Carrey's humor more suited to Mad TV (for what that's worth)
― the dutiful and the banned (rip van wanko), Friday, 19 October 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
in living color you mean?
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 19 October 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
Shearer points out all sorts of stupid things that hamper the show - why allow only a couple of days to rehearse anything? why insist on doing it live if improv is forbidden? why force everyone to compete for exposure? etc
― Οὖτις, Friday, 19 October 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
oh yeah ILC xp
― the dutiful and the banned (rip van wanko), Friday, 19 October 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
first year salary at SNL is reportedly $2500/wk, for the 22(?) week run, which is basically subsistence living in NYC. gotta be tons of perks but with Lorne's net worth over $300M that seems cheap imo
― the dutiful and the banned (rip van wanko), Friday, 19 October 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
i mean lorne's a total piece of shit right? i thought that was his "thing"
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 October 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
yes he is a total piece of shit
― Οὖτις, Friday, 19 October 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Friday, October 19, 2018 2:58 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I love how he pointed out that he got shit for the expense of the synchronized swimming film, only for SNL to trot it out at every possible anniversary-related opportunity.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 19 October 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
first year salary at SNL is reportedly $2500/wk, for the 22(?) week run
$5000/week in 2013, per Brooks Wheelan on The Little Dum Dum Club this week
― My Gig: The Thin Beast (sic), Friday, 19 October 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
interesting ty
― the dutiful and the banned (rip van wanko), Friday, 19 October 2018 19:32 (five years ago) link
well that's certainly not enough to live a druggy lifestyle in NY, no wonder there hasn't been much of that in awhile
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 October 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
If you're an SNL cast member people will likely just hand you drugs.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 19 October 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, October 19, 2018 12:43 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ah yes, the subsistence wage of $10k a month
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 October 2018 20:10 (five years ago) link
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, October 19, 2018 12:06 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Οὖτις, Friday, October 19, 2018 12:06 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
totally, i think there are def some ex SNL cast members who don't really gaf anymore who are on record talking about his shit tendencies.
― omar little, Friday, 19 October 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
Shearer is cantankerous enough that I don't think he ever gave a fuck and has been pretty open but also I think his POV is relevant because he is pretty sharp about how these ensemble comedy sort of things can and should work in general. I can think of a bunch of former castmembers (Murphy, Murray, McDonald etc.) who I would imagine have a p low opinion of Lorne, but idk how public they've been about it.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 19 October 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
jiv, it's only 22 shows.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 October 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
Murphy was only on during the Ebersol years (though I wouldn't be surprised if he has a low opinion of Lorne from David Spade's "Look! A falling star!" line).
xp
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 19 October 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
i think generally anyone who wasn't a white dude from the original cast has or had mixed feelings about LM, most of them afaik haven't gone all-in on him publicly but there have been a few somewhat dissenting opinions on how he dealt w/things.
― omar little, Friday, 19 October 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
This is why I don't watch this fucking garbage anymore:
Actor and former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Taran Killam said the show’s creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels wanted the cast to make President Trump more “likable” in sketches and was very specific about what he allowed members to say about him.
Mr. Killam, who appeared on “SNL” from 2010-2016 and played Mr. Trump on the show until Alec Baldwin took over, told the “I Was There Too” podcast released Tuesday that Mr. Michaels often told the cast not to “vilify” the then-Republican presidential candidate.
“‘He’s like any New York taxi driver. … I know him, I’ve seen him around at parties for years and years, and he just says whatever it is he’s thinking, and that’s his thing,’” Mr. Killam recalled Mr. Michaels saying. “You have to find a way in that makes him likable.”
Mr. Killam has been critical of Mr. Trump in the past, saying last year that having him on the show as a host before the Republican primary was something that “grows more embarrassing and shameful as time goes on.”
― Οὖτις, Friday, 19 October 2018 20:54 (five years ago) link
If you took every funny sketch SNL ever did, would you have enough for 1 season's worth of shows?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 19 October 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
yes
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 October 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, October 19, 2018 1:43 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes and for the time they're doing those 22 shows it's a good earner
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 October 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, October 19, 2018 4:58 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 19 October 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
as sic corrected it it would actually amount to $110,000 for < 6 months work, for people in their first year.
