maybe they were all still recovering from what I hope is the deep, abiding shame they all feel for abetting a fascist demogogue
― Οὖτις, Monday, 23 November 2015 17:54 (eight years ago) link
I know you don't like Amy Schumer, but...
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 November 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
lol
#noschumers
― Οὖτις, Monday, 23 November 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
That was the best episode I've seen in awhile.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 November 2015 21:16 (eight years ago) link
i sort of guiltily enjoyed black jeopardy. it's kind of hard to fuck up a jeopardy parody i guess
― k3vin k., Monday, 23 November 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
I was referring to the McConaughey/Adele episode (which did not feature Black Jeopardy, unless I missed something?)
― Οὖτις, Monday, 23 November 2015 21:19 (eight years ago) link
McConaughy episode was terrible. Ep before was one of the better ones lately.
― dan selzer, Monday, 23 November 2015 21:49 (eight years ago) link
the "meet santa" sketch has to be one of the better ones they've done in a long time.
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Sunday, 6 December 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link
i laughed at a few of the sketches last night. i thought the aliens one was funny too (tho they broke way too much)
― Mordy, Sunday, 6 December 2015 15:55 (eight years ago) link
i've never seen this cast break so much. Not sure where it started. Ryan couldn't keep it together. Cecily was a total pro. Skit was pretty funny even without breaking. Admittedly, I find breaking to be pretty hilarious, unless it happens too often, or with material that's not even that funny.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 6 December 2015 16:07 (eight years ago) link
<3 anthony crispino
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 6 December 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link
Prime women be shopping joke too
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Sunday, 6 December 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
Not sure where it started.
I think it was sometime during the peeing in a bowl part; Kate was going pretty hard (in a laid back way) and it was so ridiculous I think Aidy started losing it.
― Capitalism Is A Death Cult And Science Is A Whore (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 6 December 2015 20:19 (eight years ago) link
OMG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfPdYYsEfAE
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 6 December 2015 22:35 (eight years ago) link
kate mckinnon is the best cast member they've had in a long time
― Treeship, Sunday, 6 December 2015 23:28 (eight years ago) link
imo
― Treeship, Sunday, 6 December 2015 23:29 (eight years ago) link
She was brought in to fill the Kristen Wiig vacuum, but she definitely came into her own very quickly.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 6 December 2015 23:32 (eight years ago) link
mckinnon is legit
― stay presst harsh fellow (m bison), Sunday, 6 December 2015 23:36 (eight years ago) link
I watched the first three episodes this season, but I've fallen away from the ritual since then (and it's been a looooooooong ritual). I guess I could catch up with at least the abridged versions online, but I've got no intention of watching anything from the Trump episode on principle.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 6 December 2015 23:40 (eight years ago) link
Boy, that's a real blurry "frickin'" pine tree there.
― pplains, Sunday, 6 December 2015 23:42 (eight years ago) link
pretty much every woman in the current cast aside from Sasheer Zamata is reliably hilarious, and Zamata is the first dud female cast member they've had in literally 20 years
― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Monday, 7 December 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
I love sasheer zamata
― johnny crunch, Monday, 7 December 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
I don't think she's bad, but they don't seem to know what to do with her
by contrast they seem to know *exactly* what to do with Leslie Jones (maybe too much so)
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
― dan selzer, Sunday, December 6, 2015 11:07 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Generally I find there's a correlation between how much the cast breaks and how bad the particular cast is, ever since the 90s. I mean, you know, very loosely -- I neither watch religiously nor sit there charting the breaking:quality ratio over time.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 7 December 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link
I find it simpler to loosely track the negative correlation between bad casts and funny sketches
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 December 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
idk, show me a chart
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 18:09 (eight years ago) link
rubber chicken graph also acceptable
McKinnon is ok, but I wouldn't call her the best cast member in the last few years. Mooney is hilarious. Cecily Strong has tons of funny characters. Aidy Bryant is great. Keenan is probably the funniest person in the whole cast (but I guess he's an old-timer at this point).
― schwantz, Monday, 7 December 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
I don't think she's bad, but they don't seem to know what to do with her <-- OTM
I'd say the last outright BAD person they cast was Colin Quinn
― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Monday, 7 December 2015 18:22 (eight years ago) link
Yeah those are my favorites too. Keenan def the most reliably funny, his presence alone can save the most dire shit.
xp
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 18:22 (eight years ago) link
(Jost was gunning for that distinction but the resurgence in Update this year works in his favor)
Vanessa Bayer is the most underrated person in the current cast IMO
― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Monday, 7 December 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
Keenan is probably the funniest person in the whole cast (but I guess he's an old-timer at this point).
― schwantz, Monday, December 7, 2015 1:20 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Keenan is one season short for tied for most seasons of any cast member ever
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Monday, 7 December 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
xpost
oh yeah she's great too!
― schwantz, Monday, 7 December 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
when people say "keenan" do they mean kenan thompson? i really will never understand how people find him funny, he is so one-note
― k3vin k., Monday, 7 December 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
"people" meaning you guys itt
― k3vin k., Monday, 7 December 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
he was great during his nickelodeon days tho
― k3vin k., Monday, 7 December 2015 20:08 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I don't get him either. The one note is this meta "look I'm doing a skit" thing, ugh.
― Hadrian VIII, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
Zut alors!
― Karl Rove Knausgård (jim in glasgow), Monday, 7 December 2015 20:38 (eight years ago) link
He's my favourite thing about this dumb show
he is so one-note
it's the right note
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:44 (eight years ago) link
i think he worked better on kids shows because he has like zero edge
― k3vin k., Monday, 7 December 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link
his one note is m/l variations of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_man_(stock_character)
― k3vin k., Monday, 7 December 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
hmm maybe you're right, what's up with that
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
i mean it's great that he's gonna go down in history as one of the longest-serving cast members, but there's a reason the best talent tends to leave early -- they get their own shows or star in movies. kenan's edge-free, squeaky clean image isn't really suited for adult tastes in those fields. which again is why he was so great in kids shows (and good burger!!) -- but he's 37 now and basically is the same dude
― k3vin k., Monday, 7 December 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
idk who you think has an "edge" on this show, this show hasn't been dangerous to anybody in like 30 years
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
I dunno, I can sorta get how Kate McKinnon has an "edge" that Kenan does not, but:
^^^ this.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Monday, 7 December 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
Kenan's done "adult" material - sexual stuff, race stuff - idg what the criteria is for "edgy" or why that's even important.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 21:20 (eight years ago) link
my comedy crush
― rip van wanko, Monday, 7 December 2015 21:24 (eight years ago) link
I think everyone on this cast right now is great except maybe Beck Bennett (he's... ok. I need to see more) and Jon Rudnitsky (has he even been in anything yet?). I still don't get why Cecily Strong isn't used anywhere near as much as she should be.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 7 December 2015 21:28 (eight years ago) link