I saw SNL on Saturday night for the first time in probably twenty-five years about a month ago. It blew.
9.
Schlemizel
Its almost as if they are trying to see how bad they can be and still have people watch. I gave up.
We did have a great evening watching the UofM Womens Hockey team defeat The North Dakota Fighting Wouix in 3 OTs. The Wouix played the cheap shot dirty hockey UND has become known for but still could not beat Minnesota, The Gophers are 39-0-0 on the season and 47-0-0 since February 2012. #10 had to be helped off the ice after a vicious crosscheck that came after she scored the winning goal. Cheaters never win.
10.
FlipYrWhig
It’s a rerun of a weak episode. The Timberlake one was OK. Kevin Hart, before that, was awful. Melissa McCarthy next week, I think, has potential.
11.
smike
No SNL wisdom here, since I am watching golf (the ONLY way to watch golf is dvr’ed – much quicker and much less painful). I’ve just been wanting to say that I recently realized this has become one of my favorite sites and thought y’all might like to hear that. Thanks, John. Kudos to Betty, too. I followed her over here (I hadn’t been here in a while) and decided that it was worth the trip.
12.
Suffern ACE
@FlipYrWhig: Do they still call those SNL reruns “Encore Presentations?” I always thought that made no sense when the episode was bad.
13.
ruemara
just came back from a Liberalia/St. Paddy’s fest. Am now quite fat and planning to diet strenuously to achieve my preferred gaunt shape. It’s amazing how chunky one gets working out 5x a week and eating 3 meals a day.
14.
Omnes Omnibus
@smike: Dude/Dudette, run. Run for your life. This blog is full of crazy people and it will suck up your spare time. Save yourself while you still can.
15.
Yutsano
@Omnes Omnibus: Too late. S/he has been assimilated. Resistance was futile.
16.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: I had to try. One has to do the decent thing once in a while.
17.
dance around in your bones
Gads, I remember watching SNL waaaay back in the day when it had John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Bill Murray, Lily Tomlin, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase…ok, you get the picture.
We used to smoke the doobs and laugh our asses off. SNL has never seemed that funny to me since.
{{except for Tina Fey…ok, maybe Andy Samberg, too. ok Jimmy Fallon.}}
Ok, I am an old.
18.
Yutsano
@Omnes Omnibus: We’ll just blame Betty. Or the boxers. Or the hens. They can be quite devious birds.
@dance around in your bones: Tina Fey as Bible Spice was fecking brilliant. And I miss Gilda, she was amazingly funny an by all reports very sweet in person.
19.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: The only birds I trust are the raptors. They are upfront about wanting to tear one to pieces. The rest are just waiting for Tippi.
20.
FlipYrWhig
@dance around in your bones: weed has a distorting effect on humor, apparently. To wit, all of “Adult Swim.”
@Suffern ACE: I almost always miss the first two or three minutes, so I couldn’t tell you. I suppose from a marketing perspective calling old episodes “Stale Topical References and Yelling” wouldn’t be a smart move.
@dance around in your bones: OMG. That clip reminded me both those beautiful talented ladies were taken from us too quickly and for the exact same reason. Cancer sucks.
I stopped watching SNL when they fired Norm McDonald. That’s when it ceased to be funny.
27.
smike
@efgoldman: Ah, as we all do, efgoldman. Thanks for the reference, which has prompted a thorough review of the story, which I last visited 30 or 40 years ago. Over time my memory of Smike was clouded by no details – just a feeling of pleasure in watching his portrayal. It was on PBS, I believe. Masterpiece Theater.
28.
Higgs Boson's Mate
@dance around in your bones:
Same here. I’m surprised that we still have all of our limbs after doing endless stoned and/or drunken Belushi samurai imitations.
Though I’ve dropped in on SNL a few times since those days I had the misfortune to drop in on the nights that it sucked.
Ok, maybe the doobies helped. But SNL used to be much funnier back in the day, IMHO. Plus, it was rather unprecedented humor in the days of Johnny Carson and etc.
