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How the heck can this show still be on?

posted 8 months ago by WarrenPeace (2267)
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It used to be where like 98% of the sketches were all home runs with just a few clunkers.
Now it is the other way around.
The cast sucks.
The writing sucks.
The sketches suck since they are never funny.
The one and only good thing on it right now is the cast member who does a killer spot on, best impression of Trump they have ever had.
His Trump is the only thing I watch if I happen to see it.
Other than that the rest of the show is barely hanging on life support.
It hasn't been good for a very long time.
Time to pull the plug once and for all.

[–] Kowalski (75520) 8 months ago

OH GOOD...NOW THAT WE HAVE YOUR OPINIONS...WE CAN IGNORE THEM AS WE ALWAYS DO.

[–] Ripkens25 (2014) 8 months ago

WarrenPeace.....I'll never understand SNL cancelmongers like you. If you don't like it.........don't watch it.
SNL is an institution, a significant one. It was there when you were too young to watch (and had to sneak-watch). It was there when you were in college, maybe in the background at a party. It was there during your bar-hopping days, when you got home with some Taco Bell and kicked your shoes off. When SNL eventually DOES go away for good (replaced by some infomercial).....yet another pop culture icon will die (and so will another part of your youth).

Just leave it alone. Don't watch. Walk away. You've...."outgrown" it, in the worst kind of way.
Pity.

[–] WarrenPeace (2267) 8 months ago

I don't watch it.
Just whenever I check it out everytime it now sucks.

Just because it is iconic does not give it the excuse to suck.
It should be funny or better like it was.
If not then it should go off the air for good.

[–] Ripkens25 (2014) 8 months ago

I agree that the sketches can be hit or miss....but that has always been the nature and charm of this very unique TV experiment: Live Sketch Comedy. Always going to be hit and miss, but being live...that's half the fun of it. Especially when they flub a line or start to crack up, and really try to hold it together. You can tell they're having fun, and that is contagious.

There's just something really cool about the tradition of this little theater in NY doing a live show in the middle of the night, just like they did way back in the 70's. Something cool about a surprise walk-on (like Mick Jagger) showing up in the middle of the night to this little theater to do an unannounced cameo in a sketch. This kind of TV is from a bygone era that is all but extinct these days. And like I said....once it's gone, another part of our youth disappears.

The random uncertainty is part of the fun. And sometimes, a really bad sketch can be more fun than a well-crafted one. I'll take the unpredictability of live comedy over yet another cookie-cutter sitcom or talk show any day.

[–] TandyMan (11096) 8 months ago

The show has become a vanity project for Lorne Micahels. It mostly exists to maintain a time slot stranglehold on Saturday nights so network affiliates don't put up counter programming of their own. Ratings no longer matter. Just the message.

[–] jacotodd47 (1832) 8 months ago

Agreed with OP.

I haven't watched it much this year. One did make a point of checking out the newest episode because Kristen Wiig hosted.

It's not funny. She wasn't funny. SNL, supposedly a fountain of youth - seems tired.

It's either time's up for SNL, or something I suggested previously - get some new blood in there.

Lorne Michaels' day is over, the show seems as old and tired as he actually is.

[–] liscarkat (18367) 6 months ago

SNL has completely sucked for a couple of decades. They're just trying desperately to make it to their 50th anniversary, which will be October 11, 2025. Once they hit that mark, they should mercifully pull the plug.