They just had Chris Rock host and still couldn't get a genuine laugh the entire episode. Holy crap.
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I think Stefon was the only recurring character I always enjoyed. (Loved seeing Hader back a few weeks ago.)
Btw, has anyone seen the Seth Meyers show? I watched a few eps and I'm afraid to say he is terrible as a host, it's like every sentence ends with two seconds of silence... then *punchline!!!*. I liked him on SNL but here he's just grating.
Btw, has anyone seen the Seth Meyers show? I watched a few eps and I'm afraid to say he is terrible as a host, it's like every sentence ends with two seconds of silence... then *punchline!!!*. I liked him on SNL but here he's just grating.
I watched the Seth Meyers show once.
I don't think you can blame Seth Meyers for his lameness on that show. The writing is terrible. That's what happens to people when they host late night shows. Dave Letterman was an edgy comic before he ran the Late Show.
Think Stephen Colbert is cool? Wait 6 months. He'll be just as lame as all the rest of them.
I don't think you can blame Seth Meyers for his lameness on that show. The writing is terrible. That's what happens to people when they host late night shows. Dave Letterman was an edgy comic before he ran the Late Show.
Think Stephen Colbert is cool? Wait 6 months. He'll be just as lame as all the rest of them.
True. And I'm afraid that it might happen to Colbert. John Oliver is doing really great on his show but then, he's on HBO... so who knows.
There was one sketch I really liked in this episode.
The 'Dudleys' sketch. Pretty much sums up entirely the pressures that lead to sitcom development choices.
The 'Dudleys' sketch. Pretty much sums up entirely the pressures that lead to sitcom development choices.
Owen Wilson movie I saw recently said that 1 letter sent into the TV station today equals 1000 letters sent into the TV station 20 years ago, and they still count letters like it was 1994 to measure audience reaction to their programming.
I am going to use the word "dejaculate" a lot from now on, or at least as sparingly as I use terms like vagenda and soft-on.
Oh look, there are three definitions for dejaculate
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dejaculate
And one of them might be old timey and not thought of as dirty when it was invented in the 19th century.
I am going to use the word "dejaculate" a lot from now on, or at least as sparingly as I use terms like vagenda and soft-on.
Oh look, there are three definitions for dejaculate
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dejaculate
And one of them might be old timey and not thought of as dirty when it was invented in the 19th century.
Saturday Night Live, for me, hasn't been consistently funny for at least a decade now, and Sarah Silverman hasn't done anything worthwhile outside of Greg the Bunny. SNL's current shortcomings have been made even more glaring since they've been running classic episodes at 10pm.
The problem with watching 60 minute versions of old episodes is that put rose tinted glasses on the past. You're seeing the best 2/3 of that episode and never seeing the three horrible sketches they did 
I think that's why I put the Will Farrell era on a pedestal, because I saw it on Comedy Central in 60 minute versions.
I think that's why I put the Will Farrell era on a pedestal, because I saw it on Comedy Central in 60 minute versions.
If you think the classic seasons were consistently funny, you obviously haven't been buying complete seasons.
I think the show had two really great periods, the original cast (1975-1979) and the Phil Hartman cast (1986-1993). And this season has been pretty weak. But I think the previous few years were the strongest the show had been in a long time.
And Will Ferrell may have been the best guy they had during that period, but it was still easily one of the worst written periods in the show's history. That was a terrible period for the show, but it wasn't the cast's fault at all, it was the writers' fault.
The problem with watching 60 minute versions of old episodes is that put rose tinted glasses on the past. You're seeing the best 2/3 of that episode and never seeing the three horrible sketches they did
Even in watching the entire 90 minute episodes of SNL on Netflix and Hulu, I have to say the episodes of the past decade are mondo weak in terms of consistently being funny. Sure the last 30 minutes of the episodes could be painfully bad but that was often in contrast to the preceeding 60 minutes being extremelly funny. The present-era of SNL have been more uneven and weaker from start-to-finish, therefore, the gulf between the first 2/3's vs the last 1/3 hasn't been as big.
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