SNL--Is it dead yet?Follow

I used to be a big fan of SNL, they had some great musical groups, and often had some very funny comedians doing some memorable skits. I must admit though, I pretty much quit watching it back when Will Farrel and those guys were on it. Since then, it seems every time I tune in it's dull to say the least. However, tonight in a fit of boredom I tuned in to not just one episode, but two. Due to the beuties of cable, there was a re-run on the normal channel, and another re-run on E. The first was with Jack Black hosting, who is entertainment iteslf. The other was with Lindsey Lohan hosting, and Usher as the musical group. I'm not sure how old that one was, but it was before Lindsey lost a bunch of weight and still looked hot.

The episode with Lindsey was a riot, they had the rap clip with "The Chronicles of Narnia" which I'm sure some of you have seen on the internet. Also, it had the Harry Potter clip with Lindsey doing the Hermonie role and everyone was staring at her bewbs. It also had a few other skits that were pretty damn funny, including one where all the participants had a hard time keeping a straight face.

Jack Black is bound to be a decent episode. You could just film him improvising and it would be funny. The musical guest was Neil Young, who to be honest, looks like a fuc[Aqua][/Aqua]king mummy and sings like one too. I'm amazed he's not dead yet. Despite that the show was still worth watching. There was a couple of musical bits with Jack including one with his partner in crime in Tenacious D doing another bit.

I guess my question is that has anyone been a loyal follower lately? Is SNL starting to revive itself? Or are the critics finally winning out, and we're watching the end of an era?

QFT

Is there a "Best of" Walken out yet?

Ordered.

SNL is not what it used to be, but it still has it's moments.

I just think that too often they go for the cheap laugh, like sexual innuendo that's about as sophisticated as your average conversation among 15-year-olds. There just doesn't seem to be a wellspring of talent in the SNL writing department.

It's just like the assylum, there's a lot of sh[Saddlebrown][/Saddlebrown]it but once in a while there's a nice gem.

Just watched the Jack Black/Neil Young episode and I gotta say, I couldn't disagree with the OP more. Neil Young fu[Aliceblue][/Aliceblue]cking rules. To each their own, I guess, but he sounded pretty great to me.

QFT.

It was never consistent, never "great." It only had great moments.

How did it get away with this? It was the first. I can't remember if cable even existed when it first came on - anyway, many people didn't have cable back then, and cable then wasn't what it is now.

So, when you watched SNL, it was the only thing on. You tolerated the lame crap for the occasional laugh. Back then Monty Python's Flying Circus would run late at night, often on PBS - it was so much better. Second City came on after a while - there were times it was better than SNL (usually SNL trumped SC).

Some of the best skits never made it past the network censors. Unfortunately, this skit was only written and not taped - but it was a spoof on "Hamburger Helper" ads - and it was called "Placenta Helper."


edit - I saw the original cast - wrong - I don't think they were the best. There were times when Akroyd and Curtain were so un-funny it was sad. Even Belushi could bomb. Father Guido Sarducci always made me laugh.

Edited, Jun 12th 2006 at 4:27pm EST by EvilGnomes

been dead for years. now it's like bernie from "weekend at bernie's" sometimes you could of sworn he was alive, but if you keep looking, you know he's dead

SNL died with Chris Farley.


Mad TV also sucks.

Chapelle's show ftw.

Chapelle has to get off his WoW addiction and decide to be funny again.

Is he out of South Africa yet?

Yeah, SNL has had an East Coast preppy streak in it for years. That always sucked.

I'm the only person in the world that doesn't think Dave Chappelle is funny.

I can deal with that.

Nexa

Every "older" generation is always ready to throw that first shovelfull of dirt in the SNL grave. And for three generations it has proved the critics wrong. While the show does falter at times when shifting gears, it has shown an amazing capacity for becoming relevant to the new viewers. Case in point, for my generation Steve Martin's "wild and crazy guy" was the catch phrase for nearly every person under the age of 20. Of late, how many times have you seen or heard "more cowbell" being repeated? Lots, of course. Granted, it had Christopher Walken in it, but between that and dozens of other skits (most of which should never have been made into movies, btw) the show continues to develop new talent and provides political satire that can't be found anywhere else on the tube.

Personally, I never got the humor of Father Guido Sarducci.

Totem

Edited, Jun 13th 2006 at 6:56pm EST by Totem

He's funny but he isn't *that* funny.

Edited, Jun 13th 2006 at 10:35pm EDT by Kastigir