Saturday Night Live

mixed in with rush week talent show.

wait this is a new SNL cast member? sounds extremely dire!!

I have never heard this word "nooders" before.

please just tell me what that means don't make me look it up

so Eddie Murphy will be guest hosting this year, and presumably reviving some characters that are almost 40 years old

suddenly "I'm Gumby, dammit" seems like a masterwork in the current context

they are talking about noodles, and according to urban dictionary it's supposed to be saying noodles with an asian accent or a derogatory term for an asian person. I totally overlooked it because of the chink, MSG, dishonest cuisine and ducks in window commentary.

xp. when was the last time you watched SNL morbs?

like, most of the show? when Betty White hosted.

i don't have TV now, but whenever i see a sketch online and watch it (maybe twice a year), it's always the worst thing ever. Adam Driver's gay p0rn bit at least gave me a stiffie.

haha! I was about to say I bet you watched the adam driver one.

betty white most recently hosted in 2010, I'm assuming that's not the one you're referring to.

i mean the show does bite but you have to watch to hate, it's the rules

xp ty yerac, that is...not funny

yes that was the Betty White one. It had one funny sketch with her and Tina Fey, and the rest was "lol Grandma has sex"

I saw ONE Driver sketch, Yerac. Love has its limits.

that Kristin Stewart Totinos commercial was really great but idk how long ago that was

last SNL sketch that actually made me laugh, anyway

Yerac at 11:11 13 Sep 19
I think I am still kind of mad about that Bobby Hill boiled hotdog motherfucker Shane Gillis.

I only remember the episode where he got gout. He just looks like Bobby Hill and has that 13 yr old 'edginess'.

That gout episode really resonated with me and one friend. We refer to it semi-annually.

Bobby has a heart of gold

that Kristin Stewart Totinos commercial was really great but idk how long ago that was

last SNL sketch that actually made me laugh, anyway

omg just watched that and it's fantastic

Please for the love of god - if you hate SNL and think they haven't had a funny sketch in years (but also haven't watched in years!), just stay out of this thread! I'm not going to pretend that they are always funny, but I almost always find a couple of good laughs in every episode. And go back to whatever you think are the "golden" years and try to watch a whole episode. I'm guessing the batting average has always been pretty similar (low, but not zero). For a live weekly show, that's good enough for me and my quickskip button.

Man do i ever hate snl. They haven’t had a funny sketch in years!

At least I think that’s the case, i haven’t seen an episode since 89

yes that was the Betty White one. It had one funny sketch with her and Tina Fey, and the rest was "lol Grandma has sex"

I saw ONE Driver sketch, Yerac. Love has its limits.

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this is a lot more recent than i thought this was going to be. was thinking it would be kevin nealon era or something

i mean it's almost a decade but still

it was in a bar

liked the show best in '75-80, will post things from that era as necessary

u know when it actually mattered

putting in the long hard hours of watching this show totally earns you slagging rights itt

xp. nothing matters

especially not comedy

I watch snl kind of like I check in with the Knicks or follow politics, out of conditioning and masochistically

Pryor and Tomlin mattered in the '70s, jiv

(both hosted)

Trump matters in the 'teens, and he hosted, so by that logic you should be watching now

we were talking comedy, not Lorne whoremastering for the worst politicians

he gets a live stand-up special broadcast p much every week

will take Rich and Lily thx

using as your evidence of importance people who hosted is weak, morbs. must try harder

gilda i'd give you

have you seen the Pryor episode? he dominates it quite thoroughly

On the one hand, the anti SNL hysteria can be pretty overblown, but on the other hand I do think it's become much worse the last two years, since Michael Che and Colin Jost became co-head writers.

the season before this last one was pretty strong from what I remember. this past year was not as strong. I still find weekend update the only reliably worthwhile segment.

I liked leslie jones and I like pete davidson.

these new cast members look instantly forgettable and fireable. show hasn't really had a breakout person since McKinnon came on.

I watch every damn episode for some reason

this past season was about as bad a season as they've had

that one Adam Driver sketch where he was the vengeful ancient oilman talking to a junior high class was great

I still don’t know what Pete Davidson actually does on this show.

keeps snl ("snl star pete davidson") in the tabloids

I think I've seen every season described as the worst season in recent memory

I haven't watched regularly since..uh..well, before Bobby Moynahan joined the cast

This thread started 17 years ago bitching about how snl was bad.

Two minutes into the first episode, there were people saying that the previous minute was better.

"SNL used to be good in [insert your prefeered era] and now it sucks" is like the most boring and predictable thing to say about SNL.

I'm going back to the Simpsons thread

Oh, you mean that Tracey Ullman Show spin off?

obv the show has had ups and lots of downs through its lifetime but it does seem like the Jost-era has been the longest uninterrupted shitty stretch(?)

it has always felt like the casting is the problem--jesus, the people they've passed on.

"SNL used to be good in [insert your prefeered era] and now it sucks" is like the most boring and predictable thing to say about SNL.

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Nah, honestly this is the most boring and predictable thing to say about SNL.