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15. SNL has not been consistently funny

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Sun Oct 26, 2014, 03:01 AM

Oct 2014

since the original cast and Michael O'Donoghue left.

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I'm Sorry - But Saturday Night Live Just Isn't Funny Anymore...... [View all] global1 Oct 2014 OP

wasn't it never that funny, at least not consistently funny JI7 Oct 2014 #1

it was very funny the first few years. 1979, 1980 Liberal_in_LA Oct 2014 #6

Agreed. Haven't watched in ages bvf Oct 2014 #14

Yes - Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Jane Curtin, Gilda, Dan Ackroyd ... closeupready Oct 2014 #60

Yup, everyone remembers "SNL of yesteryear" being funnier. joshcryer Oct 2014 #18

+1, my sons love the current SNL.. I haven't liked it since SomethingFishy Oct 2014 #48

I think you are right joeglow3 Oct 2014 #67

I haven't watched it in years shenmue Oct 2014 #2

me neither shanti Oct 2014 #31

SNL is phasic Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2014 #3

Bingo AgingAmerican Oct 2014 #19

You didn't have to include that "anymore" tularetom Oct 2014 #4

The cast at least once used to learn their lines. WinkyDink Oct 2014 #5

They've always read off the cards - nobody could memorize that much dialogue for a live broadcast Midwestern Democrat Oct 2014 #23

It was funnier when they broke character Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #40

I've never been a fan of such lazy self-indulgence. WinkyDink Oct 2014 #82

...isn't funny again. Iggo Oct 2014 #7

I completely agree. Initech Oct 2014 #8

the billionaire piece was pretty spot-on. nashville_brook Oct 2014 #9

when it first started MFM008 Oct 2014 #10

In my opinion, it's much improved since last year. But, southerncrone Oct 2014 #11

Hasn't been funny since 1980. Crunchy Frog Oct 2014 #12

Yep. johnp3907 Oct 2014 #45

I've never been a regular viewer. WhiteAndNerdy Oct 2014 #13

SNL has not been consistently funny hifiguy Oct 2014 #15

I'm liking it tonight Politicalboi Oct 2014 #16

"But this girl band SUCKS!!!!" EX500rider Oct 2014 #73

I did enjoy the show when they had Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin mucifer Oct 2014 #17

Tina's writing skills made the difference, too. Bigtime. blm Oct 2014 #25

And to think, they started out with 7 cast members who were FUNNY. Le Taz Hot Oct 2014 #20

I remember watching the original cast in the '70s deutsey Oct 2014 #21

What about the middle-1980s and 1990s casts? Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #38

Yeah, it's been up and down over the years deutsey Oct 2014 #50

Eddie Murphy d_r Oct 2014 #52

Thankful to see that Michael O'Donoghue is getting some credit here. blm Oct 2014 #22

Brilliant, brilliant man. nolabear Oct 2014 #44

and, yet, he could also be the sweetest thing on earth.... blm Oct 2014 #54

I don't doubt it for a minute. It was art. nolabear Oct 2014 #71

heheh...well....it would be hard to find a new edge that hadn't been blm Oct 2014 #72

I hated Michael O'Donoghue. He was the worst thing about early SNL. kwassa Oct 2014 #63

PJ O'Rourke (R-Jealous) is that you? blm Oct 2014 #69

As people get older they find it less funny. nt Logical Oct 2014 #24

I found it marginally funny even as a teenager Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #74

I like that also. nt Logical Oct 2014 #75

I highly recommend Tom Davis"s autobiography underpants Oct 2014 #26

What happened to the edgy, biting satire on the bleeding edge of a lawsuit? procon Oct 2014 #27

The presidential impressions were the best Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #39

Saw through the News last night, and I agree bigwillq Oct 2014 #28

When Was It Ever? RadicalGeek Oct 2014 #29

I find it funny, but only after smoking my one hitter. B Calm Oct 2014 #30

SCTV and Mad TV were far superior AndreaCG Oct 2014 #32

Aidy Bryant is her name Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #35

I don't remember Mad TV but SCTV will hands down the funniest closeupready Oct 2014 #61

Shoot, I'm sorry, I just posted another thread about SCTV.... a kennedy Oct 2014 #79

Jim Carrey isn't funny Lex Oct 2014 #33

Carrey was funny doing a Vanilla Ice impression Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #36

Okay, true. And "In Living Color" the Wayans show Lex Oct 2014 #41

first lead role d_r Oct 2014 #53

Yeah that was a good show too. AndreaCG Oct 2014 #57

The opening sketch could have been written from Fox News talking points. 6000eliot Oct 2014 #34

I have not watched it since Phil Hartman left. So i sure as hell agree. CBGLuthier Oct 2014 #37

I Thought The Matthew McConaughey Ads otohara Oct 2014 #42

OMG did they do those?! I missed it! maced666 Oct 2014 #46

That may have been the one time I laughed. AndreaCG Oct 2014 #58

I thought they were very funny, too. kwassa Oct 2014 #66

It would have been a lot funnier if Sarah Palin became VP Hatchling Oct 2014 #43

Probably had a skit poking fun at progressives or dems. maced666 Oct 2014 #47

Kenan Thompson and Kate McKinnon Aerows Oct 2014 #49

I couldn't agree more and have often thought of starting a thread on the subject Purveyor Oct 2014 #51

Hasn't been funny for several decades. nt valerief Oct 2014 #55

It's always funny for current twenty-somethings. That's its target audience. nt stevenleser Oct 2014 #56

That's unfortunate, Steve. AndreaCG Oct 2014 #59

It hasn't been funny for decades SoCalDem Oct 2014 #62

I gave up on it when Bush left the White House Mira Oct 2014 #64

SNL is exactly as funny as it ever has been. It has been good and bad forever. kwassa Oct 2014 #65

People who saw it originally, enjoyed it enormously, and who have attempted to look in each season, Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #68

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2014 #70

IMO, it hasn't been funny in decades. City Lights Oct 2014 #76

I'm utterly hopeless, I thought it was juvenile in the 1970s when it first came on Warpy Oct 2014 #77

Hope this wasn't mentioned.....but SCTV was soooooooo much funnier then SNL even back in the day.... a kennedy Oct 2014 #78

Funny is so subjective Bettie Oct 2014 #80

"Anymore"?! WinkyDink Oct 2014 #81

Watching The Voice and 90% of the songs SUCK. Maybe we're just getting old B Calm Oct 2014 #83

I loved that show Kenan & Kel JonLP24 Oct 2014 #84