I still remember one episode where the police busted into an apartment and hassle a couple (innocently smoking a joint) so much that they jump out the window. Whereupon the cops say “Another marijuana related death”. I think that was Ackroyd and Belushi.
I just about died of laughter.
30.
BD of MN
If you’re in an area where you can occasionally see the Northern Lights, you may want to go peek out the window (I’m too close to the big city and too tired to go driving now, so take a pretty picture for me…):
The Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME) observed in conjunction with an R1 (Minor) solar flare radio blackout in the early hours of March 15th has arrived (detected at the ACE spacecraft just upstream of Earth at 5:28 UTC (1:28 am Eastern) on the 17th). G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storming is possible throughout the 17th as a result. Aurora watchers across the northernmost states in the lower 48 may have the opportunity to view the aurora early on Sunday morning, clear skies permitting. Additionally, the small S1 (Minor) radiation storm associated with this event is currently hovering near the event threshold. Stay tuned for updates.
I loved the bit where Aunt Edna croaked in the car. And Clark tied her to the roof until he could leave her on the porch at a relative’s house.
Then the “service” on the porch:
Oh Lord, ease our suffering in this our time of great despair. Admit this good and decent woman into thine heavenly area up there. The flock. And Mohab laid down by the band of the Kingonights and although the Hindues speak of carma, I implore you, give, give her a break…Barookatah, Hallalooyah.
33.
Death Panel Truck
“This” SNL blows?
When did it not?
34.
Elizabelle
I liked Ana Gasteyer and Will Ferrell a lot.
Is it the writing? What’s going wrong with recent shows?
(I saw Django Unchained again last night. Much better use of time.)
srv
All the funneh was at CPAC this week.
Shinobi
They still make that show?
boss bitch
Seriously.
Steeplejack
See if Winter’s Bone is on Netflix. Much better Jennifer Lawrence outing.
Suffern ACE
http://youtu.be/UD8tGWIqA-c
There. Since you were lauding Justin as host last week, we’ll give you some more…
RobertDSC-eMac 1.25
Can we see proof of life for Rosie? We haven’t seen her in a while.
The Dangerman
SNL hasn’t been good since Pink Floyd broke up.
/mixing the bitching
Bob In Portland
I saw SNL on Saturday night for the first time in probably twenty-five years about a month ago. It blew.
Schlemizel
Its almost as if they are trying to see how bad they can be and still have people watch. I gave up.
We did have a great evening watching the UofM Womens Hockey team defeat The North Dakota Fighting Wouix in 3 OTs. The Wouix played the cheap shot dirty hockey UND has become known for but still could not beat Minnesota, The Gophers are 39-0-0 on the season and 47-0-0 since February 2012. #10 had to be helped off the ice after a vicious crosscheck that came after she scored the winning goal. Cheaters never win.
FlipYrWhig
It’s a rerun of a weak episode. The Timberlake one was OK. Kevin Hart, before that, was awful. Melissa McCarthy next week, I think, has potential.
smike
No SNL wisdom here, since I am watching golf (the ONLY way to watch golf is dvr’ed – much quicker and much less painful). I’ve just been wanting to say that I recently realized this has become one of my favorite sites and thought y’all might like to hear that. Thanks, John. Kudos to Betty, too. I followed her over here (I hadn’t been here in a while) and decided that it was worth the trip.
Suffern ACE
@FlipYrWhig: Do they still call those SNL reruns “Encore Presentations?” I always thought that made no sense when the episode was bad.
ruemara
just came back from a Liberalia/St. Paddy’s fest. Am now quite fat and planning to diet strenuously to achieve my preferred gaunt shape. It’s amazing how chunky one gets working out 5x a week and eating 3 meals a day.
Omnes Omnibus
@smike: Dude/Dudette, run. Run for your life. This blog is full of crazy people and it will suck up your spare time. Save yourself while you still can.
