Show. He's kept a mostly low profile since then, though.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 February 2015 22:22 (nine years ago) link