Dammit SNL, what happened?

[G-Spot]

I really haven't watched SNL in about two years and I'm sitting here contemplating punching myself in the balls to ease the pain of the show. Turn the channel? I'm hoping it gets better. The first three sketches were some of the worst I've ever seen.

 

[slappy4428]

Seth Meyers, Seth Meyers, Seth Meyers

 

[imjustagirl2]

Seemed like as good a place as any to put it:

I love the Corinne Bailey Rae CD. It's similar to this song...breezy, light, kind of a Norah Jones feel with less brooding.

Love it.

 

[spup1122]

I did like the skit at the school with the dancing, but only because I can see people actually doing that.

 

[Lucas Wiseman]

I have been watching for a half hour now and haven't laughed once.

 

[shotglass]

I'm not that thrilled with the start of the season either.

But once again, remember ... we tend to remember the old days of SNL as a bit more consistent than it really was.

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

You are right, Shottie -- people tend to remember the SNL of when they were 15-20 as the best ever. But this era is absolutely dreadful. Mark Foley was a gift from the comedy gods and they screwed that up. They just aren't bringing the funny.

 

[shotglass]

Yeah, I can't argue with that, Pope.

 

[imjustagirl2]

Consistent or not, shottie, I don't think I ever went an hour into a show in the Phil Hartman years without a single smile.

It's the first SNL I've watched in years, really. I've seen bits and pieces, if I got home in time. But this...this is a far cry from what I remember as the best years.

 

[Killick]

Okay, a few things on Update made me laugh.
On Bill Frist saying the war in Afghanistan cannot be won militarily, Meyers sez that must really mean we're in trouble if First is giving up, because "he's the guy who thought we could fix Terry Schiavo."
HA!
Peter O'Toole was pretty spot-on, except it would have been funnier with someone a little less... well, 1980. Maybe Mel Gibson? With the goofy-ass beard?
Also, in the "Fugly Betsy" bit, Armisen looking dead in the camera and saying "Fugly don't crack."

Anyway, that's about it so far.

 

[imjustagirl2]

The Frist line fell flat, from what I could tell. Didn't do much for me either. Could we get less timely?

 

[Lucas Wiseman]

Big Wigs... awful, just awful.

 

[Killick]

Anyone get the feeling that any five of SportsJournalists.commers could replace the current writing staff there and do a much better job? Jesus, we wouldn't even have to use Boots jokes and we could get the job done.

Will Ferrell as Bush and Hammons as Gore on the SNL: Classic on right now. Two minutes in, and I'm already laughing. It's the one when they're having a debate, and moderator asks them to sum up in one word, since they're running out of time.
Bush: "Strategerie."
Gore: "Lockbox."

 

[Killick]

Oh, jesus. This is a great one. Rob Lowe is host. Ralph Nader makes a cameo, where he's complaining to Lorne Michaels for not being involved in the debate at the front of show, then he starts talking to Lowe. We hear Lowe's thoughts as he wonders if he can fake his way out of this conversation. Priceless. Then, Lowe as Shaggy in a Court TV interview with Scooby Doo. Funny ****.

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

Governor Bush, I listened very carefully to the Vice President's remarks and I honestly believe that he did not mess with Texas.

I also enjoyed Lowe doing his Stone Phillips impression.

 

[imjustagirl2]

Where are you all watching this?

 

[Chi City 81]

Where are you all watching this?

On NBC.

 

[imjustagirl2]

I guess every time I've gone past that, it's been in commercial. Oh well.

 

[Satchel Pooch]

The one on at 4 a.m. hadd the skit with Ferrell and Molly Shannon on a blind date in the bar with Chris Kattan also acting funny.

 

[Editude]

It can't help NBC's cause too much when the repeats on after the new show are unquestionably funnier and more consistent. There might be a Mike-Wallace-still-on-60-Minutes quality to the continued existence of SNL.