Gawd. I wish I was 18 again... so when you were 18,

[Deja Q]

Poll question: Gawd. I wish I was 18 again... so when you were 18,

what was the funniest skit show on the telly?

[Beausoir]

1. SNL..back when it was actually funny.

Walter Matthau and the Killer Bee scene.

"Jimmy was buzzing-off!"

[GalleryGod]

50. It was fun-ny? Oh, yeah...19-75.

Soc Class, circa 1975

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. Ummm

Erm..... uh. I don't know?

[billyskank]

30. When do you turn 18, Rev?

:P

[Left Is Write]

3. I was long past my teens when Mad TV and In Living Color started.

So I pick SNL.

I also liked "Fridays."

[Generic Brad]

4. Vaudeville

But it wasn't televised. Ba-dum-dum.

[XemaSab]

5. Kids in the Hall

:D

[u4ic]

6. SCTV

:thumbsup:

[enigmatic]

10. Double

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[u4ic]

12. How are you, enigmatic?

:hug:

[enigmatic]

14. I've got the Norovirus

:hug:

Yakking, fever, the whole tamale; ugh...

[u4ic]

17. Oh no!

I'm sorry, hon. :(


I'm coming down with something, too. I hope it's not that...


I hope you feel better soon! :hug:

[enigmatic]

21. Thanks

It was a matter of time, I guess; half of Edmonton seems to have it:) I'm eating Turkey Noodle soup right now and it's helping...

[idgiehkt]

28. take off, eh

you hoser. :hi:

[u4ic]

34. Uh oh....you used the "h" word. Now you've got a

:D

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. Sorry, I didn't watch late night tv.

I didn't shift into a "night owl" until I was in my 30s. I never even pulled an all-nighter in college.

I was never into television. Too busy listening to music or reading. Fine, fine. Call me a geek. I can take it.

[Dean Martin]

8. I voted OTHER because of SCTV

I was 18 in 1977 and IIRC, SCTV was on tv that year, and it booted SNL to number two.

[Art_from_Ark]

9. If you remember when you were 18,

then you weren't really there.

:+

[Lethe]

11. well SNL sucked when i was 18

but a little earlier it kicked ass had Phil Hartmann, Dana Carvy, Mike Myers, Jan Hooks, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider..........

[Ptah]

13. Other:

1969 draft.

Funniest thing going.

ha ha ha

[maxsolomon]

15. SCTV put SNL to shame in 1982

[BlueIris]

16. I put SNL. It was allllll about the Farrell.

(And the Chris Kattan--I loved The Mango.)

[Nicole]

18. SNL with Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin,

Garrett Morris, Bill Murray & Chevy Chase.

[Dervill Crow]

22. Wow, you spelled Aykroyd correctly.

You are one of my heroes. I know I shouldn't be surprised, because most DUers are innately smart people, but it seems like most people want to spell it Ackroyd.

:yourock:

[Nicole]

23. I've seen it spelled Ackroyd often

I remember back in the 70's when it was spelled Ackroid in the newspaper. I guess it's a hard name for some.

:hi:

[Nevernose]

19. Honestly? That year is pretty much gone.

I have vague recollections of it. There was a lake, and a girl, and a truck. Maybe? And maybe a lot of psychedelic drugs?

At the time I thought the girl was the best thing that had ever happened to me, or maybe that year I spent at the lake and/or following The Dead. But now? All I could tell you about is the truck.

That truck was special. There's just a bond that forms between a man and his first truck that so-called "straight" don't understand.

The lake's dried up and the girl is gone, but I'll remember that truck until the day I die. I have never loved anyone -- mother, daughter, wife -- as much as I loved that truck. The way she smelled when I held my face against her, the way I could talk her through her comically uncooperative periods, the way she reacted to my fingers turning her on, the way she sheltered and comforted me, and the way she loved me and no other. I have mounted on the wall of my closet (perhaps much like a serial killer?) the dashboard of this wonderful, beautiful truck.

More importantly, she was the best friend I've ever had; she will always be first in my heart.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

41. And your favorite song is "Pamela Brown"?

And I guess I owe it all to Pamela Brown
She dug me cuz I drove a pickup truck.

[Dervill Crow]

20. Carol Burnett or Marty Feldman

I don't even remember if SNL was on when I was 18.

:::sigh:::

I am SO old.

[madrchsod]

24. "that was the week that was" american version

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/t/thatwastheweekth_7776280.shtml
BBC - Comedy - Guide - That Was The Week That Was

[rustydog]

25. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

they were damn funny too!

[murielm99]

36. That's the one I liked, too.

I was closer to 19 when it came out.

I remember listening to their vinyl comedy albums back then.

[Ava]

26. well we'll see in about 2 years

:P ;)

[A-Schwarzenegger]

27. Sid Caesar.

And I'd nevuh evuh want to be 18 again or anywhere near it.

[trof]

47. And Imogene Coca. "Your Show of Shows"

Yeah, I'd never go back to 18 either.

[tuvor]

29. SCTV? Monty Python? Kids in the Hall?

HT, you gotta get out more. Or, er, you should have stayed inside and watched TV more.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

31. Cave painting

was THE thing

[reyd reid reed]

32. SNL

But that was back when it was really SNL. With Akroyd and Belushi and Steve Martin and Chevy Chase and Gilda Radner and...and...

*sigh*

yup...them were the days.



Edited to add: But you couldn't pay me to be 18 again. Nope. I'm much happier where I am now.

[SPKrazy]

33. SNL!

the rest of those didn't exist to my knowledge when I was 18.

The not ready for prime time players! They were the best!

John Belushi RIP

Gilda Radner RIP

[Shadrach]

35. In living color

was a funny show at that time but SNL was also going through a great season!

[deepthought42]

37. I don't remember...I turned 18 in 2000

And we all know how that year ended....damn "(s)election"....

[AllegroRondo]

38. Monty Python

thank god for PBS!

[Strawman]

39. Not sure about 18, but when I was 19, Get a Life was on

Funniest show ever.

[kwassa]

40. The Smothers Brothers

though I think it was already off the air before I turned eighteen ...

Pat Paulson for President! He pulled a million votes, too.

[QMPMom]

42. SNL. The good old days.

"Save the liver!!!!!"

[Anarcho-Socialist]

43. Jaaaaaaaam

A British television show devised by satirist Chris Morris. Although I doubt many people here would have heard of it.

[SeattleGirl]

44. 18???? I'm too OLD to remember 18!

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

45. SNL hadn't started when I was 18

Monty Python's Flying Circus hadn't migrated to the U.S.

I don't think we had sketch comedy then. :shrug:

But, y'all talkin' about SCTV, you shoulda seen its predecessor, "Second City Television," before NBC got its hooks into it. Pretty much the same cast (I don't recall the McKenzie brothers being part of it), but it was edgier. Very "experimental."

When NBC started running it, it seemed watered down to me.

[Rabrrrrrr]

46. I can't believe no one has said Fridays - brilliant!

[NewWaveChick1981]

48. SCTV.

:hi:

[GalleryGod]

49. Not funny. Just dreamy and Good.

[av8rdave]

51. SNL was great then...however,

where I went to college, I was often not permitted to watch television as a freshman. I was usually on restrictions for room not clean enough, uniform infraction, etc., etc.