Fuck you Adam. Yeah, I think white Americans has a responsibility to protect minorities from armed white nationalists.
― Frederik B, Friday, 18 August 2017 23:30 (six years ago) link
Go scream into a cake, you asshole.
― Frederik B, Friday, 18 August 2017 23:31 (six years ago) link
lol yeah that totally relates to this discussion, FP
― sleeve, Friday, 18 August 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
(That was an xp, for once Fred and I agree)
― sleeve, Friday, 18 August 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I think white Americans has a responsibility to protect minorities from armed white nationalists.
by bringing in more armed white people who are angry and want to fight?
what if a bystander is injured, what if the now much bigger crowd (counter-protesters usually outnumbering nationalists 2:1) and it overwhelms the police force. this creates a chaotic and dangerous atmosphere in that community. that community btw tends to be largely comprised of the minorities we should be protecting.
let's spend that energy on working towards real systemic change. if we cannot convince the nazis we can convince the Democrats to stand for something real for once and work with these groups to affect real change and promote policies that undo the systemic injustices. this will also give Dems something to run on that will attract third party and non voters, giving us a chance to turn things around in 2018/2020.
let's ask what these protests are trying to accomplish aside from symbolic retribution or media narrative wins. these are temporal, and they are exploitative, cos the media uses these archetypes to divide us, as it is the visual-audio version of the System of Oppression. let's look at non violent solutions is all im saying. the 60s provided some practical system-jamming and media hacking that resulted in major legislation and the start of a lot of good. sit ins were non-violent, bus boycotts were non-violent, on the side of the protesters, not always the side of the system. they used this to their advantage, it exposed the cruelty of a racist system to a national audience via TV. let's eat some cake and come up with a gameplan imo.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:21 (six years ago) link
it was awesome that steve bannon got fired today but fuck i really didn't want to think about tina fey again
― flappy bird, Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:22 (six years ago) link
30 Rock: CLASSICMean Girls: CLASSICSNL tenure: CLASSIC (esp. Palin)
everything since irredeemable DUUUUUUUUUUUUD
― flappy bird, Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:23 (six years ago) link
lol otm
the Kimmy Schmidt characters were kinda annoying. she rules in pretty much everything she does tho, mad props.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:29 (six years ago) link
Adam people aren't facing state violence (in this instance), they're facing genocidal rhetoric from nationalists who have demonstrated a penchant for violence, and the state has already proven it's not going to step in to protect people. exposing their cruelty does nothing on its own. by all means advocate for legislative change but direct vigilance is also required. there's a handy guide to both from Cville organizers. https://medium.com/@solidaritycville/charlottesville-organizers-ask-you-to-take-these-8-actions-b50ec8c3cfbb
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 19 August 2017 02:11 (six years ago) link
trumptrumptrumptrumptrump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yosAVMB47-Y
― sleepingbag, Saturday, 19 August 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
Shakey otm upthread. It's amazing how abruptly I've shifted from a lifetime of near-obsession with SNL to not watching or caring about the show at all since Lorne saw fit to normalize the nightmare in the White House.
― Say, I Heard You Had a Quarrel With Your Best Girl (Old Lunch), Saturday, 19 August 2017 02:43 (six years ago) link
Quite a journey this thread took from the 'Kristen Wiig--Hot or Not' debate before the jump to the discussion today.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 August 2017 03:11 (six years ago) link
anything beats actually discussing SNL imo
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 19 August 2017 03:14 (six years ago) link
Feygate has taken off on my FB. Not bothered by it as much as it has all been from white people and I haven't seen one person ask a POC for their thoughts and listen yet. :/
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 19 August 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
I don't think anyone has an opinion on Feygate worth listening to
― President Keyes, Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
I disagree - I liked Dan's very much
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
^^
― sleeve, Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
I meant outside of this board of course. We are all geniuses after all.
― President Keyes, Saturday, 19 August 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
ahem speak for yourself
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 19 August 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
just caught a rerun of last season's finale ... best episode in years? farting actress skit, erectile dysfunction skit, rap song, Robo-Chomo, WWE promo ... all GREAT. Scorpio, Jurassic Park ride above average. Dwayne is a very good host.
― alpine static, Sunday, 3 September 2017 08:22 (six years ago) link
Kate MacKinnon *thanked Clinton* for "her grace"
roflmao
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 02:00 (six years ago) link
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/ted-koppel-cold-opening/n10770?snl=1
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 02:09 (six years ago) link
Okay Heidi Gardner's "Girlfriend from Every Boxing Movie" bit on Update was pretty great.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 5 November 2017 07:28 (six years ago) link
Larry David bombing super hard during the monologue passed through the unfunny event horizon and ended up making me laugh really hard.
