TV: Saturday Night Live 40 years live? and beyond -MOD 724

[donghabs98]

Mulaney was solid yet again. Interested to see what Elba brings.

I actually enjoy it when he hosts. The musical skits and monologues I find humorous. His delivery style really shines in both instances.

 

[John Price]

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Actually thought the past two episodes were among the most consistent all season. The writing in the Sandra Oh ep was almost uniformly solid, and Kit Harrington had real presence and did a much better job than I expected.

 

[HanSolo]

Actually thought the past two episodes were among the most consistent all season. The writing in the Sandra Oh ep was almost uniformly solid, and Kit Harrington had real presence and did a much better job than I expected.

The VR gaming one was hilarious.

 

[Hadoop]

So a K-Pop group was the musical guest on SNL tonight. And apparently they are the most popular musical act on the planet right now.

 

[Hadoop]

Finally caught up. Harrington's episode was really good. SNL has been enjoyable in 2019 so far.

 

[Deen]

Mulaney doing the "Cha Cha Slide" was pretty funny actually. I missed it when it first aired. The big guy behind him cracked me up. Might have to steal some of his moves.

Cha Cha Slide #SNL

 

[Jussi]

 

[Hadoop]

Loved Sandler's movies when I was a kid but didn't have high expectations. Glad he delivered though, and I guess even after almost 24 years you CAN still go back home again.

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

Saw this on his Netflix special and got pretty choked up .

 

[Say Hey Kid]

I never knew Sandler and Rock were fired. Is anyone today half as funny?

 

[John Price]

I never knew Sandler and Rock were fired. Is anyone today half as funny?

I didn't know either until someone mentioned it while talking about Opera Man on a podcast Sunday. I thought he left of his own free will. He seems to have done pretty well for himself after he left SNL.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

That was a pretty darn good episode with the exception of the clothes/holes song. WTF was that?

 

[donghabs98]

I didn't know either until someone mentioned it while talking about Opera Man on a podcast Sunday. I thought he left of his own free will. He seems to have done pretty well for himself after he left SNL.

If I recall correctly, they would have been booted during the transition period from the Hartman era to the Ferrell/late 90s crew. My guess is Lorne Michaels must have either wanted a clean break with the past or a tone change.

 

[blueandgoldguy]

I never knew Sandler and Rock were fired. Is anyone today half as funny?

Well, if all you like is frat boy humor and poopy jokes, then no, there is no one as "funny" today. At least as far as Sandler goes.

94-95 might be the worst year in the history of SNL and Adam Sandler and one or two of his buddies on the show played a huge role in the decline. His brand of humour got old real quick. Thankfully, the show had a refresh the following year with a mostly brand new cast.

 

[Paul Dipietro]

That was a pretty darn good episode with the exception of the clothes/holes song. WTF was that?

I guess they tried something and completely missed

 

[Langdon Alger]

I never knew Sandler and Rock were fired. Is anyone today half as funny?

Rock didn’t have a ton of success on SNL. He took off after he left. Sandler and Farley being fired surprises me, but they changed pretty much the entire cast after the 94-95 season. There weren’t many cast members to return for 95-96. Myers, Carvey and Hartman were already gone by the time they were fired. It was likely time for some new people to come in.

I enjoyed the show this past weekend. Loved that Sandler brought back opera man, and his song about Farley was great and sad at the same time.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

That was a pretty darn good episode with the exception of the clothes/holes song. WTF was that?

Yeah, I'm already fine if they decided to move on from Beck Bennett, but that pretty much sealed it for me. Extremely limited performer. Unfortunately a one-trick pony with the hilarious baby boss.

I guess they tried something and completely missed

Weirdest part was the placement. That was what, the second thing in the episode? Should've been way later (or ideally, scrapped).

 

[Brodeur]

I never knew Sandler and Rock were fired. Is anyone today half as funny?

On one of the SNL documentaries, a few of the guys from that cast mentioned how they "killed themselves off" in this polar bear sketch: Polar Bear Cage

It's interesting to look back on it now, but in the moment SNL looked vulnerable. MadTV started off looking strong and CBS tried to bring in The State from MTV but that fell apart after one poorly advertised show (I loved The State and I don't even remember if I knew they had a special on CBS at the time).

That seems to be another constant with SNL. That SNL documentary had various performers/producers over the years mention how everybody always hates the current cast and loves the ones from before. I remember one producer saying something along the lines of "It's always a culture shock when your kids become the target audience."

I didn't watch a ton of In Living Color, but I had zero clue that Chris Rock was on it, albeit briefly as he mentioned during the monologue.

 

[montreal]

here's a really good (but long) article on the '94-'95 cast and it's struggles. Some great stuff in there.

How 'Saturday Night Live' Became a Grim Joke -- New York Magazine - Nymag

 

[Teemu]

That was a pretty darn good episode with the exception of the clothes/holes song. WTF was that?

Yea, I just watched it yesterday and was very pleasantly surprised. I loved this one

 

[John Price]

‘Saturday Night Live’ Adds Three New Cast Members for Season 45

hell yeah baby boy shane gillis on SNL

Friend of the LoS and Gas Digital

 

[NyQuil]

here's a really good (but long) article on the '94-'95 cast and it's struggles. Some great stuff in there.

How 'Saturday Night Live' Became a Grim Joke -- New York Magazine - Nymag

That's about as harsh as anything I've ever read.

 

[NyQuil]

Weak episode despite all the alumni cameos.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Maya as Kamala Harris was good. Always nice to see Larry David as Bernie Sanders.

I expected more from the season premiere though.