I mean really, should we give up? I just saw an old Opera Man sketch on news I've mostly forgotten and it was easily ten times funnier than anything in the new episodes... Is it just me?

4/16/2006 2:48:53 AM

No, it's not just you.

Sadly, aside from a few choice bits, it's all crap. I've mostly given up, to the point of flipping over for the first performance to time Weekend Update, and even now I'm not that enthralled with the Tina and Amy show. Amy needs to get Will Arnett on there.

4/16/2006 3:01:45 AM

That Disney Vault cartoon last night had my dyin' I thought that was hilarious, and then the cat lasers was pretty good too.

4/16/2006 12:55:09 PM

cat lasers were mildly amusing. nothing lol funny.

4/16/2006 1:08:22 PM

the three new guys are pretty good. I saw one of them on Conan and he was imitating the announcer for SNL and it was great. where is heratio. amy and mya suck and lohan couldnt remember her lines (why do they bring her back). kenan is funny but they keep doing terrrible scenes with him.

4/16/2006 1:10:22 PM

its not just you, but it is partially you, and the rest of us

they have been doing the same thing for 30 years or whatever...its funnier when you're younger, when we were all younger

however they dont have the farleys or the carveys nowadays...that would help

4/16/2006 1:21:42 PM

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"amy and mya suck and lohan couldnt remember her lines (why do they bring her back). kenan is funny but they keep doing terrrible scenes with him."

theres the problem. You think Keenan is better than Amy Poehler.

4/16/2006 1:36:02 PM

[quote]its funnier when you're younger[\quote]

ya, I was worried about that... But, I must agree the cat lasers were refreshingly different than the usual tripe.

4/16/2006 5:36:32 PM

SNL isnt as amazing as it used to be....but take the last episode, it was 40% good....so its getting better

fucking laser cats was awesome

4/16/2006 5:53:27 PM

it's just a matter of talent... bring in some talented young comedians and the show will improve, keep hiring the same unfunny people they've been hiring and the show won't improve...

SNL, with the exception of hte first few years, has been nothing but stretches of mediocrity broken up by performances by a few genuinely funny people... when they get another genuinely funny person or two, snl will improve...

4/16/2006 6:13:20 PM

you know that people have been having this conversation since 1978 right?

4/16/2006 6:13:42 PM

and they'll continue to have it until Lorne Michaels dies and the show ends...

4/16/2006 6:14:31 PM

whoops wrong thread

btw snl is slowly getting better

yes, laser cats was awesome

[Edited on April 16, 2006 at 6:40 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on April 16, 2006 at 6:41 PM. Reason : snl]

4/16/2006 6:14:54 PM

Dingus.

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=401879

4/16/2006 6:16:12 PM

when people consider the "lazy sunday" sketch as a classic, you know you're putting out crap.

4/16/2006 6:42:45 PM

The last time I saw Weekend Update, Amy PoPo was hosting it with Horatio Sanz, and it sucked ungodly amounts of ass. Sanz had no fucking clue what he was doing. Was that a one-time thing, or is Sanz the new co-host?

Weekend Update hasn't been funny since Norm MacDonald, but this shit was just embarassing.

4/16/2006 7:05:27 PM

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"amy and mya suck"

No, To me they're both humorous female cast members. Amy's just crazy and Mya Rudolf can sing a note while still being funny (Prince Show for example)

As for weekend update, I agree the last funny person to do it was Norm. He had a knack at turning poorly written jokes funny again even if he had to ridicule himself. He would always show disgust or simply pause dead silent for several minutes if a joke didn't go well with audience.

4/16/2006 7:33:10 PM

there are some good moments hidden deep within this show, but unfortunately they arent the moments being talked about.

its usually stuff that your average viewer probably doesnt get.

for instance, i think the gibb bros. stuff is a fucking riot (do they even have that on anymore?)

[Edited on April 16, 2006 at 9:50 PM. Reason : .]

4/16/2006 9:48:01 PM

No, its doomed, but still not as bad as madtv

4/17/2006 8:10:49 PM

COIN SLOT

4/17/2006 8:15:05 PM

[Edited on April 17, 2006 at 8:26 PM. Reason : >.<]

4/17/2006 8:23:23 PM

Five words:

Your mouth can't get pregnant.

4/17/2006 8:23:31 PM

Quote :

"the Tooth Fairy is a hoe!"

4/17/2006 9:42:56 PM

i used to never miss a show when farley, spade, mcdonald were on
but now you couldnt pay me to watch, its absolutely horrible
but i havent watched in like 6 months or so

4/17/2006 11:15:48 PM

i haven't lost hope.. along with andy samburg, they also hired the rest of the guys from lonely island to be writers. http://www.thelonelyisland.com/

i know they help write the digital shorts (lazy sunday, natalie portman rap, cats with lasers). they might help write other skits too.. not sure. but thats the kind of stuff i want to see more of. random funny shit.

4/18/2006 2:42:34 PM

TALKIN IT UP
ON THE BARRY GIBB TALK SHOW
TALKIN BOUT CHEST HAIR
TALKIN BOUT CRAZY COOL MEDALLIONS

4/18/2006 2:46:24 PM

to the original question

nah, probably not

4/18/2006 3:14:07 PM

i dont want SNL to turn into "stuff that will be big on the internet Night Live"

that "Lazy Sunday" thing wasnt very funny. I mean, its two guys. and theyre bored. and they rap about mundane stuff. if they just talked about it it would be better, but "white guys doing black stuff IS CA-RAAAZY!" humor is only good for so long.

i'd rather watch old Mr. Show reruns in that timeslot these days.

4/18/2006 4:17:58 PM

i remember liking this asshole skit before, let's see if it pays off again

5/20/2006 11:44:52 PM

Just give up. If terrorists wanted any government info from me all they'd have to do is make me watch this shit for five minutes.

5/21/2006 12:08:33 AM

I watched the first half of last nights SNL that I DVR'ed. The Usual Suspects thing with Samberg was hilarious.

Otherwise it wasn't that great, especially after last weekend's episode.

5/21/2006 4:49:10 PM