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Sunday, 5 November 2017 12:45 (six years ago) link
xpost
Agreed. The early 80s PSAs skit was pretty funny too.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Sunday, 5 November 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link
The camp joke could have been a classic bit, but the delivery was too low-key even by David's usual standards. The "is it me or the the place" line was good though. He's done the Quadimodo routine before and much better (on Conan I think).
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 5 November 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
Always. pic.twitter.com/1GneOGvdIP— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) November 15, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 November 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
I always liked Tom Davis better. #AlFranken pic.twitter.com/ksupAvMqAM— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) November 16, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 November 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
About once a year somebody posts a YT vid on social media of an SNL sketch and is like "I was crying laughing this is incredible" and I click on it and it's always the same try-hard nonsense
this time it was "diner lobster"
i guess i get how someone could have this idea and think "that would be wacky and crazy let's do it" but nobody bothered to make it funny! it's just... "what if we did X but Y?"
maybe i should put this in the unreasonably angry thread because i'm unreasonably angry
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 14:10 (six years ago) link
I know what you mean
I don't really watch it anymore but I remember thinking "The Barry Gibb Show" was such a hilarious idea. and that Fallon & Timberlake actually pulled it off. Only problem being there were really no jokes in it. Like nearly every single SNL sketch it just culminated in one of the characters yelling at another for no reason.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link
The other sketch I saw people sharing this week, "Sitcom Reboot," was actually pretty funny, if (wonder of wonders) a little belabored. In its particulars it reminded me of the much better "Exodus International" sketch from Mr. Show.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link
The cool thing about the Lobster Sketch is that Mulaney has admitted it was an idea that got shot down in 2010, and he just really wanted to do it the one time he had as a host. 'Try-hard nonsense' is right, but it was kinda charming. Sitcom Reboot also an old idea.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 14:47 (six years ago) link
i liked the drag brunch one kinda. mulaney is kinda off-putting to me
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 16:17 (six years ago) link
i guess i like it better as an irritable gesture: "they didn't let me make america sit through this so now i'm gonna make america sit through this goddammit"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 19 April 2018 12:43 (six years ago) link
That Irish Dating Show sketch from a month back was pretty insulting
― well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Thursday, 19 April 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
pretty much all "gone viral" sketches i see from this show are pretty weak. but this was my favorite show during the Hartman era, and i still enjoy watching sketches featuring the original 7.
― omar little, Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:49 (six years ago) link
this sketch still kills me
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/standup-and-win/2868123?snl=1
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 April 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
this was my favorite show during the Hartman era, and i still enjoy watching sketches featuring the original 7.
mine too. also when i was aged 14 or whatever, the age at which SNL is the best thing ever.
i remember my parents thinking maybe we should change the channel when Phil Hartman was doing Charleton Heston reading Madonna's "Sex". he kept being asked to say the line "I like my vagina" over and over lol
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 19 April 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
"14... best thing" is a BS meme
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 April 2018 17:01 (six years ago) link
good work slightly changing that To Catch A Predator sketch from 10 years ago, guys
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 20 May 2018 07:34 (six years ago) link
I keep thinking DeNiro is Sam Waterston
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 20 May 2018 08:10 (six years ago) link
Deniro is so painfully incapable, why do they keep hauling him back on stage? Then again everything about this show: why
― DACA Flocka Flame (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 20 May 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link
I had it on last night while I was doing some mundane paper-worky stuff on my laptop and, aside from the bit at the end of Update where Michael and Colin did the jokes deemed too tasteless for air during the rest of the season, I don't think I looked up once.
― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Sunday, 20 May 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
DeNiro squinting/staring at the cue cards is expected; DeNiro squinting/staring at the cue cards for a wordless coffee-drinking movement is next level.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 20 May 2018 16:24 (six years ago) link
Deniro is so painfully incapable, why do they keep hauling him back on stage? Baldwin stopped doing any kind of Trump impression once he'd been called out on badly copying Atamaniuk, but they keep etc etc
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Sunday, 20 May 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
Deniro on SNL makes me appreciate Scorsese more and more.
― nickn, Sunday, 20 May 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link
he's old, guys
― two cool rock chicks pounding la croix (circa1916), Sunday, 20 May 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
but yeah he shouldn't be doing snl things because he seems to barely care. not fun for anyone.
― two cool rock chicks pounding la croix (circa1916), Sunday, 20 May 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
Then again everything about this show: why
Money. As I've pointed out many time on this thread, including this one in 2009:
SNL will not die until NBC becomes an all-infomercial channel. At which time it will show infomercials selling SNL-nostalgia compilation DVDs, featuring as host Eddie Murphy in the last throes of his decline.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 20 May 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link
i was under the impression this was the last year for a few of the women on the show (cecily, aidy, maybe kate?), if that's true their last sketch was that shitty singing trump cronies sketch which is just a cruel way to end their tenures
― challops trap house (Will M.), Monday, 21 May 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link