Yutsano
@Omnes Omnibus: Too late. S/he has been assimilated. Resistance was futile.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: I had to try. One has to do the decent thing once in a while.
dance around in your bones
Gads, I remember watching SNL waaaay back in the day when it had John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Bill Murray, Lily Tomlin, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase…ok, you get the picture.
We used to smoke the doobs and laugh our asses off. SNL has never seemed that funny to me since.
{{except for Tina Fey…ok, maybe Andy Samberg, too. ok Jimmy Fallon.}}
Ok, I am an old.
Yutsano
@Omnes Omnibus: We’ll just blame Betty. Or the boxers. Or the hens. They can be quite devious birds.
@dance around in your bones: Tina Fey as Bible Spice was fecking brilliant. And I miss Gilda, she was amazingly funny an by all reports very sweet in person.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: The only birds I trust are the raptors. They are upfront about wanting to tear one to pieces. The rest are just waiting for Tippi.
FlipYrWhig
@dance around in your bones: weed has a distorting effect on humor, apparently. To wit, all of “Adult Swim.”
@Suffern ACE: I almost always miss the first two or three minutes, so I couldn’t tell you. I suppose from a marketing perspective calling old episodes “Stale Topical References and Yelling” wouldn’t be a smart move.
FlipYrWhig
@dance around in your bones: also, Chevy Chase has never been funny.
ETA OK, maybe Caddyshack.
dance around in your bones
@Yutsano:
This is a kinda funny clip of Gilda and Babawawa.
Schlemizel
@FlipYrWhig:
No, you were right the first time – NEVER!
Yutsano
@dance around in your bones: OMG. That clip reminded me both those beautiful talented ladies were taken from us too quickly and for the exact same reason. Cancer sucks.
dance around in your bones
@FlipYrWhig:
Oh, come on – National Lampoon’s Vacation?
He was hysterical in that.
Here’s another one.
Librarian
I stopped watching SNL when they fired Norm McDonald. That’s when it ceased to be funny.
smike
@efgoldman: Ah, as we all do, efgoldman. Thanks for the reference, which has prompted a thorough review of the story, which I last visited 30 or 40 years ago. Over time my memory of Smike was clouded by no details – just a feeling of pleasure in watching his portrayal. It was on PBS, I believe. Masterpiece Theater.
Higgs Boson's Mate
@dance around in your bones:
Same here. I’m surprised that we still have all of our limbs after doing endless stoned and/or drunken Belushi samurai imitations.
Though I’ve dropped in on SNL a few times since those days I had the misfortune to drop in on the nights that it sucked.
dance around in your bones
@Higgs Boson’s Mate:
Samurai Delicatessen
He used to make me almost pee my pants laughing.
Ok, maybe the doobies helped. But SNL used to be much funnier back in the day, IMHO. Plus, it was rather unprecedented humor in the days of Johnny Carson and etc.
I still remember one episode where the police busted into an apartment and hassle a couple (innocently smoking a joint) so much that they jump out the window. Whereupon the cops say “Another marijuana related death”. I think that was Ackroyd and Belushi.
I just about died of laughter.
BD of MN
If you’re in an area where you can occasionally see the Northern Lights, you may want to go peek out the window (I’m too close to the big city and too tired to go driving now, so take a pretty picture for me…):
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
YellowJournalism
@dance around in your bones: “Oh, my God! The dog peed on the sandwiches!”
dance around in your bones
@YellowJournalism:
I loved the bit where Aunt Edna croaked in the car. And Clark tied her to the roof until he could leave her on the porch at a relative’s house.
Then the “service” on the porch:
Death Panel Truck
“This” SNL blows?
When did it not?
Elizabelle
I liked Ana Gasteyer and Will Ferrell a lot.
Is it the writing? What’s going wrong with recent shows?
(I saw Django Unchained again last night. Much better use of time.)
kyle
@FlipYrWhig:
Now that’s fucking funny.
kc
I think SNL has been pretty funny for the last few seasons. Not ALL the bits are good, but hey, whaddaya expect.
Argo
This Blog is becoming the premise of Seinfeld.