That really sucked. I know the show isn't as good as it once was but that was such a waste, 2 1/2 hours of clips too short to enjoy and self-congratulatory name dropping. They brought Eddie Murphy back for that?
That really sucked. I know the show isn't as good as it once was but that was such a waste, 2 1/2 hours of clips too short to enjoy and self-congratulatory name dropping. They brought Eddie Murphy back for that?
Painful reminder that the show hasn't been funny in about a decade.
I watched it and was entertained. I have never found SNL to be laugh out loud funny to begin with, though. If I learned one thing it's that comedians apparently age horribly. What the **** happened to Chevy Chase, namely?
For 30 years it's been hard to find anyone that thinks SNL is as funny today as it was 10 years ago.
Kinda like they are running against themselves.
40 years is quite a run
Strange thing is that "In Living Color" and "Mad TV" were a hell of a lot funnier than SNL and both together didn't last half as long as SNL has.
I never liked Mad TV and I was pissed when Comedy Central elected to hire reruns of it over SNL.
In Living Color was awesome, though.
SNL released an App last week that has every sketch ever on it. You can search by year and the person. Best part is that it's free
I could watch John Belushi during just about anything (I guess my favorite skit if I were to pick one would be Samurai Night Fever) and Bill Murray, Ackroyd and Jane Curtain on Point/Counterpoint, Garret Morris as Chico Escuela, then later Carvey as the Church Lady, Miller and later MacDonald on Weekend Update, for hours on end and love every second of it. Like Zeet added, Chris Farley and Eddie Murphy were good as well, though Farley had more help when he was one the show, I don't remember Murphy being surrounded by as many good people as some of the other greats. I can still remember when Belushi ODed. I think hero or idol is too strong but between John Belushi and my favorite baseball player of my youth, Roberto Clemente both died though for WAY different reasons and in WAY different situations. It definitely left a lasting impact on my outlook on life, probably contributed to my level of cynicism.Originally Posted by Krgrecw
Now, since then I've always been pretty much of the Pappy Boyington (the WW2 South Pacific leader of the Black Sheep) school of hero worship, he used to say something along the lines of "show me a hero and I'll prove to you he's a bum". Now while that might be a bit extreme I do pretty much still subscribe to that philosophy, especially after I lost my two favorites. It just never seemed worth the effort to have another one. It taught me a lesson about placing any mortal person on a pedestal.
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