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 October 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
have you seen the rents here?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 October 2018 21:09 (five years ago) link
Quidities and agonies
― President Keyes, Friday, 19 October 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
xp. yes
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 October 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
we're talking about people in their first year at the show too, like people that posters itt don't remember being cast members despite them being on the show like a year ago
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 October 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
the famously cheap-to-rent-in city of Vancouver but also I think his POV is relevant because he is pretty sharp about how these ensemble comedy sort of things can and should work in general. speaking of, successful sketch comedy ensemble showrunner Bob Odenkirk bemoaned the process of dropping pitches forever if they didn’t get up the first week, instead of developing and improving the scripts over the next few weeks. so that nothing that’s been worked on ever goes to air, it has to be some half-arsed nonsense that somebody first thought of a couple of days ago
― My Gig: The Thin Beast (sic), Friday, 19 October 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
Shearer said the same thing. It's totally stupid.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 19 October 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
back when Odenkirk was on SNL, he was working with an incredible cast and writers like Smigel and Conan O'Brien, and i think even if you come up with something a couple days previously and you've got a preternatural talent for comedy you can turn it into gold. i...don't think the current group has that same talent for writing or character, i think they have energy, confidence, and a very good show on which to get noticed.
― omar little, Friday, 19 October 2018 21:27 (five years ago) link
They paid Luke Null $110.000, which means they paid $110.000 for that 'Late for School'-sketch
― Frederik B, Friday, 19 October 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
no one in the current cast would be capable of doing this or even getting through it with a straight face.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/one-more-mission/n9473
― omar little, Friday, 19 October 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link
"first year salary at SNL is reportedly $2500/wk, for the 22(?) week run"
how the fuck did pete davidson afford to give ariana grande a 100k engagement ring?
― akm, Friday, 19 October 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link
― Frederik B, Friday, October 19, 2018 2:55 PM (forty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he had to spend 22 weeks sleeping in the Port Authority Bus Terminal to bring this sketch to the world due to this miserly stipend
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 October 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
XP wise investments Big Dick Energy, duh.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 19 October 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link
jeweler gets ring back + non-refundable deposit in case of relationship dissolution, otherwise client is married to megarich popstar
― the dutiful and the banned (rip van wanko), Friday, 19 October 2018 23:39 (five years ago) link
Michaels (ne Lipovitz) put Kids in the Hall on TV 29 years ago, so there's that, plus '75-80 and the Lily Tomlin specials before that.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 October 2018 02:53 (five years ago) link
I think that is a decent/low salary for an SNL cast member and not obscene. I assume if you are in bonus region you are getting perks. I mean most of these people are unknowns when they start. Also that ring, whatever. Been to the diamond district?
― Yerac, Saturday, 20 October 2018 03:29 (five years ago) link
Also they can be doing other stuff the other weeks of the year (and are highly likely to, given their newfound name recognition).
― (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Beer (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 20 October 2018 03:54 (five years ago) link
I remember liking that Late for School sketch when it aired. It wasn't funny, it was sad and kind of scary. Good for Luke.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 20 October 2018 04:38 (five years ago) link
I assumed the sketch was auto-biographical. It was Nulls way of saying sorry for having been an asshole at the start, which was also why nobody gave him any material. Or someone elses way of explaining to Null why nobody ever gave him any material. Anyway there are few things on tv as sad as when something like Luke Null happens, and every week he pops up for two seconds and reminds you 'oh, yeah, that guy's career is over...'
― Frederik B, Saturday, 20 October 2018 12:52 (five years ago) link
I think Lorne has always seen the show as hanging by a string. Keeping costs super low has probably kept it on the air so long. But yeah there could be a duck load more development put into the writing.
― President Keyes, Saturday, 20 October 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
Although she did professionally well after SNL, Jane Curtin never received the appreciation she deserves. She was as precise as Aykroyd, more talented than Belushi. https://t.co/7TJVrmqVwz— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) October 19, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
^instructive "stopped talking to Lorne" detail
as beloved as Belushi remains, what a selfish trainwreck
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
I like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6UkvhvqkDg
― flappy bird, Sunday, 4 November 2018 05:34 (five years ago) link
"Political Musical" is good, too. "Midterm Ad" though -just awful
― flappy bird, Sunday, 4 November 2018 05:36 (five years ago) link
the best part of the midterm ad was the cat rolling its eyes
― Dan S, Sunday, 4 November 2018 06:19 (five years ago) link
This was a pretty good episode ( the music guest though? lol). Loved teacher fell down and the benihana.
― Yerac, Sunday, 4 November 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
why are these people telling spectacularly unfunny jokes in unfunny skits unable to stop laughing at their own unfunny jokes in their unfunny skits
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 4 November 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link