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Anxiety said: Nothinbutjoy said: What strong opinions...not just you Anx...but good grief...he was on SNL and he sucked...he's not the first...he won't be the last. Maybe it wasn't a big stretch considering what he wears to swim in...he's use to exposing himself on tv. Hell, I didn't even watch it.  When I don't much care about the guest host or the musical act I give SNL a pass. I haven't watched it in a long time.
I think the last time I really watched SNL was the Steve Martin/Prince show. LOVED it. Would have watched it for either one of them. 
 i usually avoid athlete-hosted SNL episodes like the plague, but we wanted to see just exactly how horrible michael phelps would be and he did not disappoint. 
had it been some WB teen soap heartthrob or something, i would have given the show a pass altogether last week. i think SNL went to crap years ago.  Agreed 
Did you watch the Steve Martin/Prince episode (I don't want to just ASSUME you did though it is rather likely) Did you like that episode? To me, Steve Martin just showed what SNL is lacking. To put it really sappy...he took them to school. I'm firmly planted in denial |
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Nothinbutjoy said: Anxiety said: i usually avoid athlete-hosted SNL episodes like the plague, but we wanted to see just exactly how horrible michael phelps would be and he did not disappoint.
had it been some WB teen soap heartthrob or something, i would have given the show a pass altogether last week. i think SNL went to crap years ago. Agreed
Did you watch the Steve Martin/Prince episode (I don't want to just ASSUME you did though it is rather likely) Did you like that episode? To me, Steve Martin just showed what SNL is lacking. To put it really sappy...he took them to school. i did watch that episode, but i don't remember if i watched the whole thing. i liked maya rudolph and fred armison. there were still enough good people on the show that season that they could play off each other and occasionally do something funny. i think fred armisen started off strong, and he has the talent to be really funny. but he's not "big dumb jock" funny, so it seems like he's been slowly pushed back to the two-line torch carrier roles. SNL seems to go back and forth between really edgy, risky humor and really dumb, knuckle-scraper humor. unfortunately they've been indulging in the latter for at least the past four years. | |
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so, the consensus is.... he was about as "present" in the skits as, say, Christopher Walken is when he hosts? | |
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errant said: so, the consensus is.... he was about as "present" in the skits as, say, Christopher Walken is when he hosts?
i've seen powerpoint training presentations with more charisma. | |
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Anxiety said: errant said: so, the consensus is.... he was about as "present" in the skits as, say, Christopher Walken is when he hosts?
i've seen powerpoint training presentations with more charisma. i really don't miss TV..... | |
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Anxiety said: i think SNL went to crap years ago.
that's easy to say, and it's been said for almost 30 years! But the fact is, it's always been spotty. I think if we watched them say "cheesburger, cheeseburger" or "the keeler beez" for the first time today I think it would be just as hit and miss. Has no one noticed Chevy Chase's impression of Gerald Ford fercrissakes?! It's not an impersonation, but somehow it's classic! 
They have very funny stuff every week, surrounded by horrible stuff. My Legacy
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NDRU said: Anxiety said: i think SNL went to crap years ago.
that's easy to say, and it's been said for almost 30 years! But the fact is, it's always been spotty. I think if we watched them say "cheesburger, cheeseburger" or "the keeler beez" for the first time today I think it would be just as hit and miss. Has no one noticed Chevy Chase's impression of Gerald Ford fercrissakes?! It's not an impersonation, but somehow it's classic!
They have very funny stuff every week, surrounded by horrible stuff. you speak as if this show is new to me.
of course it's just my opinion, and if you're getting some entertainment value out of the recent seasons of SNL, then god bless you. | |
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SNL is never really that enjoyable until they hack off the 30 minutes of crap in each episode and syndicate it to some cable channel.
even the REALLY shitty seasons come off halfway decent then. [Edited 9/16/08 16:39pm] | |
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Anxiety said: NDRU said: that's easy to say, and it's been said for almost 30 years! But the fact is, it's always been spotty. I think if we watched them say "cheesburger, cheeseburger" or "the keeler beez" for the first time today I think it would be just as hit and miss. Has no one noticed Chevy Chase's impression of Gerald Ford fercrissakes?! It's not an impersonation, but somehow it's classic!
They have very funny stuff every week, surrounded by horrible stuff. you speak as if this show is new to me.
of course it's just my opinion, and if you're getting some entertainment value out of the recent seasons of SNL, then god bless you. I'm just saying, as with many things, I think nostalgia clouds a young jedi's mind. it's just a common thing to say it's "not what it used to be," but I think in many ways it is.
Or it may be more correct to say that "it used to be the same as it is now" ie often crappy. 
Not that you or anyone else should have to like any era of it, of course. My Legacy
http://prince.org/msg/8/192731 | |
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I think he's stupid looking. | |
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