Anyone remember when SNL used to be funny?

[Suki Wingy]

No, I rarely find SNL or Mad TV funny anymore, not in the last few years actually.

[sparks19]

yeah it just seems to be getting completely STUPID

I mean they just did a skit on John Hamm's john ham... Ham for the bathroom? WTF. that is what passes as funny these days? Yikes

[Twisterdog]

Yes, sadly, I'm old enough to remember when it was hilarious.

I remember my older brothers watched it all the time, and they used to let me sneak downstairs and watch it with them - I was "too young" and not allowed to watch such things. This was in the 70's.

[Suki Wingy]

What I find funny would absolutely appall some people though, really crude humor.

[Cinder & Smoke]

[Remember when ~ SNL was actually FUNNY?]

Yes, sadly, I'm old enough to remember when it was hilarious.

I thought maybe I was the 'only one'.

Tonight's show was PITIFUL!

Candidate McCain should have let Ms. Palin write his material ...
I can't believe he won any new votes with the stuff he had tonight.
But then, McCain wasn't as bad as the "regulars".

< sigh >

[blue]

Tina Fey is hot. I havent watched SNL for at least a decade.

[Medusa]

I haven't watched SNL in years but I'm finding that there is nothing that passes for humor or good entertainment on TV any more. I thought it was my age speaking to me but now I see that isn't the case. As Richard said, it's usually bathroom humor and I'm not 15 years old; I'd like a little more sophistication, please. It's becoming increasingly difficult to find anything worth watching; the squirm factor is built right in to the previews and the previews are supposed to be the hook. Lately, I've been watching old movies over and over again, something I detested doing in the past but it's better than sitting through the drivel that's on TV now that insults our intelligence.

[jennielynn1970]

I can't stand the newer SNL stuff. I remember SNL of the 70s and 80's. I liked Dana Carvey, Adam Sandler, and Mike Myers back then. Still like Sandler. I have no use for Will Farrell. He looks like a pedophile to me. Never liked that guy who played in Black Sheep or Tommy Boy, whoever he was. I know he passed away, but still didn't like him.

Granted many use foul language to get the laughs, but that's nothing new. Richard Pryor, George Carlin, to name a few. Those guys were foul, but they had a bunch of followers.

[RICHARD]

They really suck-LOL, even Tina Fake got 'popular' after she left the show.

The whole problem is the stupidity of the skits and jokes, It's always potty, fart or humor that isn't funny. The characters suck big time.

Roseanne Roseannadana, Two Wild and Crazy Guys, I'm Gumby, G.D. it!, Killer Bees-The Belushi stupid Mexican accent would make my hysterical..Lisa Loupner???

There are no, and have not been any real funny writers or characters produced in ages and when they come up with a decent character-it goes to film and it really stinks- I can leave Mike Meyers, Dana Carvey, Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler-especially Sandler. The movies aren't funny, it's one stupid joke after another and when that fails it's about sex and throwing up, the evil pet of the GF that dies when the BF has enough and kills it 'on accident'.

I can sit thru a poorly written 2 hour movie, but have no chops for the 86 minute swill that is passed off as humor/comedy these days. When I get to the On Demand screen of my cable service I see the "Baby Mama" clip/ad over and over again, It's the bladder busting scene where the woman can't get the toilet lid open so she climbs into the sink to relieve herself, Sara Pal----ah, Tina Fake, the other bimbo in the flick, walks by the BR and sees her weeing into the sink, the woman apologizes by saying the can't work the toilet seat cover.


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That was so not funny - and I have to put up with the idea that I can order it "On Demand, where the movies start when I want them to!" any time I want to watch SPEED, BBC or Natl Geo when I want to see a special program.

No thanks, I'll settle for Mike Rowe inseminating a cow by hand, Bear Grylls wrestling with his dinner or the Mythbusters trying to kill their assistants by trying to. SNL and Mad TV are not Mad or Cutting Edge anymore.