This show made me really nostalgic for what the show used to be, and it made me sad that all of these greats are getting old and passing away. I think seeing Jack Nicholson up there at his age was really sobering... also seeing Chevy Chase in his condition.
Yeah, Chevy Chase is one of the five best cast members ever, and they had to have him there just to pay tribute, but his appearance was just... sad.
But he did and it's widely acknowledged by everyone who had anything to do with the show at the time, so it's not like they were kissing his butt for no reason.
This.
Taylor Swift should stick to making music, she ruined that whole sketch for me.
That and seeing Kanye's stupid face again....
But I enjoyed everything else.
Swift was terrible. Which was maybe a surprise, because she didn't suck when she hosted.
maybe it's because it takes a special kind of actor (a real actor, not a musician) to act like a bad actor.
I always crack up when Hammond screws up the titles of the categories on the Jeapardy sketches.
Yeah, that's easily the highlight of those sketches, and they must know it, because that was the first and only time they inserted that gag into the same sketch twice.
I like looking at the titles and seeing if I can figure out which one he's going to get wrong, and I never can!
It really made me miss guys like Phil Hartman - literally.
I can't stress enough how much I agree with this. Phil was awesome.
I can't think of any celebrity whose death saddens me more, actually. just considering all the factors - his age, his talent level, the joy he brought to people, the universal acclaim as an actor and a person, the circumstances of his death... I mean, he was sticking with his crackhead wife through all her issues and he paid the ultimate price for his loyalty. It doesn't get any sadder.
I know what you mean man...Hartman was just rock solid in EVERYTHING he did. A lot of people have mentioned over the years that while he wasn't a performer who could do a really good impersonation of anyone in particular, he was GREAT as someone you could put in every sketch...just really was funny all the way around.
Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer will always be my favorite because of the way he really hammed it up playing the title character.
Hartman was SNL's classic "everyman".
Jason Sudekis is probably pretty unappreciated. As much as I enjoy Hartman, Sudekis was a pretty reasonable facsimile of that cast member niche, and it looks like Taran Killam is on pace to surpass his greatness... seriously.
When they did that montage of clips over the last 40 years, you could practically pinpoint right when the show started to suck and it was basically in the late 90s.
I agree that it
started to suck, but at another point the show also
stopped sucking.
It's funny because every 5 years a new generation of fans talk about 'when the show was good'
Truth!
Hartman would be my pick for greatest cast member ever for that reason- he could do everything. It's no coincidence that that the show went downhill right after he left.
He's my pick as well.