Anyone watch the SNL special?

RoadDawg55

I can't believe the show has been on for 40 years. Overrated. There has been a lot of talent on the show over the years, but it rarely makes me laugh. Even those laughs are chuckles and not big belly laughs like those heard in the media room.

2001400ex

Some if it is funny shit. But I could never watch a whole episode. That's what you tube is for, you get the funny parts without having to sit through the bullshit.

Last night did have some funny stuff tho.

HuskyJW

If it wasn't based in New York it would have been off the air a long time ago.

dnc

It was mostly self congratulatory but that's to be expected I suppose. I love Carrey's McConaughey so Celebrity Jeopardy was a bright spot for me. I liked TImberlake and Fallon's musical intro as well. The best parts were the clips from years past, well other than drunken Keith Richards barely being able to walk across the stage. That delivered.

Overrated show, probably, but surviving forty years is no joke.

Doogles

The crowd was a little too cool for school. Whenever you get a who's who of celebrities there is going to be a stick up everyone's ass. It was an impressive list of people in one room though.

Chris Farley was my favorite comedian and he made me crack up, also loved Sandler, Bill Murray, and Ferrell.

Live TV is fucking hard, so it's no surprise that the people that excel are more "performer" than writer. You can be a brilliant writer and still have your jokes fall flat live, but the guys/girls that are just funny by nature excel. They haven't had that kind of talent for awhile, but like baseball SNL is pretty much an american pastime that survives in spite of itself.

RoadDawg55

Doogles said:

The crowd was a little too cool for school. Whenever you get a who's who of celebrities there is going to be a stick up everyone's ass. It was an impressive list of people in one room though.

Chris Farley was my favorite comedian and he made me crack up, also loved Sandler, Bill Murray, and Ferrell.

Live TV is fucking hard, so it's no surprise that the people that excel are more "performer" than writer. You can be a brilliant writer and still have your jokes fall flat live, but the guys/girls that are just funny by nature excel. They haven't had that kind of talent for awhile, but like baseball SNL is pretty much an american pastime that survives in spite of itself.

Farley and Sandler movies were my favorites from 6-14. Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Tommy Boy, and Black Sheep were incredible. I would cry in the theater from laughing so hard. Someone in my friend group would inevitably bring some best of SNL tapes to watch and swear how great they were. Sandler, Farley, Chris Rock, David Spade. They sounded great, but they were never very funny to me, even Matt Foley and Operaman. Same for Will Ferrell when he became a favorite in my high school years.

The ones from the 70's were probably funny at the time, but comedy can become dated and I never really laughed when I watched them. I actually think the recent cast with Hader, Wiig, and Sudeikis was pretty funny from what I saw. I don't watch SNL very often though.

Doogles

Wiig is great. I was waiting for my ex to get off work in the hollywood area about a year ago and bar hopped down Melrose until I stumbled upon the Groundlings theater. I decided to save myself another hundo at the next bar and bought a ticket to an improv show and she was the surprise guest. Absolutely hysterical and class above the rest.

That's sort of my point with performers over writers in the live setting. I agree that SNL isn't as great as you want it to be, but being raised on it adds an extra chuckle that might be absent to others.

PurpleJ

I have Chevy Chase in my 2015 death pool.

SteveInShelton

Almost Live was always a lot better IMO.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

PurpleJ said:

I have Chevy Chase in my 2015 death pool.

Such fag J.

section8

Was a solid reminder that the show was much funnier up until the late 90's.

topdawgnc

I watched SNL like a religion during the 80's and early 90's.

Don't think I have seen more than 3 skits since.

40 years is impressive. What the fuck else you going to put on at that hour to entertain stoned high schoolers and college students.

TierbsHsotBoobs

In Living Color >>> SNL.

Doogles

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

In Living Color >>> SNL.

They had a segment during the reunion show of audition tapes of people that made it and those they probably should have took on and one was Jim Carrey where he did an impression of Elvis after a nuclear apocalypse.

Fucking hilarious.

PurpleThrobber

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

In Living Color >>> SNL.

Almost Live better than both those.